RideGlass vs DOWNLINK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RideGlass
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RideGlass turns your iPhone into a focused motorcycle dashboard and ride recorder. ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION The live dashboard, recording and backup are free. RideGlass Pro is a single optional purchase that never renews — no monthly fee, no annual fee, nothing to cancel. LIVE DASHBOARD See speed, lean angle, G-force, direction and ride time in one clear view, with day and night palettes that switch themselves at sunset and a high-contrast mode for bright sun. RECORD EVERY RIDE Capture your route and journey statistics, then save the completed ride to your history. Recording does not need a signal — the ride is saved when you stop, wherever you are. REVIEW THE DETAILS Explore distance, duration, average and maximum speed, lean, acceleration and braking after you stop, with an elevation profile and road-surface impacts pinned to your route. YOUR RIDE HISTORY Open past journeys whenever you like, see your riding at a glance in Rider Overview, and export your ride data as CSV. BACKUP AND SYNC, IF YOU WANT IT Sign in with Apple is offered, never required. Sign in and your rides back up and restore onto a new phone; skip it and everything still works. You can delete the account in the app without losing a single local ride. RIDEGLASS PRO One optional purchase unlocks advanced analytics, unlimited ride history, full CSV export, unlimited sharing and the cosmetic livery skins. No subscription. RideGlass is designed to be set up before you move. Always ride safely, obey local laws and never interact with your phone while riding.
DOWNLINK
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DOWNLINK is a sports telemetry camera. It records your ride and draws your speed, lean angle, G-force, altitude and route onto the video — saved into the file. INSTRUMENTS FOR EVERY ACTIVITY • Motorcycle: lean angle arc, deepest lean each side, G-force • Car / Track: route panel, cornering G, 0–100 and 0–60 timer • Bicycle: grade, elevation strip, climb and descent • Ski / Snowboard: slope, vertical drop, run count LIVE MAP The minimap turns with your heading, zooms out as you speed up and draws the road you have ridden over Apple Maps. Switch it off in Settings when a start or finish should stay private. ONE-TAP REEL When you stop, DOWNLINK finds the best moments in the telemetry — top speed, deepest lean, tightest hairpin — and cuts a 15-second vertical video: the route draws itself on the map, then each moment slows into its peak. Ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. RIDE SUMMARY AND SHARE IMAGE Top and average speed, distance, climb, route and place name on one page. Make an image of the ride with the route on the map, with the start and finish hidden if you like. HONEST NUMBERS Every value comes from this phone's own GPS, barometer and motion sensors. When a sensor has no reading, the display says SIM instead of guessing. Lean and G assume the phone is mounted upright; phone GPS updates about once a second — a good record of the ride, not timing equipment. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your videos and rides stay on your phone. Free: record with one activity and the Drive instruments. DOWNLINK PRO unlocks every activity, the ride summary, the share image and reels without the watermark with a single purchase. Screenshot and preview footage: A. Thiessen, roadstertouren, J. Holleboom, Viennaaa — CC BY 3.0.
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Verdict
RideGlass and DOWNLINK are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. RideGlass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DOWNLINK sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | RideGlass | DOWNLINK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Raine | Emre ALICI |
In-app purchases
RideGlass
- RideGlass Pro$5.99
DOWNLINK
- DOWNLINK PRO$1.99







