Onewheel vs ShredLights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onewheel
Connect your device to your electric skateboard to monitor battery status, riding parameters, and customize handling. Track your rides, control LED lights, and receive firmware upgrades wirelessly. Share your progress and compete on leaderboards.
- Real-time battery monitoring
- Riding parameter tracking
- Customizable ride handling
- LED lighting control
- Wireless firmware upgrades
- GPS ride tracking
- Social sharing and leaderboards
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The Onewheel app connects your iPhone to your Onewheel. The app uses Bluetooth 4.0 and allows you to monitor many important things about your Onewheel and customize your Onewheel's handling to suit your riding style. • Low battery alert • Regeneration alert (battery overcharge warning when going downhill) • Point of no return message (50% battery charge left) • Battery fully charged notification • New top speed message • Wheelslip detection • Consumption display: tells you how much percentage of a full battery charge you have already burned • Regeneration display: tells you how much percentage of a full battery charge you have regenerated (when going downhill or braking) • Estimated remaining range according to your current riding profile • Total odometer display • Speed display • Board live movement display: shows the movement of your board • Auto connect to your favorite Onewheel • Board name: give your Onewheel a name • Apple Watch app • Social sharing and online leaderboards • GPS track recording DIGITAL SHAPING Change the way your Onewheel rides, the way a surfboard shaper customizes the ride for an individual rider. MONITOR YOUR RIDING Keep track of your battery status and other key riding parameters while you fly through the world. LED LIGHTING CONTROL Control the LED lighting on your Onewheel. FIRMWARE UPGRADES The first boardsport you can upgrade from the cloud! Enhance your riding experience by loading the latest Onewheel firmware onto your Onewheel using your iOS device. No cable required! APPLE WATCH Apple Watch connectivity allows you to monitor your Onewheel's battery status and speed and adjust your Digital Shaping directly from your wrist! Battery disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life
ShredLights
Wirelessly control and customize your ShredLights+ devices with a single tap. This app offers seamless integration for managing your lighting setup.
- Wireless control
- Device customization
- Single-tap operation
- Seamless integration
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The ShredLights app allows you to customize and control all of your ShredLights+ with a single tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShredLights at 75% against Onewheel's 33%. ShredLights also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.5). Onewheel's advantage is ratings volume (950 vs 11) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShredLights holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Onewheel has 950 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Onewheel's written reviews are positive against 75% of ShredLights's.
Onewheel ships an update fortnightly, ShredLights every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onewheel | ShredLights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (950 ratings) | 4.1 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 950 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Future Motion Inc | ShredLights inc. |
Customer experience
Onewheel
ShredLights
Bugs and requests
Onewheel
Reported bugs
5 issues- Disconnects during rides
- Inaccurate battery and mileage reporting
- Mandatory tutorial videos won't skip
- Ride data not saving properly
- Achievements not tracking correctly
Requested features
7 requests- Add audible pushback warnings
- Improve Apple Watch integration
- Implement board locking/security
- Add more customization options
- Improve ride history and analytics
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- Provide metric unit support
- Enable offline mode
ShredLights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Onewheel
No in-app purchases
ShredLights
No in-app purchases
