Onewheel vs RootBase
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
RootBase
Organize and manage your plant collection with smart watering schedules that adapt to your habits. Track propagations, view a complete care timeline, and keep your plant data backed up.
- Adaptive smart watering schedules
- Propagation tracking
- Comprehensive care timeline
- Organized plant collection management
- iCloud auto-backup
- Offline functionality
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RootBase is your homebase for happy, thriving plants. Whether you're nurturing a windowsill succulent or managing a jungle of tropicals, RootBase keeps your entire collection organized and on schedule. A watering schedule that learns from you RootBase uses a smart algorithm that adapts to your actual watering habits, not generic advice. Log a watering or defer a check-in, and the app adjusts its recommendations over time. The more you use it, the smarter it gets. Stay on top of your care routine Your dashboard shows exactly what needs attention right now. Plants are sorted into Needs Check and Upcoming so you always know what to care for today and what's coming next. Quick-action buttons let you log care in a single tap, or defer a check-in with a custom reminder if your plant isn't ready yet. Track propagations from cutting to plant Follow your cuttings through every stage, from fresh cutting to rooted to planted. Track water changes, monitor progress, and convert successful propagations into full plant records with their history intact. A complete care timeline Every watering, fertilizing, repotting, and note is logged in a searchable timeline. Track multiple fertilizer types across your collection and see your full care history at a glance. Your collection, beautifully organized Add photos, track health status, note growing medium and pot size, organize by room, manage dormancy. All in a clean, intuitive interface with full dark mode support. Your data, backed up and safe Back up your entire collection, database and photos, to iCloud automatically. Export and import ZIP backups anytime. Your plant data stays yours. Features: Smart watering schedule powered by an adaptive learning algorithm Propagation tracking through every lifecycle stage Multi-fertilizer tracking linked to individual watering events Photo galleries with full-screen viewing and zoom Care event timeline with filtering and search Push notifications for watering reminders iCloud auto-backup and restore Full dark mode with health-status color coding Works offline, no account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RootBase at 5.0 against Onewheel's 3.5. Onewheel's advantage is ratings volume (950 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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.
RootBase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Onewheel has 950 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Onewheel ships an update fortnightly, RootBase every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onewheel | RootBase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (950 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 950 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Future Motion Inc | RootBase Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Onewheel
RootBase
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
RootBase
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Onewheel
No in-app purchases
RootBase
No in-app purchases









