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BikeControl
JONAS TASSILO BARK · 9 ratings · ★ 2.7
2.7
★★★★★
9 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 9 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"zwift"
5 negative reviews mention this · 56% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
2
"click"
4 negative reviews mention this · 44% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
3
"zwift click"
4 negative reviews mention this · 44% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
4
"work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 44% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No bluetooth option when setting up with ios. Doesn't work as advertised" - Gmanster22
5
"virtual"
3 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
6
"shifting"
3 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
7
"update"
3 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
8
"virtual shifting"
3 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Mid App. 6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for…" - Kingtau89
9
"doesn"
3 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No bluetooth option when setting up with ios. Doesn't work as advertised" - Gmanster22
📋 All 9 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Mid App
6 dollar to purchase the app to look at the interface; subscription fee to use virtual shifting( update:$6 button layout for laptop to make reaching more pleasing, free for sweaty touchscreen user, but optional $3 a month or $30 a year for Zwift click or Bluetooth media user.
No bluetooth option when setting up with ios
Doesn't work as advertised
Misleading Pricing
App requires an additional $3 / month payment to make key features work, ie, TrainingPeaks Virtual shifting with Zwift Play controllers.
Subscription Model Alert
I paid for the app from the beginning in hopes to have access to all features. Now, there is an added subscription model to access additional features. I would have had hoped the developer would have considered to grandfather early adopters to unlimited access to all features for their early support of paying.
Doesn’t do anything
This won’t detect anything beyond my Zwift Click on my M4 iPad Pro using MyWhoosh. It does detect the Zwift Click well enough, but that’s it. I tried finding help, but it details all kinds of requirements that aren’t made known before purchasing the app. One of those is a 2.4Ghz WiFi network… as if I’m going to downgrade my router and switch all my devices over to that - I would not have purchased if I’d known that.
What Kind of Joke is the Support Site Validation?
Tried to submit an issue through the GitHub site but what Joke is the validation process?
Recent Update Issue
The most recent update (now Bikecontrol) broke connectivity with my Zwift Click when using MacOS.
Zwift click/MyWhoosh
Followed all instructions and everything says connected, however when I go into free ride, virtual shifting doesn’t work (gears don’t shift).
Update
There were 2-3 prior versions of this software that didn’t work/connect.The most current version connects but has an odd effect on the keyboard- repeating keystrokes in different applications.
Sentiment summary
44%
Positive (4-5★)
0%
Neutral (3★)
56%
Negative (1-2★)