Tiiks vs velohaus: A Rider Catalog vs the Household Garage

velohaus is built for a family shed: cargo bikes, balance bikes, partner sync, no account. Tiiks is built for a rider who wants named parts, reviews, and Strava kilometers on every slot.

The shed holds a cargo bike, a school commuter, and a balance bike with streamers still on the bars. Someone has to lube the chain, fill the tyres, and remember which bike the kids actually rode this week. That is a household garage. velohaus is built for that shed. It is not built as a rider-centric catalog for one person who already publishes every ride to Strava and wants the cassette to have a name.

The App Store listing is from Razorfrog Web Design LLC (id 6775131677, bundle com.razorfrog.velohaus). Family garage is the pitch: cargo bikes to kids' balance bikes. You keep service history, component wear, and reminders — chain lube, tyre fills. E-bike odometer logging feeds a mileage history graph. You set component wear thresholds. Partner Sync lets a partner log rides, add service, and manage reminders. iCloud sync, no account, unlimited bikes. Free, with a tip jar.

Tiiks tracks a different household: the rider and the parts on the bike that rider actually rides. After you connect Strava, distance lands on the bike and on each fitted component automatically. The catalog names those parts. Reviews carry real mileage. A widget shows status on the home screen. velohaus wins the family-and-cargo use case. Tiiks wins named parts, reviews, automatic ride distance on each slot, and the widget. Neither listing claims the other's job.

What velohaus actually is

velohaus is a household bike book that syncs through iCloud and does not ask you to sign up. Unlimited bikes is the feature that matches a mixed shed. Reminders cover the jobs families actually forget: lube, tyre pressure. Component wear and thresholds let you decide when a part is due. If one adult rides the cargo bike and the other handles school-run maintenance, Partner Sync is the product: the partner can log rides, add service, and manage reminders without a shared password ritual.

E-bike odometer logging is how mileage becomes a graph. You put the number in; the history plot is the payoff. That is honest for a cargo or commuter e-bike whose display already shows a total. It is not Strava. The listing does not claim a Strava connection, a parts catalog, or verified rider reviews. Treat those as absent. A family garage can be complete without any of them. It is still a different object from a rider app that writes published rides onto named slots.

What Tiiks remembers

Tiiks is a native app on iOS and Android. After you connect Strava, ride distance lands on the bike and on each fitted component automatically. The twenty slots — chain, cassette, crank, bottom bracket, derailleurs, shifter, brakes, tyres, rims, hubs, frame, fork, bar, stem, seatpost, saddle — each keep their own total. You are not copying an e-bike display into a graph after the school run, and you are not hoping a partner remembered to type the odometer.

Those parts are catalog objects with specs. Verified rider reviews include real mileage. When a part is due, you choose service or replace. The bike keeps a full history. A home-screen widget shows status without opening the app. Tiiks does not try to be a family shed for balance bikes and cargo boxes. It tracks the rider's mounted parts and puts kilometers on them. Partner wrenching is not the feature. Catalog identity is.

A family shed versus a rider catalog

velohaus is the right shape for a mixed fleet. Cargo, kids, a commuter that never sees Strava — those bikes still need lube reminders and a place to write that the tyre was filled on Tuesday. Unlimited bikes and no account match how a household actually works. Tiiks will look like the wrong app in that shed, because the balance bike does not have a cassette review and the cargo bike's school loop may never hit Strava.

Tiiks is the right shape for the bike you train and commute on as a rider. The part has a catalog name. Other riders have already put mileage on that model. The next decision is service or replace. If you came from a family garage, that can feel like someone took the kids' bikes away. If you came from a season of generic wear rows, the missing Partner Sync is not the feature you were missing. You wanted the chain to be a real object.

Odometer graphs versus Strava on every slot

E-bike odometer logging is a good fit for a display you already glance at on the bars. You log the number; velohaus graphs the history. Component wear thresholds then fire from the totals you keep. That loop depends on someone entering the odometer, or on a partner doing it through Partner Sync. It does not depend on an athlete account. The listing does not claim Strava, and this comparison will not invent one.

Tiiks reads rides you already uploaded. After the connect, kilometers land on the bike and on each mounted component. You can still use judgment. You are not the odometer. If the household e-bike never sees Strava, velohaus's typed display total is the more honest pipe. If the road bike already publishes every ride, typing an odometer into a family app is a clerk step you do not need.

Partner Sync versus reviews with real mileage

Partner Sync is why a second adult can wrench without owning the phone that holds the garage. Log a ride, add a service, manage a reminder — that is household labor, split. Tiiks does not sell that split. What it puts next to a part is a verified rider review that includes mileage. Different audiences. One is two people in one shed. The other is many riders on one catalog model. If your problem is who filled the cargo-bike tyres, pick the partner feature. If your problem is whether this chain model lasts, pick the reviews.

Unlimited household bikes versus a widget and twenty slots

Unlimited bikes, iCloud, no sign-up, free with a tip jar — that is a generous household product. Tiiks is not competing on how many balance bikes you can file. It ships twenty named slots, a full bike history, service versus replace, and a home-screen widget on iOS and Android. Status for the bike you actually rode is the point. A tip-jar family garage can still be the better shed app. It will not put Strava kilometers on a catalog cassette or show that status on the home screen.

Who velohaus is enough for

velohaus fits if the shed is the product: cargo bikes, kids' bikes, a partner who also wrenches, reminders for lube and tyre fills, an e-bike odometer graph, no account. Free plus a tip jar is the commercial shape of that job. You will not miss a parts catalog you never planned to search. You will also not miss Strava-on-slots the listing never offered.

It is the wrong shape if you want named catalog parts, verified reviews with real mileage, automatic ride distance on each slot, a service-versus-replace call, or a home-screen widget. velohaus wins the family-and-cargo use case. Tiiks wins the rider-centric catalog. Those can both be true without either app being a replacement for the other.

Questions we get

Does velohaus connect to Strava?

The listing does not claim Strava. Mileage on the e-bike side is odometer logging that becomes a history graph. Partner Sync lets a partner log rides by hand. Do not treat that as an athlete sync that writes distance onto named catalog parts. Tiiks reads Strava and puts those kilometers on each fitted slot automatically.

Can velohaus handle a whole family fleet?

Yes — that is the job it takes. Unlimited bikes, cargo to balance bike, Partner Sync, iCloud, no account. If the household shed is the problem, velohaus is the broader tool. Tiiks is not trying to be the family garage for every kid's bike in the building.

Why would a single rider pick Tiiks instead?

Because the object is different. Tiiks is a catalog with specs, verified rider reviews that include mileage, automatic Strava distance on twenty slots, service versus replace, full history, and a home-screen widget on iOS and Android. If you are one rider with a named drivetrain, that is the deeper product. If you are a household, stay in the shed app.

If the cargo bike and the balance bike are the reason you opened the store, velohaus is the household garage. If the reason is a chain you cannot name and kilometers that should have landed after Strava, that is the record Tiiks keeps.