Frequently Asked Questions

TrailRig is a free iOS app for mountain, road, and gravel riders. It has five tabs — Garage (track your bikes & components), Search Parts (find and compare spare parts), Price Stalker (get alerted when prices drop), Events (follow race calendars), and Settings. Everything stays on your device.

Yes — free to download and use, with no ads and no account. A few advanced features (like iCloud Sync and Price Stalker) are part of an optional one-time Pro purchase. No subscription, ever.

No. There’s no login, no sign-up, and no password to forget. Everything you enter lives on your device — your garage is yours alone. 🔒

iPhone and iPad running iOS or iPadOS 17 or later. A Mac version is in the works — the same app, on your desktop.

1. Open the Garage tab.
2. Tap “+ Add Bike”.
3. Give it a name (e.g. “Enduro” or the model), choose a type, and save.
4. Open the bike to start adding components — Frame, Fork, Drivetrain, Brakes, and more.

For every part you can log brand, model, install date, serial number, purchase price, and weight — plus a full service history so you always know what’s fitted and when it was last serviced. Multi-piece parts (like brakes or wheels) can even track each piece separately.

1. While adding or editing a component, tap “Scan Barcode / QR Code”.
2. Point your camera at the code — or pick a photo from your library.
3. TrailRig reads it and, for major brands (Fox, SRAM, Shimano, DT Swiss, Trek and more), auto-fills what it can.
4. Review the details and tap Apply.

Open a bike or component, tap the photo gallery, and add pictures from your library or camera. They’re stored on your device and included in your backups.

1. Open the Search Parts tab.
2. Tap a category (e.g. Brakes → Disc Brakes) or type a term in the search bar.
3. Tap any result to open it at the shop.
4. Use Filters and Sort to narrow by brand, size, price, and more.

Prices shown are indicative — pulled from partner feeds and refreshed periodically. The amount you actually pay at checkout can differ because of shipping, promotions, or currency, so always confirm on the shop’s own page before buying.

TrailRig may earn a small affiliate commission if you buy through a link — at no extra cost to you. It’s how the app stays free and ad-free. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Results come from partner shops for your Search Region (set in Settings). If a category is empty, that store may not stock it, or may not ship to your country — try a different term or adjust your region.

1. In Search Parts, find the part you want.
2. Tap the purple “Stalk” button on that result.
3. Set your target — a percentage off or an exact price — and save.
4. It now appears in the Price Stalker tab, checked automatically. 🎯

Watched items are checked automatically about once a day. When one hits your target you get a notification — and the item shows the cheapest in-stock price it found, with a one-tap Buy link to the store.

In the Price Stalker tab, tap the bell icon on a watched item to toggle its alerts on or off. To stop watching entirely, swipe the item to delete it.

Pro unlocks Price Stalker, Ride Log (import rides from Apple Health), Weight Tracking, iCloud Sync, and Family Sharing 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 — plus every future Pro feature we add.

No. Pro is a one-time purchase — pay once and it’s yours forever. No recurring charges and nothing to cancel.

Yes — Pro supports Apple’s Family Sharing, so up to 5 family members can use it at no extra cost.

1. Make sure you’re signed in with the same Apple ID you purchased with.
2. Open the Pro screen in the app.
3. Tap “Restore Purchases”.

With Pro, your garage syncs automatically across your Apple devices through your own private iCloud account. Add a component on your iPhone and it appears on your iPad — no manual steps, no separate account.

1. With Pro: turn on iCloud Sync and sign in with the same Apple ID on the new phone — your garage restores automatically.
2. Without Pro: use a backup file (below) — export on the old phone, import on the new one.

1. Open Settings → Backup & Restore.
2. Tap Export to save everything — bikes, components, photos, and history — as one file to Files or iCloud Drive.
3. To restore, tap Import and choose your backup file.

The exported backup file is not encrypted or password-protected — it’s a plain file so you can open, move, or restore it freely. That means anyone who gets the file can read what’s in it (your bikes, components, prices, and photos). Once it leaves the app it’s only as private as wherever you save it, so keep backups somewhere trusted — like your own iCloud Drive or a password-protected location — and avoid sharing them. Your on-device data and iCloud Sync remain encrypted (see “How secure is my data?” below).

On your device: your data is protected by iOS Data Protection — it’s encrypted at rest, tied to your device passcode and Secure Enclave, so it’s locked whenever your phone is. 🔒
App Lock: if you set a PIN, only a secure hash of it is stored — in the device Keychain, never as plain text and never synced off your device. Face ID / Touch ID are handled entirely by iOS.
iCloud Sync (Pro): data syncs through your own private iCloud account, encrypted by Apple in transit and at rest.
Exported backups: the one exception — backup files are not encrypted, so store them somewhere private (see “Are my backups encrypted?” above).

On your device. TrailRig has no servers holding your personal data and no account system. If you enable Pro’s iCloud Sync, your data lives in your own private iCloud — governed by Apple’s privacy policy, not ours.

Neither. There’s no cross-app tracking, no analytics SDKs, and no ad networks. When you search for parts, only the search terms go to our backend to fetch results — with no personal information attached.

Go to Settings → Delete My Account & Data to permanently remove everything on your device. Because it’s all stored locally, deleting the app also erases your data. Full details in our Privacy Policy.