# Chad: Private Cycling Coach — Cycling analysis & coaching

> Cycling analysis & coaching (iPhone/iPad app by Frank Hoogmans.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chad-private-cycling-coach/id6760978882 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Frank Hoogmans](https://appshunter.io/developer/1887114464)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Sports
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 56 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-13
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chad-private-cycling-coach/id6760978882/reviews.md

## What is Chad?

Your coach, not your scoreboard. Chad measures you against your last few weeks — not your best-ever ride.

Most cycling apps celebrate your all-time peak. Chad cares about your current form: what your recent training says you are ready for today, and what to ride next to keep moving forward. After a break, a hard block, or a long season, the coaching adjusts to where you are now — no guilt, no ghost of your fittest self.

Import rides from Garmin, Wahoo, Karoo, Strava, or any device that exports FIT, TCX, or GPX files — straight from the Files app, a share sheet, or your full Strava archive. Seconds later, Chad tells you in plain language what the session actually did, how hard it was, and what it means for your training this week.

Training toward a sportive or gran fondo? Set a target event and Chad tracks your readiness, counts down the days, and shapes its recommendations around the time you have left.

### Key Features

- Coaching built from your recent rides, not generic averages or all-time records
- See at a glance whether your last 7 days are moving you forward
- Plain-language feedback after every ride: what it did, how hard it was, what it means
- Set a target event and track your readiness score and days to go
- See your fitness trend — a training load chart built from your rides, visible from day one
- Track your consistency streak and ride milestones as your history grows
- Smart FTP suggestions built from your recent power data
- Review heart-rate zones, power zones, and training load
- Import from Garmin, Wahoo, Karoo, Strava, or any device that exports FIT, TCX, or GPX files
- Import your entire Strava archive in one go — every cycling activity, automatically
- Keep the last 2 months free, with a one-time upgrade for full coaching

### Unlock Full Coaching

Upgrade once with a one-time in-app purchase to unlock:

- Complete ride history
- Fatigue signature for rides with power and heart-rate data
- Full 7-day stats with personal deltas and goal-focused coaching actions
- Smarter next-ride recommendations based on recent load and intensity
- Structured training plan tuned to your goal, current fitness, and remaining time
- Today's workout: the day's recommended session as a structured workout, exportable as a FIT file to your bike computer
- Training plan summaries with Chad's recommendations
- All-time power curve across every duration from 1 second to 3 hours, with rider type and block comparison
- Full fitness trend with fatigue and form curves, plus a taper projection to your goal event
- Week-by-week training track with actual-vs-target longest-ride progress

### Private by design

No account. No cloud. No subscription. All analysis runs on your phone, and your ride data never leaves it. Built-in backup and restore keeps you in control — your data is yours to keep, move, or delete. "Private" means both things: a coach of your own, and training data that stays yours.

Download Chad and turn your next ride into coaching you can act on.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coach unlock | $12.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-08-11

Chad 1.4 turns coaching advice into rides you can actually go do — and gets your whole history in one place.

TODAY'S WORKOUT — Chad now builds the day's recommended session as a ready-to-ride structured workout. Preview the steps, then export it as a FIT workout to your bike computer. (Full Coaching)

STRAVA ARCHIVE IMPORT — bring your entire Strava history over in one go. Export your archive, hand it to Chad, and every cycling activity imports automatically.

MORE FORMATS — single-ride import now accepts FIT, TCX, and GPX files, so rides from Garmin Connect, Wahoo, and direct Strava exports just work.

Also new:
- Consistency streak and ride milestones on the Rides tab
- Smart FTP suggestions based on your recent power data
- Back up and restore all your data — it's yours
- Find any ride fast with search on the Rides tab

### 1.3 — 2026-06-04

Your goals now drive the coaching more directly.

Chad 1.3 adds a redesigned Goals tab with a target-event overview, week-by-week training track, and clearer baseline guidance. The Dashboard now shows goal-aware coaching, a fitness trend chart, and smarter next-ride recommendations in one place.

New analytics: a 90-day power curve showing your best average power across every duration from 1 second to 3 hours — and whether you are stronger than the previous 90-day block.

This update also redesigns Settings with faster field-by-field editing, improves onboarding setup, and refreshes the coaching upgrade flow.

### 1.2 — 2026-05-19

Your rides now tell a clearer training story.

Chad 1.2 adds weekly progress verdicts, improved training trend summaries, redesigned ride cards, compact route previews, recent-baseline comparisons, and richer post-ride coaching context.

This update also adds a Help Center with import guides and fueling basics, plus reliability improvements for imported ride files.

### 1.1 — 2026-04-18

This update makes Chad’s coaching more practical and easier to act on.

You can now pick a recommended next ride, import your ride afterward, and get feedback on how well it matched the plan. Recommendations are also more specific, with better guidance for endurance, intervals, recovery, long rides, and climbing.

Ride analysis now includes more elevation context, improved training load feedback, smoother FIT handling, and cleaner goal, ride, and settings screens.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-14

No release notes.

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