# Stages Flight — user reviews > 78 indexed App Store user reviews of Stages Flight by Virtual Cycling as, rated 4.30/5 from 441 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stages-flight/id791145540/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stages-flight/id791145540.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 279 · 4★ 75 · 3★ 41 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of Stages Flight? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Captures statistics well - 💡 Useful power zone display - 👍 Potential to be great **Cons** - 🐛 Connectivity issues with bikes - 🐛 Data sync problems - 👎 Frustrating user experience - 👎 Lacking features and functionality - 👎 Unreliable app performance **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes during sign-up - Inconsistent data between app and bike console - Heart rate monitor not working - Inability to save/upload workout data **Most requested features** - Landscape mode - Better integration with Apple Watch - Improved data sync and transfer to other apps - More detailed workout summaries and analytics ## Newest reviews (14 of 78) ### 1/5 — Useless *2020-02-29, version 2.2.4* Probably the most useless fitness app out there. I cannot look back at previous FTP test to see how I am progressing and the activities interface is confusing. Minimal info all round ### 3/5 — Poor *2020-02-13, version 2.2.4* WARNING. App does not work in the iPhone X. Works fine on my ancient but trusty iPhone 5s. ### 1/5 — Flaky!! Awfully bad *2020-02-09, version 2.2.4* Awful user interface!! Brutal to make it connect to a stages bike. Just flaky!! Really hard to connect, Data on the bike and on the app not even close. Don’t even think of connecting a heart rate monitor. ### 1/5 — Worst app and website *2019-12-07, version 2.2.4* App is worst and website functions are just bad. Please invest in good performing tech. ### 3/5 — Wake up *2019-12-05, version 2.2.4* garmin heart ant + not found A landscape mode please ### 2/5 — Disfunctional app *2019-11-05, version 2.2.4* With 30 bikes in the room wifi connectivity becomes a problem. Before the class all the bikes have the same wifi names. After you start pedaling the name becomes unique for a fraction of time. The problem is, that after you start workout, the bike changes it’s name back to the common one and if you got disconnected, there is no way to identify your bike in the wifi list and to reconnect. There is no connectivity icon. Ftp test effectively disconnects from the bike and fails to record nan after the test. Only your calories are transferred from the bike and the sampling is such, that the color reflecting the effort is flickering from green to red all the time. The workout may not get recorded. It’s a disaster and a pity, because the bikes are really good. ### 1/5 — Can’t use! *2019-07-23, version 2.2.2* App crashes when I try to sign up, I have tried deleting and reinstalling. ### 3/5 — Colour Issue *2019-07-13, version 2.2.2* Excellent app but. The colours on the app don’t match the % in the room. How do we find out what those are. ### 1/5 — Hr doesn’t transfer across to the app, *2019-06-26, version 2.2.2* Hr monitor received by bike(ant+) but doesn’t transfer the data over to the app. Nor does the app start when the bike starts and despite them both being manually started separately, over a mile discrepancy between bike and phone. One is wrong....please sort ### 1/5 — Can’t create a log in account *2019-05-28, version 2.2.2* I’ve downloaded the App but while setting up an account it keeps kicking me out when I get onto the Stages club screen. All my friends have skipped this screen as we’re not members and manage to use the App! ### 1/5 — Stages Flight *2019-05-24, version 2.2.2* Is not syncing at all? Tried all sorts, deleted & reinstalled app, alternative email address set up. Has not recorded anything ever or emailed to me. Sometimes it it seems to read the coloured stages of the workout, other times just stays blue through out; irrelevant of whether you have cycled with heaps of effort or very little. Could you kindly update this app to solve these problems, as I see I am not alone your unsatisfactory app reviews! Disappointed! ### 1/5 — Can’t even make an account *2019-05-15, version 2.2.2* The app repeatedly crashes every time I try to make an account. Literally every time. My gym uses this for our cycling classes, and I can’t take the class without the app. Super disappointing. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2019-05-08, version 2.2.2* As others have said the stages spin bikes are great but this app is awful. It recorded 2 of my workouts then wouldn’t record anything further. Raised a ticket and tried their suggestions (all very basic like downloading the App again etc) then said they had nothing further to suggest. Waste of my time. I can see if it worked then it would be helpful. BTW Apple iPhone XS with most up to date software. ### 1/5 — Misses more than it records *2019-05-08, version 2.2.2* This app regularly loses the pairing, thus many workouts not recorded. Luckily don’t have stages on my road bike. Will ditch it and stop using ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Frustrating and unresponsive. *2023-02-18, version 2.2.4* This app is so poorly designed that buttons appear to be missing when they’re hidden off screen. Worse than that is the sluggish response and the utterly useless UI. ### 1/5 — Doesn't connect to my HRM *2021-06-04, version 2.2.4* For some reason my Garmin Fenix 6 Pro shows as a power meter, and won't connect to it as a HR source. I can see it on other platforms on my phone such as Zwift or TrainerRoad, but not Stages Flight 👎 ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2020-12-19, version 2.2.4* The app will often show one reading on my power and my console another. Today I averaged 150kW but in the stages app it says 0kW. ### 1/5 — Strava *2020-12-16, version 2.2.4* No sinc to strava ### 1/5 — WARNING this app is discontinued and doesn’t work *2020-11-04, version 2.2.4* WARNING data sync between bike console and this app is incorrect (ride speed is wrong, distance doesn’t accumulate correctly, Rpm and power are delayed, HR is not transferred at all). Stages has dropped Suport of this app!!! Additionally all sync with Stava and Training Peaks and .TCX files is wrong (ride time and date is off, data is carried through wrong). There is also no way to store the data locally (No Apple Health or file save). With the new SIC2 console usb storage was also removed. So due to this app being broken there is no way to correctly save all your ride data ### 1/5 — Not anywhere near good enough *2020-10-31, version 2.2.4* Pairing this app only works with the bike before you start and press the stage button. When this has been paired with the bike, you would expect all the days, such as watts, speed, distance covered and hr details would be captured, then once you’ve completed your ride, be able to upload it to Strava, none of this is possible. With this complete lack of ability to capture the data from your ride, makes this app pretty much an amateur attempt and something you would not expect from a company synonymous with Cycling and Power meters, so when I do take the leap and buy one for my bike, will make me think twice about buying stages ### 1/5 — Terrible experience *2020-09-12, version 2.2.4* Really really disappointed about the device and app that costed €400. Totally user unfriendly. No explanation at all on how to link the power meter to strava. No reaction from Customer support. What do you need to use? Flight, link or power. Such a poor explanation, in fact, no explanation at all... No connection with Bluetooth, what, every time it asks to connect? Maybe you can ask every time to connect to the internet? We are 2020. Will send it back. How can you design this so bad? ### 1/5 — Please fix major issues! *2020-06-20, version 2.2.4* Downloaded app after my on-bike screen died. This app provides so much more functionality... potentially. Unfortunately, this app keeps asking me basic setup questions EVERY time the app is opened. I have to review the privacy policy, adjust email preferences, and change account settings. Even if I have the app actively recording a workout, once the app is brought out from running in the background the questions appear again. this is extremely annoying. Another issue is that the side menu is all screwed up. There is plenty of room to display all words, but instead all menu items show first and last two letters with ... in between, e.g. Pr...le Lo...ut. Why!? Finally many of the on screen values are showing as 0s. I can understand the heart rate showing 0 as I do not have a monitor. But why is distance not showing up? Why doesnt the app show at least the same information as the on- bike display? The app has such potential but is not being maintained :( ### 1/5 — Stages Spin bike and app vary *2020-05-05, version 2.2.4* Wish the app and the stages Sc3 would have consistent metrics. Tech support said your working on it. Please work faster to resolve this issue. 😲😲😲 ### 1/5 — Will not save activities. *2020-03-11, version 2.2.4* The app works while on the stages bike but will not save your activities and is therefore very little use. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Does a good job how about Apple Watch support? *2020-06-21, version 2.2.4* Once linked to the console it does a great job of capturing statistics. But how about integration with Apple Watch to stop start the workout, press stages to record a stage and even better if could use the heart rate monitor capability of the Apple Watch. ### 5/5 — Great!! *2020-06-16, version 2.2.4* Very useful app!! ### 5/5 — Watt warrior *2019-09-07, version 2.2.4* Loving the app, recording each session enables you to track progress! ### 5/5 — Pop *2019-06-06, version 2.2.2* It is really fun but the kids don’t know what it is ### 5/5 — Greatly improved! *2018-09-24, version 2.2.2* The Flight app has seen a steady stream of improvements over the last 3 months. It pairs really well now to the Stages indoor cycles, even in a crowded class room. I’d love to see some improvements to reconnecting devices if I loose signal with my chest strap (without needing to close the app and restart), but other than that. This is the best all around app for training indoor. ### 5/5 — This is the Best Indoor Cycling App in the World *2016-06-15, version 2.0* I've been searching for an Indoor Cycling app that would use my FTP (Functional Threshold Power) to create Power Zones. This app does that and even shows these zones in different colors so when I'm working hard I can easliy see what zone I'm working in. I also love that it connects to my Stages Power meter, both on my outdoor bike and the bikes at my club. Love It!!! ### 4/5 — Landscape please *2020-06-12, version 2.2.4* Pretty good basic app. If the developers are reading this then please can we have the option to use landscape orientation? ### 4/5 — Great App if your gym has Stages Bikes *2019-04-30, version 2.2.2* App works well and provides a display as well as review of spin classes as the gym has Stages bikes which connect up via BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to the phone, no need to pair your phone first simply open the app, click the button to connect with a bike (in app) and select the correct sensor number. Only real complaint is the data does not then sync with apple HealthKit, I wish it synced I to HealthKit to allow me to analyse the data easily on the phone without having to go to their website (the app itself only provides high level data as well). If your looking for full analysis head to their website and you will find it all there. ### 4/5 — Getting better all the time *2018-06-09, version 2.1.12* I am using this app more often. Now that the heart rate monitor can be included reliably being able to see both hr and pct FTP in zones is great. Even though our gym doesn’t subscribe to the whole program this is A very useful and easy to use app. Works for other activities as well. ### 3/5 — Used to be great.... *2020-12-21, version 2.2.4* .....the last update doesn’t calculate the heart rate correctly in the blue and green zone. It’s about 40 bpm less than what my Apple Watch says (previously, the difference was 2 to 3 bpm); please correct / update. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-12.*