GPS Ally+ vs Sauce for Strava™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS Ally+
This app connects your phone to a compatible GPS device, offering real-time navigation, ride syncing, and route management. It allows for easy customization, data import, and automatic sharing of your cycling activities to popular platforms and social media.
- Device customization
- Wireless ride syncing
- Route loading and mapping
- Import .tcx and .gpx files
- Save, store, and review rides
- Auto-sync to third-party apps
- Live ride tracking
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Part of our complete GPS ecosystem, the Lezyne Ally app is the key link between your phone and your Lezyne GPS device. The free app features the latest interactive and real-time technologies designed to enhance your cycling experience. Once paired to one of our GPS devices, you'll enjoy easy device customization, wireless ride syncing, route loading and mapping, and so much more. Experience effortless navigation, import .tcx and .gpx files, and connect cycling routes directly through the application. Additionally, the app is an easy-to-use resource to instantly save, store, and review rides from the palm of your hand. Activities can then be auto-synced to third party apps such as Strava, Komoot, Relive, TrainingPeaks, and more, as well as shared to popular social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. With the Lezyne Ally app, you can also take advantage of our Lezyne Track feature. When enabled, simply create a list of email addresses in the app and those recipients will then be notified every time you start a ride. These notification emails will include a link to our live tracking website where coaches, friends, and loved ones can keep track of where you are and see all of your ride metrics. This app is for use with Lezyne Y10 and newer GPS Devices (2017 Model Year and newer). Please use the Ally V1 app with Y9 GPS devices (With a silver bezel). Lezyne -- Engineered Design
Sauce for Strava™
Enhance your cycling and running data with this lightweight browser extension. It provides more detailed information directly within the platform, offering a richer experience for athletes.
- Enhanced cycling data
- Improved running metrics
- Client-side JavaScript
- Lightweight extension
- Simple interface
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The Sauce extension upgrades Strava with better cycling and running information. It's a simple, lightweight and pure client-side JavaScript addition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sauce for Strava™ at 71% against GPS Ally+'s 16%. Sauce for Strava™ also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.7). GPS Ally+'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (29 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sauce for Strava™ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Ally+ has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of GPS Ally+'s written reviews are positive against 71% of Sauce for Strava™'s.
GPS Ally+ ships an update fortnightly, Sauce for Strava™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Ally+ | Sauce for Strava™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (29 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.3% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lezyne | Sauce, LLC |
Customer experience
GPS Ally+
Sauce for Strava™
Bugs and requests
GPS Ally+
Reported bugs
23 issues- App crashes when creating routes
- Bluetooth disconnects during rides
- Cloud upload stuck at 99%
- Cannot login to account
- Routes not syncing to GPS device
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- Rides not saving properly
- Strava auto-sync not working
- Temperature data calculation errors (showing 200+ degrees)
- Map disappears during navigation
- App freezes during operation
- Notifications not working between phone and device
- GPS device shows update available when already updated
- Keyboard not appearing in text input fields
- Rides showing zero kilometers
- Ride data corrupted or lost
- SSL certificate expired preventing cloud sync
- Incompatibility with iOS 18.4 and newer
- App crashes when opening saved rides
- Segments failing to load
- Connection drops when phone camera is used
- Incorrect ride time calculations (millions of hours)
- Offline maps download status unclear
- App crashes on login with email/password
Requested features
15 requests- In-app language selection option
- Dark mode toggle within app
- Cyrillic character support for international users
- Offline mode for saved routes without internet
- Better route planning with bike path recognition
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- Apple Watch integration with cellular support
- Google Maps or alternative map source option
- Standard share sheet for exporting rides
- Improved navigation with better rerouting
- Max heart rate field tracking
- Calories burned logging and weekly analysis
- Better elevation data display (metric/imperial options)
- Live segment support improvements
- Notifications from phone to device reliability
- WiFi-based device updates instead of USB cable
Sauce for Strava™
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPS Ally+
No in-app purchases
Sauce for Strava™
No in-app purchases
Questions
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