Comparison

cyclexperience vs Depart UK

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

cyclexperience

Discover popular cycle routes in the New Forest National Park and Isle of Purbeck. Features interactive digital maps with live GPS tracking for over 100 miles of traffic-free trails.

Highlights
  • Popular cycle routes
  • New Forest & Isle of Purbeck
  • Over 100 miles of trails
  • Traffic-free cycling
  • Interactive digital maps
  • Live GPS positioning
Features
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Cyclexperience have shared eight of their most popular cycle routes in the New Forest National Park and the Isle of Purbeck, including over 100 miles of traffic free cycle trails. This exciting app, designed and built by fwdesign, includes dynamic interactive digital maps with live GPS user positioning.

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Depart UK

Features
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Depart UK shows the next National Rail departures for the journeys you actually make. Save your commute once and open the app to see departure times, platforms, delays and cancellations at a glance. No account, no sign-in, nothing to configure. SAVED ROUTES Add a route from one station to another and the app shows the next trains, with the live expected time, platform number and status for each one. Swap origin and destination with one tap for the journey home. LIVE TIMES AND PLATFORMS Departure data comes from National Rail Enquiries through the Rail Data Marketplace, so you see the same live information as the station boards, including the reason a train is running late or has been cancelled. DIRECT OR CALLING AT Choose to see only direct trains, or any train that calls at your destination. Trains that divide en route are handled correctly. SCHEDULE YOUR ROUTES Set a route to show only on certain days and between certain times, so the morning commute appears in the morning and the trip home appears in the evening. FULL STOPPING PATTERN Open any train to see every calling point with scheduled and live times, and whether the train will skip your stop today. EVERY STATION Over 2,600 UK stations are bundled with the app, so searching by name or CRS code works instantly, even offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your routes are stored on your device and never uploaded. The app has no accounts and no analytics. It is free and supported by ads. DATA ATTRIBUTION Live departures: National Rail Enquiries via the Rail Data Marketplace. Station list: davwheat/uk-railway-stations, building on Trainline EU data, licensed under the ODbL.

Screenshots

cyclexperience4 screens
Depart UK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: cyclexperience at none against Depart UK's shown. cyclexperience also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Depart UK's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 19 months). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cyclexperience ships an update every 19 months, Depart UK daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
cyclexperience versus Depart UK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercyclexperienceDepart UK
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFwdesign LimitedDaniel Martins Albuquerque

In-app purchases

None

cyclexperience

No in-app purchases

None

Depart UK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cyclexperience free?
cyclexperience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Depart UK free?
Depart UK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do cyclexperience or Depart UK have ads?
Depart UK shows ads; cyclexperience does not.
Which is updated more often, cyclexperience or Depart UK?
cyclexperience ships an update every 19 months, and Depart UK daily. Most recently, cyclexperience was updated on November 2, 2026 and Depart UK on November 6, 2026.

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