cyclexperience vs Depart UK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Popular cycle routes
- New Forest & Isle of Purbeck
- Over 100 miles of trails
- Traffic-free cycling
- Interactive digital maps
- Live GPS positioning
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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.
Depart UK
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cyclexperience ships an update every 19 months, Depart UK daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cyclexperience | Depart UK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fwdesign Limited | Daniel Martins Albuquerque |
In-app purchases
cyclexperience
No in-app purchases
Depart UK
No in-app purchases









