CU Trails vs RISE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CU Trails
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CU Trails is a fitness activity mobile application (app) devised for students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK): - To promote physical activity participation for the students; - To build a healthier life style through fitness activity for the students; - To introduce and well utilize the newly established CUHK walking trails to all new students every year. The app will be introduced to all year 1 CUHK students during the Required and Elective Physical Education (PE) courses of different sports events. CUHK staffs are also welcomed to use this app to enhance health conditions within the CUHK campus. Features: - Provide 3 sport types for recording: Running, walking/jogging & hiking - Allow user to choose among 3 preset CUHK trails (based on the distance and difficulty of each trail. It will pass through all 9 colleges and some beautiful and unique landmarks of CUHK ) - Also allow user to define their trails within or outside CUHK campus for exercises - Measure the walking distance, number of steps, walking/jogging/hiking time and speed - Mark walking/jogging/hiking path on map via Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker - Calculate calories burned while walking/jogging/hiking - Provide the “Top 10” of the calories burned (accumulated) based on the CUHK participants - Provide tips for users about apps usage and the trials. - Serve as the Personal fitness activity log to monitor their own progress and fitness level - Students will be invited to fill in survey on regular basis to collect feedback and evaluation over the effectiveness of regular exercising. Apple HealthKit Integration By allowing this app to access Apple HealthKit, we can display your heart rate data recorded in HealthKit in your sports session history, alongside with your speed, calories consumed, etc. Instruction is available at Settings -> Heart Rate Monitoring. Access to the phone's location is required by this app in order to record the location, altitude and course. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
RISE
This app helps you track your reading progress, build a digital library, and reduce phone screen time by gamifying reading. Earn back time to access distracting apps by completing reading quizzes. Compete with friends and discover new books.
- Track books chapter by chapter
- Build a digital book library
- Gamified reading challenges
- Reduce distracting app usage
- Compete with friends
- Curated reading recommendations
- Screen time tracking
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RISE is a reading tracker for people who love books but keep losing them to their phone. Everything in RISE is free. Forever. No trial, no paywall, nothing held back. TRACK YOUR READING • Every book, chapter by chapter • Build your library — search or add any book, even niche ones • Photograph a cover for self-published titles • Stats: books this month, this year, reading streaks • Set a yearly goal and watch it climb TURN READING INTO YOUR UNLOCK KEY Block Instagram, TikTok, YouTube — the apps that eat your evenings. Read a chapter, pass a 5-question quiz, and earn 30 minutes back. That's the only way to open them. Stack chapters to bank more time. Everything resets at midnight. Don't want the blocking? Skip it. RISE still works as your library, recommendations and stats. COMPETE WITH YOUR FRIENDS See who read the most today, this week and this month — globally, or in a private group. Share a code or an invite link and bring your friends in. Streaks show next to every name. THE READ2RISE READING GUIDE 50 books I actually recommend, across 19 categories, each with a note on why it's worth your time. Add any of them to your library in one tap. SEE YOUR SCREEN TIME DROP Your daily screen time charted over 7 days, 30 days, 90 days or a year, measured against where you started. Hours reclaimed. And the number that matters most — how much less you scroll on the days you read. WHY RISE EXISTS The average person spends 4 hours a day on their phone. That's 60 days a year. Gone. RISE is for people who want those hours back, and who know reading is what they'd do with them. SUPPORTING RISE (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL) It's just me — no company, no investors. If you want to back the project you can, at $5/month or $10/month, and you'll get an exclusive app icon and a supporter badge. That's the entire difference. Nothing in RISE is locked either way. Terms: https://flycricket.io/terms.html Privacy: https://flycricket.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CU Trails at none against RISE's 4. CU Trails also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). RISE's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On price, ads and device support 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. RISE sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CU Trails asks for nothing beyond the download.
CU Trails ships an update every 9 months, RISE fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CU Trails | RISE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Christopher Kriel |
In-app purchases
CU Trails
No in-app purchases
RISE
- Supporter$0.991 Month
- RISE Premium7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Founding Member$2.991 Month
- RISE Lifetime$29.99









