Comparison

Chasing Watts vs RidePlan

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

Head to head
About

Chasing Watts

Discover, join, and organize cycling group rides effortlessly. Find cyclists nearby, see ride details like pace and difficulty, and manage your cycling community with integrated communication tools and weather forecasts.

Highlights
  • Discover and join group rides
  • Organize new cycling rides
  • Route integration (Ride with GPS, Strava, Garmin, GPX)
  • View ride details (pace, distance, difficulty)
  • Manage clubs and teams
  • Group chat and ride rosters
  • Day-of weather forecasts
Features
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Find the group ride. Know the ride before you roll. Chasing Watts shows you who's riding near you, where they're going, and how fast — so you show up to the right ride with the right crew. FIND RIDES • Map and radius search for rides near you • Route, distance, pace, and difficulty on every ride • See who's confirmed before you commit • Day-of weather for the ride, not just your zip code RIDE SMARTER • Crash hotspot data built from Texas DOT records, mapped along your route • Ask Joulia, our AI ride assistant, to find a ride that fits your day CREATE AND LEAD RIDES • Post a ride in seconds with routes from Ride with GPS, Strava, Hammerhead, or any GPX file • Rosters and group chat keep everyone in sync • Share any ride with a link or image to pull in new riders BUILT FOR CLUBS, TEAMS, AND SHOPS One place to schedule rides, talk to your members, and grow your community, instead of posting the same ride in three apps. Houston riders already post 60+ rides a week on Chasing Watts. Bring your group. Group rides. Easy. Download Chasing Watts — and LET'S RIDE.

About

RidePlan

This AI-powered cycling coach creates personalized, periodized training plans that adapt to your fitness, goals, and ride data. Get structured workouts, unlimited coaching chat, and performance analysis to optimize your cycling training.

Highlights
  • Personalized weekly training plans
  • Unlimited AI coaching chat
  • Ride scorecards and performance analysis
  • Automatic sync with Garmin and Wahoo
  • Training-load tracking (fitness, fatigue, form)
  • Adaptive plan with periodization
Features
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RidePlan is your AI cycling coach: a personalized, periodized training plan that adapts to your fitness, your goals, and every ride you complete. Tell RidePlan your fitness, weekly hours, and goal event, and it builds a structured week of workouts calibrated to you — power targets, intervals, and the purpose behind every session. Ride, sync, and RidePlan tracks your training load and reshapes the plan as your form changes. WHAT YOU GET • A personalized weekly training plan, built from your fitness, goals, and rides • Unlimited AI coaching chat — reshape your week, swap a session, or ask "why" anytime • Ride scorecards and a full performance breakdown after every ride — power, heart rate, cadence, speed and elevation, lap by lap • Automatic Wahoo sync — push workouts to your ELEMNT, pull completed rides back • Rides from Apple Health — Garmin Connect, Apple Watch, WHOOP, Zwift and more land on your calendar automatically • Training-load tracking (fitness, fatigue, and form) so you always know where you stand • A plan that adapts automatically — build blocks, recovery weeks, and taper scheduled with proven periodization Ride with Garmin? RidePlan picks up your Garmin rides through Apple Health — turn on Workouts under Apple Health in Garmin Connect and every ride lands on your calendar, matched to your plan. WHO IT'S FOR Whether you're training for your first century, chasing a podium, or just want real structure to your riding, RidePlan gives you a coach's plan without the coach's price tag. RIDEPLAN PLUS Unlock your full personalized plan, unlimited coaching chat, ride analysis, and device sync with a RidePlan Plus subscription: • Monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings Terms of Use (EULA): https://ai.rideplan.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://ai.rideplan.app/privacy

Screenshots

Chasing Watts4 screens
RidePlan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chasing Watts at none against RidePlan's 2. Chasing Watts also leads on ratings volume (779 vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RidePlan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month. Chasing Watts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RidePlan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chasing Watts has 779 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chasing Watts ships an update every 9 days, RidePlan every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chasing Watts versus RidePlan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChasing WattsRidePlan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (779 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings779 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChasing Watts LLCDialed Development LLC

Customer experience

Chasing Watts

All ratings778 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative10.0%

RidePlan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Chasing Watts

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes when creating rides over cellular data
  • Profile setup crashes and errors
  • App requires re-login on every launch
  • Profile pictures rotate 90 degrees after saving
  • Errors when answering profile questions
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  • Unreliable performance on cell data vs WiFi

Requested features

6 requests
  • Expand to multiple cities nationwide
  • Expand to other sports like running
  • Face ID or biometric login option
  • Ability to save/star rides without committing attendance
  • Persistent app state when switching apps
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  • Better offline functionality

RidePlan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chasing Watts

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RidePlan

Subscriptions2
  • RidePlan Plus1 Month trial$34.991 Month
  • RidePlan Plus$329.991 Year

Questions

Is Chasing Watts free?
Chasing Watts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RidePlan free?
RidePlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chasing Watts or RidePlan?
RidePlan is rated higher. Chasing Watts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 779 ratings, while RidePlan averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chasing Watts or RidePlan have ads?
Neither Chasing Watts nor RidePlan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chasing Watts or RidePlan?
Chasing Watts ships an update every 9 days, and RidePlan every 4 weeks. Most recently, Chasing Watts was updated on November 6, 2026 and RidePlan on October 31, 2026.

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