mainTrack vs Cycle Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mainTrack
This app helps cyclists track their bike and component usage, providing timely maintenance reminders. It records all serviced parts and components, answering questions about past services and current gear usage. Synchronize data across devices and connect to Strava for activity updates.
- Track bike and component usage
- Maintenance reminders
- Record serviced parts
- Strava synchronization
- Component assignment to bikes
- Periodic maintenance planning
- Cross-device data synchronization
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MainTrack is a comprehensive Bike Maintenance app that will help to keep track of your bikes and components usage, remind you when it's time to service your gear and record all serviced parts and components. Wondering when was the last time you changed your front tyre? Or what distance you've ridden with your race wheels? Or when you need to service your suspension? MainTrack will help you to answer these questions and much more. Features: • Connect to Strava to synchronize your activities and update your bikes usage • Create Components that you use occasionally or in multiple bikes • Assign Components to Bikes for a period of time and keep track of their usage separately based on the bike's activities • Plan your bikes maintenance periodically based on period of time, usage, rides or elapsed time. • Receive notifications after a ride is completed and when a service is due • Keep track of all services executed • Check your bike's parts usage since you last serviced them • Synchronize your data across multiple devices MainTrack is very intuitive and easy to use, with a beaultiful interface design to provide you the best user experience.
Cycle Coach
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Cycle Coach learns how YOU train, then coaches you on YOUR actual routes. No power meter. No spreadsheet. Just your Apple Watch and the roads you already ride. Every morning, open the app to a personalised coaching plan: which route to ride, how hard to push, and when to rest. Built from your real ride history, adapted to your training personality. HOW IT WORKS • Import your cycling history from Apple Watch in seconds • Routes are automatically discovered and named from your GPS traces • The coach learns your pattern. Block trainer, alternator, weekend warrior. and works within it • Daily recommendations based on your fitness, fatigue, and form • Weather-aware scheduling with Best Riding Window FEATURES • Personalised daily coaching narrative • Route library with GPS maps, speed trends, and segment analysis • Ride predictions. Expected time, speed, and HR for your next ride • Cardiac drift detection (fatigue fingerprinting) • Dashboard: Fitness (CTL), Fatigue (ATL), Form (TSB), RHR, HRV • HR-coloured route maps and ride replay • Segment detection with progression tracking • Ask Coach. Deep-dive insights on any route, ride, or segment • Morning notifications with your daily plan • Works offline. All computation happens on your phone PRIVACY FIRST • GPS and heart rate data never leave your device • Only summary metrics are used for coaching text generation • No account required to use the app FREE FOR EVERYONE • Daily coaching, route discovery, predictions, dashboard. All free • Ask Coach: 10 requests included free • Pro ($4.99/month or $37.99/year): unlimited Ask Coach requests Built by a cyclist with 37,000km and 10 years of Apple Watch data. No generic formulas, a coach that adapts to you. Terms of Use: https://sio.co.za/cyclecoach/terms Privacy Policy: https://sio.co.za/cyclecoach/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: mainTrack at 3 against Cycle Coach's 1. mainTrack also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. mainTrack sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Cycle Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | mainTrack | Cycle Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (59 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christiano Gontijo | Stuart Ormiston |
In-app purchases
mainTrack
- Coffee$1.99
- Snack$3.99
- Lunch$7.99
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- Dinner$13.99
Cycle Coach
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual$39.991 Year








