Comparison

CycleBar vs Blocks NYC

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

Head to head
About

CycleBar

Manage your indoor cycling classes and track your fitness progress. View upcoming classes, book your favorite spots, and join waitlists. Monitor your performance over time and earn rewards through a loyalty program.

Highlights
  • Personalized home screen
  • Class schedule and booking
  • Waitlist functionality
  • Studio map and details
  • Activity tracking
  • Loyalty program with rewards
Features
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Welcome to the CycleBar App! Download the app to get the most out of your CycleBar experience. Your personalized home screen will put the info you want the most front and center: upcoming classes, weekly goal progress, and much more! You’ll also be able to keep up with all the classes at your favorite CycleBar studios using our schedule feature! Filter, favorite, and book your way to class. The Apple Watch app lets you view your schedule, check in for class, and track your workouts. Track your class stats from past classes to monitor your performance over time with the Activity Tracking app, and the integration with the Apple Health app allows you to see all your progress in one convenient place. • Check the My Schedule tab to see your upcoming classes and plan the rest of your week. • Bike best in a particular spot? Book and save your perfect spot for each class to get the most out of your ride. • Is your favorite class or instructor 100% booked? Add yourself to the waitlist and stay informed to get your workout in! • Traveling shouldn’t disrupt your health goals, so we’ve made it faster for you to find a local studio with our interactive studio map. • See one you like? Tap into our detailed studio pages to learn more and get booked into class. Join ClassPoints, our loyalty program! Sign up for free and accumulate points with every class you attend. Achieve different status levels and unlock exciting rewards, including retail discounts, access to priority booking, guest passes for your friends, and more! Get ready to ride!

About

Blocks NYC

Track your exploration of New York City by walking streets and completing blocks. The app automatically records your steps and fills in your map as you go, offering neighborhood insights and social features.

Highlights
  • Automatic street tracking
  • Block completion for permanent map fill
  • Neighborhood progress tracking
  • Personalized place recommendations
  • Social leaderboards and friend challenges
  • Apple Health integration
  • Privacy controls for your map
Features
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How much of New York have you actually walked? Blocks answers that. Put your phone in your pocket and start walking — every street you cover lights up on your map. Walk all the way around a block, every side, and the whole block fills in. It's yours for good. There's no streak to keep and nothing to lose. Your map only ever grows. HOW IT WORKS • Start a walk, or let Blocks pick it up automatically in the background • Streets light up as you walk them — phone stays in your pocket • Cover every side of a block and it fills in permanently • Walk one side today and the rest next month, it all still counts • 33,114 real blocks across all five boroughs, traced from actual NYC intersections EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD • Per-neighborhood progress, so you find out you're 40% through the East Village • Neighborhood cards rank where to go next based on what you haven't seen • Restaurant, cafe, and bar picks sitting on blocks you've never set foot on • Rate the places you go and build a real record of your city • See your whole New York at a glance — every street you've ever walked • Climb from Tourist to True New Yorker as your block count grows CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD WITH FRIENDS • Neighborhood leaderboards — find out who really knows the East Village • Leaderboards count blocks you actually walked. No shortcuts. • Invite a friend to walk a neighborhood together • Follow friends and watch the neighborhoods they're filling in • Add Tastemakers, people whose taste you trust, and their favorite spots rise to the top of your recommendations • Share your map as an image any time you want to show it off ALREADY TRACK YOUR RUNS? Connect Apple Health and the runs and walks you already record get added to your map automatically. Your route never leaves your phone. YOUR MAP IS YOURS • Your profile is private unless you choose to make it public • You control what friends and followers can see • Location is used to credit the streets you walk. It is never sold. Blocks is for the people who take the long way home — who pick a direction, see where it goes, and measure the city in footsteps. Start walking. Your first block is one trip outside away.

Screenshots

CycleBar4 screens
Blocks NYC4 screens

Verdict

The call

CycleBar and Blocks NYC both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Blocks NYC's written reviews are positive against 67% of CycleBar's. Blocks NYC also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). CycleBar's advantage is ratings volume (27K vs 21). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CycleBar against 5.0 for Blocks NYC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CycleBar has 27K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of CycleBar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blocks NYC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CycleBar ships an update every 2 weeks, Blocks NYC weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CycleBar versus Blocks NYC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCycleBarBlocks NYC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (27K ratings)5.0 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB117 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperXponential Fitness LLCTraversal Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

CycleBar

All ratings26,810 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative26.5%

Blocks NYC

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CycleBar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Add to Calendar feature not working consistently
  • Unlimited membership showing 0 rides available
  • App crashing on login for home studio

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to connect Fitbit to the app
  • Better data visualization and progress tracking
  • Option to toggle between multiple user accounts

Blocks NYC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CycleBar

No in-app purchases

None

Blocks NYC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CycleBar free?
CycleBar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blocks NYC free?
Blocks NYC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CycleBar or Blocks NYC?
Blocks NYC is rated higher. CycleBar averages 4.9 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Blocks NYC averages 5.0 from 21 ratings.
Do CycleBar or Blocks NYC have ads?
Neither CycleBar nor Blocks NYC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CycleBar or Blocks NYC?
CycleBar ships an update every 2 weeks, and Blocks NYC weekly. Most recently, CycleBar was updated on November 11, 2026 and Blocks NYC on November 10, 2026.

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