The Handle Bar vs RivalByM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Handle Bar
Easily book your indoor cycling class with a few taps. View the schedule, purchase credits, and reserve your preferred seat quickly and conveniently.
- View class schedule
- Purchase credits
- Select seat
- Easy booking
- Indoor cycling
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Booking your bike has never been easier. Check the schedule, buy credits, and select your seat in just a few taps.
RivalByM
This fitness app encourages consistency by having users compete with friends based on their adherence to workout and recovery plans. Earn points for showing up, join challenges, and verify results through integrations or manual entry. It focuses on accountability and friendly competition to keep users motivated.
- Compete with friends on discipline
- Track workouts and recovery days
- Earn points for daily check-ins
- Join named challenges (e.g., 5K, Hyrox)
- Connect Apple Health for verification
- Group chat for strategy and discussion
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Rival is a fitness accountability app built around one simple idea: it's easier to stay consistent when people are watching. Instead of tracking workouts in private, Rival lets you compete with friends based on discipline and follow-through. How it works: • Set your weekly plan (workout days and recovery days) • Post a daily check-in — workout or planned recovery • Earn points for showing up • Compete in private groups where missed days are visible Both workouts and recovery days earn points — because sticking to your plan is what matters. Take on named challenges: • Pick an event — 1 Mile, 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Murph, or Hyrox • Join a monthly cohort and race for the best time • Connect Apple Health to attach a real workout and verify your result — or enter your time by hand • Talk strategy with your cohort in built-in chat Why Rival is different: • No fake streaks • No guessing who actually trained • No motivation hacks Just proof, consistency, and friendly competition. Whether you're training hard or rebuilding a routine, Rival keeps you honest — and keeps you going.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Handle Bar at 1.9K against RivalByM's 16. RivalByM's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Handle Bar against 5.0 for RivalByM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Handle Bar has 1.9K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of The Handle Bar's written reviews are positive against 100% of RivalByM's.
The Handle Bar ships an update every 3 weeks, RivalByM every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Handle Bar | RivalByM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mariana Tek Corporation | MOISES DANIEL SAKKAL EL MANN |
Customer experience
The Handle Bar
RivalByM
In-app purchases
The Handle Bar
No in-app purchases
RivalByM
No in-app purchases
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