Comparison

CheckMyRide vs MetCount

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

Head to head
About

CheckMyRide

This cycling app offers GPS tracking, real-time performance stats, and Bluetooth sensor connectivity. Share your rides and data with others, and benefit from live location sharing for added safety. Enjoy a clean, ad-free experience designed by cyclists.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth sensor connectivity (power, speed, heart rate)
  • GPS ride tracking
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Data export to Strava, TrainingPeaks
  • Live location sharing
  • Ad-free and account-free experience
Features
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CheckMyRide is your all-in-one cycling computer app, built for simplicity and performance. Connect your Bluetooth sensors for power, speed, and heart rate, and see real-time stats on your customizable dashboard. Track every ride with GPS, review detailed data, and share effortlessly to Strava, TrainingPeaks, or directly with friends and coaches. Safety meets freedom with live location sharing—so your rides are not just tracked, but also supported. No accounts, no ads, no clutter—just pure cycling data designed by cyclists, for cyclists. Key Features • Connect to Bluetooth sensors: power, speed & heart rate • GPS ride tracking with performance stats • Export to Strava, TrainingPeaks & more • Share files via email, WhatsApp & more • Live location sharing for safety & fun • Clean, ad-free, account-free experience

About

MetCount

Track various workout types like AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, and Rounds for Time. Log your workouts, heart rate, and calories to Apple Health. Enjoy background execution with audio and haptic feedback.

Highlights
  • AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, Rounds for Time workout modes
  • Logs workouts, heart rate, and calories to Apple Health
  • Background workout execution
  • Audio and haptic feedback
  • AirPods mode with workout assistant
  • Now Playing screen music control
  • Complications for live progress viewing
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The following workout modes are supported: 1) AMRAP - "as many rounds as possible" in a fixed time cap 2) EMOM - "every minute on the minute". But any interval is supported, including 1 minute intervals 3) Tabata - 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, for 4 minutes 4) Rounds for time - Complete a fixed amount of rounds as quickly as possible, within a time cap Here are some hightlights: 1) Workouts, heart rate data, and calories are logged to your Apple Health and Activity apps. 2) AirPods mode with an assistant that tells you useful information about your workout 3) Use the Now Playing screen to control music or podcasts 4) Use complications to view live workout progress, and previous workout performance. More Information: Workouts are logged to your Apple Health and Activity apps. While you are working out, this app continues to run in the background. Background execution grants the following abilities: 1) The app continues to run throughout the entire workout session, even when you lower your wrist or interact with a different app. When you raise your wrist, the app reappears, letting you quickly check your current progress and performance, complete a round, undo a round, pause, or end the workout. 2) If you navigate back to the watch face, a small icon will be available at the top of the screen, indicating that a workout session is running. You can tap the icon to navigate back to this app. 3) The app continues to receive data from HealthKit and Apple Watch’s sensors in the background. 4) The app will give audio and haptic feedback for time running out while running in the background.

Screenshots

CheckMyRide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MetCount at none against CheckMyRide's 4. MetCount also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (56% vs 31%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CheckMyRide sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MetCount asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CheckMyRide holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of CheckMyRide's written reviews are positive against 56% of MetCount's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CheckMyRide ships an update every 6 weeks, MetCount every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CheckMyRide versus MetCount: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckMyRideMetCount
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (45 ratings) — better4.1 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMARS New Creations B.V.Brett Kuprel

Customer experience

CheckMyRide

All ratings45 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral13.3%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral18.8%
Negative50.0%

MetCount

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CheckMyRide

Subscriptions4
  • 1 month subscription$0.991 Month
  • 3 months subscription$3.993 Months
  • 6 months subscription$5.996 Months
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  • 1 year subscription1 Month trial$8.991 Year
None

MetCount

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CheckMyRide free?
CheckMyRide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MetCount free?
MetCount is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CheckMyRide or MetCount?
CheckMyRide is rated higher. CheckMyRide averages 4.3 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while MetCount averages 4.1 from 17 ratings.
Do CheckMyRide or MetCount have ads?
Neither CheckMyRide nor MetCount shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CheckMyRide or MetCount?
CheckMyRide ships an update every 6 weeks, and MetCount every 2 days. Most recently, CheckMyRide was updated on September 11, 2026 and MetCount on June 2, 2026.

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