Comparison

Cyclomania vs viRACE

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

Head to head
About

Cyclomania

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Die App für die Teilnahme an der Veloförderaktion Cyclomania. Damit kannst du dich zu einer Challenge anmelden. Dank des automatischen Trackingsystems werden deine Bewegungen aufgezeichnet und du kannst so für Challenges Punkte sammeln und Preise gewinnen. Ausserdem erhältst du einen Überblick über dein Mobilitätsverhalten, deinen CO2 Ausstoss und wie du dadurch das globale Klima beeinflusst. FEATURES IM DETAIL - Erstellen deines persönlichen Cyclomania Profils - Automatisches Mobilitätstracking im Hintergrund - Einfaches Ein- und Ausschalten des Trackers - Statistik zu deinem Mobilitätsverhalten - Teilnahme an Challenges WAS IST CYCLOMANIA? Cyclomania ist eine Aktion zur Förderung des Velos im urbanen Raum. Gemeinden, Städte und Regionen führen dabei während einem Monat eine Veloförderaktion für die Bevölkerung durch. Ziel der Aktion ist es, Leute auf spielerische Art und Weise dazu zu motivieren, im Alltag vermehrt auf das Velo zu setzen. WIE FUNKTIONIERT CYCLOMANIA? Gemeinden, Städte oder Regionen melden sich für eine Cyclomania-Challenge an und motivieren die Bevölkerung während einem Monat an der Aktion teilzunehmen und durch möglichst viel Velofahren und zu Fuss gehen Punkte zu sammeln und Preise zu gewinnen.

About

viRACE

Engage in virtual races and challenges with a global community. Receive live audio updates on your progress and that of your friends, with options for predefined or self-selected routes. Compete against personal bests and enjoy prize raffles.

Highlights
  • Virtual races and challenges
  • Live audio updates via headphones
  • Friend tracking and comparison
  • Personal best time comparison
  • Prize raffles
  • Smartwatch integration (Garmin, Polar, etc.)
Features
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Join the viRACE community of over 200,000 athletes from 162 countries and participate in virtual races and challenges. Live updates about the intermediate results of you and your marked favorites and friends are delivered directly to your ears via headphones. viRACE offers you: - Participation in various virtual runs and challenges (timing and tracking via app): virtual runs, virtual cross-country skiing events and other sports. - Live information on intermediate results and additional motivation provided by the organizers is delivered straight to your ears via headphones. All participants of a virtual run or challenge are listed on the details page of the different events and can be selected as favorites. This allows participants to keep up on progress of their friends. You can also compare yourself directly with your personal best time. - Different challenges: with free choice of routes or with predefined routes - Automatic sending of start number and diploma (for selected events) - Regular raffle of prizes at different virtual runs and challenges - AND participation also possible with GARMIN, POLAR, Fitbit, SUUNTO, WAHOO and Apple Watch. No need for tracking with the app This is how it works: Immediately after registering, you will be taken to the international event feed. From here you can register for virtual runs or challenges in just a few steps. These are either started at a predefined start time by all participants at the same time or the start time can be freely selected within a certain time window. Live updates via headphones keep you informed about the race (countdown to the start, remaining distance, intermediate positions, results of the marked favourites, ...) and motivate you to achieve your best performance. Timing, distance measurement, start and finish - everything is handled directly by the app. For organizers: We offer event organizers the ability to plan and run virtual events themselves. There are also numerous options for running charity events. Don't hesitate to contact us if you are interested. viRACE uses Healthkit. The only purpose is to import Apple Watch activities (Distance, Time & Activity-Date) to viRACE to match for races.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

Cyclomania and viRACE are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cyclomania ships an update every 6 weeks, viRACE every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Cyclomania versus viRACE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCyclomaniaviRACE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.9 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—28.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—42 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB102 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPro Velo SchweizQuevita AG

In-app purchases

None

Cyclomania

No in-app purchases

None

viRACE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cyclomania free?
Cyclomania is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is viRACE free?
viRACE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cyclomania or viRACE have ads?
Neither Cyclomania nor viRACE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cyclomania or viRACE?
Cyclomania ships an update every 6 weeks, and viRACE every 4 weeks. Most recently, Cyclomania was updated on October 6, 2026 and viRACE on October 24, 2026.

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