Comparison

Specialized vs MyFreeDive

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

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About

Specialized

Enhance your cycling with advanced ride tracking, performance analytics, and e-bike management. Monitor your bike's settings, battery life, and security features. Sync your rides with other fitness apps for a complete overview of your active lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Ride recording with GPS
  • Advanced performance analytics
  • Turbo e-bike management
  • Turbo System Auto-Lock
  • Smart battery management
  • Partner app synchronization
Features
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Unleash your dream ride with the Specialized app. With ride recording, advanced performance tracking, and Turbo e-bike management, the Specialized app takes your cycling experience to the next level. Plus, premium ride data and analytics motivate you to achieve your cycling goals while a seamless partner app connection supports your active lifestyle. GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR BIKE Turbo E-bike Management: Manage your Turbo bike settings directly in the app. • Register your bike directly in the app to activate the lifetime warranty and receive critical updates about your bike. • Fine-tune your bike’s power delivery and battery output to support your riding style. • Customize the stats and layout you see on the bike display. • Deter bike theft with Turbo System Auto-Lock.* When activated, your system automatically locks when you power off your bike. The system will automatically unlock when you’re near your bike and power it on. • Monitor battery level, charge cycles, odometer, etc. • Receive real-time error log alerts when your bike needs attention. Resolve issues with our helpful troubleshooting tips, or share system status and logs with your preferred retailer for remote diagnosis. • Get service reminders to keep your bike operating at peak performance. • Manage bike settings, including battery beeper, stealth mode*, and range extender use.* *Available on select models. ENJOY THE RIDE Advanced Ride Recording: Track activity and monitor your ride data in real-time with GPS recording. • View real-time metrics, including speed, distance, elevation gain, calories burned, and more. • Customize the ride recording dashboard to see your preferred stats. • Turbo riders can stream stats directly from their bike, including assist mode, battery level, and motor power. Smart Control (Turbo e-bikes only): Effortlessly manage your Turbo e-bike's battery use on any ride. Set your desired battery percentage remaining for the end of your ride, and the app will intelligently adjust motor assistance to ensure you reach your destination with the right amount of charge. CELEBRATE YOUR EFFORTS Premium Performance Data: Get a comprehensive summary of every ride with a detailed analysis of where you rode and what you accomplished.  • Stats include speed, distance, elevation gain, calories burned, and more.  • Interactive graphs allow you to analyze your ride further. • Rides recorded on a Turbo e-bike will display Turbo-specific metrics, including levels of assistance used during the ride, battery usage over time, and average motor power use.  Seamless Partner App Connection: Easily sync your ride data with your preferred apps that track and support your active lifestyle. • Connect your Garmin or Wahoo account to the app and sync the rides you record with either device. Rides will be imported to your activity library, allowing you to analyze the collected data. • Sync activity with Apple Health to see the complete picture of your daily activity and contribute to your three rings. • Sync activity to Strava for sharing with friends and getting kudos. Designed to empower all riders, the Specialized app revolutionizes your cycling experience with innovative features and an intuitive user experience. It’s your ultimate riding partner. Download and start riding today.

About

MyFreeDive

Record and store your free diving sessions using an Apple Watch Ultra. Track depth, temperature, distance, and heart rate with detailed charts and history. Organize dives, store certifications, and export data.

Highlights
  • Record dive data with Apple Watch Ultra
  • Track depth, temperature, distance, and heart rate
  • View dive charts and history
  • Organize dives into custom lists
  • Store certifications and insurance
  • Export dive data to PDF
Features
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This app is for free diving. You can record with an Apple Watch Ultra a free dive and store the data in the app.  The watch app will record the depth, the water temperature, the depth and the coordinates.For the disciplines DYN & DYN-B in pool also the distance will be recorded, minimum distance is 1 lane. A view with a chart of the dive is available. You can set a surface time and a notification when you want to do repeating dives. The number of dives and the total time will be shown. In the settings of the watch app you can select the discipline, starting depth, pool or outdoor, length of lane, surface time and start by button. On the watch the last 25 dives are as history available. You can send the dives to the iPhone by button (iPhone must be in receiving mode), select on iPhone the dive you want to store and confirm to send the chart data on your watch. Currently the app records depth down to 6m ! The app is not a dive computer, the app will only record the data. Optional, depth data can be imported to the dive from the health app. The depth data from the health app will be used to create a depth chart of the dive. As the app is working down to 6m and if you use the depth app for deeper free dives, you can import data from the health app to show a chart for depth. This will replace an older chart, also from watch. In the settings of your Apple Watch Ultra you can select the app for auto start (Generell -> auto start-> under water) and also to start the app by action button (Generell->action button->action(diving). The iPhone App will store your dives on the iCloud Drive. You can store the dives in different lists, the systematic can be freely decided, as example different lists for discipline, month, name or location. Each list can contain a maximum of 100 dives. The lists can be sorted by different criteria like location, time, distance, depth,... A view for the details of a single dive is also available as a view of a chart of the dive. A PDF for a single dive or the dive list can be created and printed. You can store also your certificates and insurance in the app, they will be shown in the PDF of the list as well. A personalisation with photo, name and birth date can be done as well. The watch app will read your heart rate, if you have authorised and show the heart rate on screen. In addition the heart rate will be stored during your dive and you can see the chart afterwards when you select a dive from the list. Please have in mind that the function may not work correctly under water. The app, iPhone or Watch, will send no data to any a third party. The data are only in your personal iCloud Drive stored. Functions watch: - current depth - current time - surface time - max depth - min / max water temperature - distance for DYN & DYN-B (pool only min 1 lane) - heart rate - total time - total # of dives - set notification time during dive - set notification time on surface - start by action button - training plan

Screenshots

Specialized4 screens
MyFreeDive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Specialized at 11K against MyFreeDive's 1. MyFreeDive's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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

MyFreeDive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Specialized has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Specialized ships an update fortnightly, MyFreeDive every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Specialized versus MyFreeDive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpecializedMyFreeDive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpecialized Bicycle Components, Inc.Thomas Nietz

Customer experience

Specialized

All ratings11,190 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews501 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral19.0%
Negative30.5%

MyFreeDive

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Specialized

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ride recording issues causing incorrect mileage
  • Connectivity problems when pairing bikes
  • Tuning settings not saving properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to disable map display
  • Bring back Smart Control mode
  • Allow custom tuning presets
  • Integrate with Apple Watch for heart rate monitoring
  • Add more data fields and customization options

MyFreeDive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Specialized

No in-app purchases

None

MyFreeDive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Specialized free?
Specialized is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyFreeDive free?
MyFreeDive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Specialized or MyFreeDive?
MyFreeDive is rated higher. Specialized averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while MyFreeDive averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Specialized or MyFreeDive have ads?
Neither Specialized nor MyFreeDive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Specialized or MyFreeDive?
Specialized ships an update fortnightly, and MyFreeDive every 2 weeks. Most recently, Specialized was updated on September 23, 2026 and MyFreeDive on September 19, 2026.

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