Comparison

Spinning Indoor Cycling vs Simple Spin Pro

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

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About

Spinning Indoor Cycling

Experience authentic indoor cycling classes led by certified instructors. Choose from various ride types and lengths, with options for real-time performance metrics or rhythm-based rides. Track your progress and improve your fitness at home.

Highlights
  • Authentic Spinning classes at home
  • Expert coaching from certified instructors
  • Variety of class types and lengths
  • Optional real-time performance metrics
  • Workout history and performance tracking
  • Compatibility with Bluetooth sensors
Features
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FROM THE CREATORS OF SPINNING®: Spinning created the indoor cycling category of fitness and is featured in over 30,000 clubs and studios around the world. If you’ve ever taken an authentic Spinning class at the gym, then you’ve ridden one of our high-quality bikes and experienced expert coaching from one of the over 300,000 Certified Spinning Instructors we’ve trained. Bring the authentic studio experience home and ride with Spinning, the original indoor ride. GET RESULTS WITH SPINNING®: Whether you’re new to indoor cycling or a professional cyclist, Spinning offers fun and motivating classes that are performance-oriented and designed to help you achieve your training goals. Led by Certified Spinning® Instructors, some of the most highly-trained fitness professionals in the world, Spinning delivers expert coaching and energizing, cycling-inspired rides. TAKE A NEW CLASS EVERY DAY: Choose your instructor and different types of classes based on your training goals, including strength, endurance, interval, race-day and recovery. Spinning offers classes of varying lengths and types to help every rider achieve their fitness and training goals. YOUR RIDE, YOUR WAY: With two subscription tiers, Spinning provides the same amazing rides with and without metrics. Choose PLUS if you have a heart rate monitor, cadence sensor or power crank for a fully connected ride, complete with time, calories, distance, heart rate, power output (watts), intervals and performance tracking. Ride with BASIC for a rhythm-based class with the energy and inspiration of an in-studio Spin® class without bike data and in-ride metrics. TRACK YOUR IMPROVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OVER TIME: With Spinning Plus, you get world-class performance training with real-time metrics during your ride, a post-ride summary, and a workout history over weeks and months. When connected with Bluetooth accessories such as a cadence sensor, heart rate strap and the SPINPower crank available with the Spinning line of bikes and accessories, you’ll see your personalized numbers throughout every ride along with post-ride summaries, history and highlights of your personal bests, averages and cumulative totals. UNPARALLED COMPATABILITY: Spinning Plus is compatible with the entire line of Spinning Branded bikes, heart rate straps and cadence sensors as well as any other indoor cycling bikes and sensors that use standard Bluetooth connectivity. Spinning Plus is compatible with Zwift and easily uploads your workouts to other tracking and performance platforms. ENHANCED METRICS: Spinning Plus provides your current and target cadence (RPM) and heart rate (BPM) PLUS your average and max heart rate throughout the ride. When paired with the SPINPower performance crank or other Bluetooth compatible devices, you’ll see current power output, zone, average watts and even watts/kg. We’re talking serious training made seriously easy. The best part? With power, you’ll get a true picture of your effort and performance improvement over time, calories burned and tracking, all easily accessed through your personal Spinning account on the app. Download the Spinning® app today and experience everything you love about your studio classes in the comfort of your own home. Terms of Use: https://tv.spinning.com/pages/terms-of-service

About

Simple Spin Pro

Enhance your Echelon bike workouts with structured training or stream entertainment while tracking your performance. This app provides detailed metrics, custom workout creation, and seamless integration with companion analytics for a complete cycling experience.

Highlights
  • Structured interval workouts
  • Custom workout builder
  • Picture-in-Picture for streaming
  • Live performance metrics
  • Workout history tracking
  • Apple Health integration
  • Simple Insights companion access
Features
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Simple Spin Pro turns your Echelon bike into a serious training tool — or the perfect companion for streaming rides. One app, two ways to ride. Build the exact interval session you want in about a minute and ride it while your bike changes its own resistance to match. Or keep your metrics on screen while you watch Netflix, YouTube, and more. Either way, every ride counts. THE SMART WORKOUT WIZARD Structured training built around your Echelon bike — not adapted from someone else's class. Pick a shape and Simple Spin Pro writes the intervals: • Repeating — the classic work / recovery session • Progressive — every round a little harder than the last • Pyramid — climb to a peak, then come back down • Custom — build it interval by interval Then choose how round length moves: the same every round, longer, shorter, or up to a peak and back. Nothing starts blank. The whole workout is there before you change anything — named, rated for difficulty, and drawn as a profile you can read at a glance. YOUR BIKE FOLLOWS THE WORKOUT You do not chase the numbers. The workout sets them. • Every interval applies its resistance to your Echelon the moment it starts • In Power mode, Simple Spin Pro reads your live cadence and calculates the resistance needed to hold your target watts • Spoken cues announce what is coming before it arrives, not as it hits • Adjust up or down mid-ride whenever you like — your saved workout stays exactly as you built it MAKE IT YOURS Defaults are pitched for a rider getting back into it — a session you can finish, not a benchmark that beats you on day one. Everything above that is yours to change: • Add an interval anywhere — before the first, between any two, or at the end • Delete one straight from its card, or change its type, length, or target • Tap any value to set it exactly, instead of pressing + a dozen times • Train by Echelon resistance, 1 to 32, or by watts, 10 to 500 W Edit anything and the workout keeps up: difficulty, profile, name, and your spoken coach announcements all move with it. BUILD IT. RIDE IT. KEEP IT. • Tap Save & Start Ride and you are pedaling the workout you just built — no export, no sync, no waiting • Every workout is saved to your library, one tap away tomorrow • Share a session with a friend, or import theirs, from a single link • Workout history shows your consistency over time • Every completed ride syncs to Apple Health automatically RIDE AND STREAM Watch Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube, and more while your cadence, resistance, and power stay visible in rock-solid Picture-in-Picture, foreground or background. Stay entertained. Stay on pace. JUST RIDE Not every session needs a plan. Just Ride gives you live metrics and nothing else: cadence, resistance, power, speed, distance, calories, elapsed time. BETTER TOGETHER: SIMPLE INSIGHTS Your subscription also unlocks Simple Insights, our companion app for deeper Apple Health–powered analysis. See trends, training load, and progress over time. Same Apple Account, no extra purchase. KEY FEATURES • Purpose-built for Echelon Bluetooth smart bikes — connects in seconds • Your own structured workouts, with no class subscription and no instructor • Automatic resistance control throughout every structured ride • Smart Workout Wizard plus a full library of built-in interval programs • Power-based and resistance-based training modes • On-the-fly intensity adjustments during any ride • Zero ads, zero distractions UNLOCK EVERYTHING WITH PRO The Smart Workout Wizard and full workout library, automatic resistance control, background Picture-in-Picture, and Simple Insights access. Monthly or annual, with continuous updates. COMPATIBILITY • Requires iOS 17 or later • Purpose-built for Echelon Bluetooth-enabled smart bikes • Extensively tested on Echelon EX-5; EX-5 or newer recommended • Not compatible with Peloton, NordicTrack, or other non-Echelon brands • Optimized for iPad; also supported on iPhone

Screenshots

Spinning Indoor Cycling4 screens
Simple Spin Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spinning Indoor Cycling at 85% against Simple Spin Pro's 0%. Spinning Indoor Cycling also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). Simple Spin Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spinning Indoor Cycling sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Simple Spin Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spinning Indoor Cycling holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spinning Indoor Cycling has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Spinning Indoor Cycling's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Spin Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spinning Indoor Cycling ships an update every 2 months, Simple Spin Pro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spinning Indoor Cycling versus Simple Spin Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpinning Indoor CyclingSimple Spin Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMad Dogg Athletics, Inc.SV Disrupt LLC

Customer experience

Spinning Indoor Cycling

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Simple Spin Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Spinning Indoor Cycling

Subscriptions4
  • Spinning month$12.991 Month
  • Spinning month subscription$24.991 Month
  • Spinning year$129.991 Year
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  • Spinning digital year$249.991 Year
5 purchases

Simple Spin Pro

Subscriptions5
  • Simple Spin$2.991 Month
  • Simple Spin Pro$4.991 Month
  • Simple Spin Pro Monthly $5.99$5.991 Month
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  • Simple Spin Pro Monthly $8.99$8.991 Month
  • Simple Spin Pro Annual $69.99$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Spinning Indoor Cycling free?
Spinning Indoor Cycling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Spin Pro free?
Simple Spin Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spinning Indoor Cycling or Simple Spin Pro?
Spinning Indoor Cycling is rated higher. Spinning Indoor Cycling averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Simple Spin Pro averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Spinning Indoor Cycling or Simple Spin Pro have ads?
Neither Spinning Indoor Cycling nor Simple Spin Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spinning Indoor Cycling or Simple Spin Pro?
Spinning Indoor Cycling ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Spin Pro every 10 days. Most recently, Spinning Indoor Cycling was updated on September 22, 2026 and Simple Spin Pro on August 27, 2026.

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