Comparison

Echelon Worlds vs Simple Spin Pro

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

Head to head
About

Echelon Worlds

Engage in a virtual racing experience that syncs with your connected fitness equipment. Explore diverse virtual worlds, compete with others, and enjoy auto-adjusting resistance for an immersive workout.

Highlights
  • Virtual world exploration
  • Multiplayer and ghost racing
  • Auto-adjusting resistance
  • Supports cycling, running, and rowing
  • Unique landscapes and terrain
Features
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Work up a sweat in this new virtual racing experience - now available on your favorite connected equipment! • Explore 3 different virtual worlds with unique landscapes, terrain and scenery. • Compete with your friends, against the computer or your own ghost. • Auto-adjusting resistance based on the terrain and elevation*. • Available for Ride, Run or Row

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. Add a Bluetooth heart rate strap and see your heart rate live, too. THE SMART WORKOUT WIZARD 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 • 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 • Adjust up or down mid-ride — your saved workout stays exactly as you built it LIVE HEART RATE Wear any standard Bluetooth heart rate monitor and your heart rate rides with you: • Live BPM in both structured Workouts and Just Ride • A heart rate trend across your workout profile • Average and max heart rate for every ride and every interval • Saved to Apple Health with your workout • Connect once — your strap reconnects on its own next time Most straps connect to only one device at a time. If yours will not connect, make sure it is not already connected to your watch, another phone, or another app. MAKE IT YOURS • Add an interval anywhere, delete one, or change its type, length, or target • Tap any value to set it exactly • Train by Echelon resistance, 1 to 32, or by watts, 10 to 500 W Edit anything and difficulty, profile, name, and spoken coach announcements all keep up. BUILD IT. RIDE IT. KEEP IT. • Tap Save & Start Ride and you are pedaling the workout you just built • Every workout is saved to your library • 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. JUST RIDE Not every session needs a plan. Just Ride gives you live metrics and nothing else: cadence, resistance, power, heart rate, speed, distance, calories, elapsed time. BETTER TOGETHER: SIMPLE INSIGHTS Your subscription also unlocks Simple Insights, our companion app for deeper Apple Health–powered analysis of trends, training load, and progress. 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 • Power-based and resistance-based training modes • Live heart rate from any standard Bluetooth heart rate monitor • 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 • Heart rate: any standard Bluetooth heart rate monitor • Not compatible with Peloton, NordicTrack, or other non-Echelon brands • Optimized for iPad; also supported on iPhone

Screenshots

Echelon Worlds3 screens
Simple Spin Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Spin Pro at 3.5 against Echelon Worlds's 2.3. Simple Spin Pro also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Echelon Worlds's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads and device support 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. Simple Spin Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Echelon Worlds asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Spin Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Echelon Worlds's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Spin Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echelon Worlds ships an update every 2 months, Simple Spin Pro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Echelon Worlds versus Simple Spin Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchelon WorldsSimple Spin Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size718 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViatek Consumer Products Group, Inc.SV Disrupt LLC

Customer experience

Echelon Worlds

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Simple Spin Pro

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

In-app purchases

None

Echelon Worlds

No in-app purchases

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 Echelon Worlds free?
Echelon Worlds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Spin Pro free?
Simple Spin Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echelon Worlds or Simple Spin Pro?
Simple Spin Pro is rated higher. Echelon Worlds averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Simple Spin Pro averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Echelon Worlds or Simple Spin Pro have ads?
Neither Echelon Worlds nor Simple Spin Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echelon Worlds or Simple Spin Pro?
Echelon Worlds ships an update every 2 months, and Simple Spin Pro every 10 days. Most recently, Echelon Worlds was updated on November 3, 2026 and Simple Spin Pro on October 30, 2026.

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