Automatic Cycling Detection vs First Merci
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Automatic Cycling Detection
This app automatically detects and records your bike rides, providing key statistics like distance, speed, and calories. It also connects you with other cyclists and helps you track your carbon footprint. Designed for daily commuters and recreational riders alike.
- Automatic ride detection and recording
- Key ride statistics (distance, speed, calories)
- GPS route tracking on map
- Connect with other cyclists
- Carbon footprint tracking (CO2 saved)
- Supports various bike types and services
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The only app that automatically detects and records your bike rides. Simply the best bike tracker, 100% free. Perfect for daily commuting and commuters. Stats and data : Main statistics: distance, speed, elevations, calories GPS routes / tracks displayed on a map Social - Connect to other cyclists Green - Get aware of your carbon footprint, with CO2 saved when you’re cycling. Unlike other sport and fitness applications such as Strava and Komoot, Social Ride is: - 100% free - Includes automatic detection and recording of your bike rides. Save, log your rides! ----- Social Ride works with all biking activities: - Daily trips: commuting - Sport: cycling, road bike, mountain bike, cross country, BMX - Bike journeys, bike holidays The app is the perfect companion for any cyclist riding any bike: - Classic bike: Btwin, Van Rysel, Triban, Décathlon, Elops, Rockrider, Brompton - Cargo bike: longtail, Yuba, Tern, Omnium, Bullit - Connected electric bikes: Van Moof, Cowboy, Cow boy, Angel, Dance - Road bike: Trek, Giant, Specialized, Lapierre, Canyon, Cannondale, Pinarello, Cervelo, Merida, Bianchi, Willier - Mountain bikes: on track, off track, single track - Fixies and single speed : Marin, Bombtrack, Cinelli, Aventon Social Ride is also compatible with all Self service bikes (SSB), such as Velib in Paris, Velov (vé’lov) in Lyon, Véloose (VéloToulouse) in Toulouse, v’lille, v3 in Bordeaux, Vélo bleu (vélobleu) in Nice, levélo in Marseille, vélomagg in Montpellier, Velhop in Strasbourg, and Vélolib, Vélo'+, Donkey Republic, Velam, VéloCité, Vélo'V, VélOstan'lib, Bicloo, Cy'clic, LE vélo STAR, PBSC, PubliBike V1, Yélo, Optymo, C.vélo', Vélocéa, Velopop'. . Don’t hesitate to stop using expensive electric scooter services such as Lime, Dott, Tier, Lime, Wind, Bird, Flash, Jump, Bolt or Tier and join the bike revolution with Social Ride! — With the next iterations, the app will become: More practical - With new features of itineraries and navigation, to make you use the nicest and most secure cycle paths and cycle lanes. More than a clone of Strava, Maps, Citymapper or Geovelo with its automatic recording, Social will soon offer a dark mode, and a map of bicycle parkings and bike racks. More connected to your devices - GPS, tracking devices and smart watches: Garmin, Fitbit, Wahoo, Apple watch, cardio belt, power meter More connected to your health applications: - Apple Health, Strava, garmin, Décathlon More precise: - With advanced metrics such as power (watts), cardiac frequency (cardio) to take the most out of each ride! Social Ride : le meilleur compteur vélo kilométrique est aussi disponible en français ! Don’t wait any longer: join the bike movement on Social Ride!
First Merci
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One gratitude a day. That is all we ask. No journal to fill. No twenty-minute meditation. Thirty seconds, one sentence, and your day is done. Except that after three weeks, something has changed: your brain starts looking for the good on its own. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app and write what did you good today. One line is enough. 2. You can attach a photo. It loses its location data before it leaves your phone, and it stays with your gratitude, in your history. 3. Save it. Your day is green for good. 4. If you like, share it: with all your friends, or just a few. One a day. The work is not the writing, it is the choosing. WHAT BRINGS YOU BACK TOMORROW YOUR STREAK, AND THE FLAMES THAT COME WITH IT 3 days, then 7, 14, 30, 50, 75, 100, and finally 150. Each tier has its own color, icon and animation. ONE MISSED DAY DOES NOT ERASE EVERYTHING Most apps reset you to zero without mercy. Here you win back your entire lost streak by holding a few days in a row. BADGES TO EARN Bronze, Silver, Gold, Emerald, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Obsidian. The last one takes 300 completed days. Every unlock plays full screen. YOUR YEAR AT A GLANCE A contribution calendar, square by square: each green cell is a day you took thirty seconds for yourself. YOUR MEMORIES COME LOOKING FOR YOU "94 days ago, you wrote..." The feed brings your old entries back, with no repeats until you have seen them all. It is the most moving part of the app, and it only exists if you have written. YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR MOTIVATION Add the people close to you by @username. Each has a profile page: their streak, completed days and shares, photos included. You can react: heart, laugh, sad, smile, clap. You get a notification when someone reacts to yours. And above all: you know when they are waiting for you. MAX, YOUR GRATITUDE COMPANION Max is there from day one. Every morning he shares his own gratitude. Behind it, a true story unfolding over a whole month: the soup that stopped a war in Switzerland, Mozart's starling, the dog of Montargis. Twelve tales, 365 days. THE RANKING Global or monthly. You see exactly where you stand, and how many days separate you from the place above. A REMINDER, NOT A NAG Pick your time slot and your level. The app goes quiet for good if you ask it to. YOUR PERSONAL ANALYSIS (OPTIONAL, PAID) If you want it, First Merci reads back what you have written and tells you what it sees: what comes up often, what changed, what you keep returning to. It is generated by artificial intelligence. Nothing is ever sent unless you have subscribed AND ticked the consent box. Your email, your username and your friends' identities never travel with the text. Premium comes monthly or yearly, at the price shown by the App Store. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and is managed in your App Store account settings. A single-month option exists. Analyses produced while subscribed stay readable after you cancel: you keep what you paid for. Everything else in First Merci is free. YOUR PRIVATE GARDEN STAYS PRIVATE Your entries are private by default. A share goes only to your friends, all of them or the ones you pick, and lives 24 hours, never in public. You can report content, block someone, and delete your account and everything in it from inside the app. No ads. No tracking. SIGNING IN By email, or one tap with Apple or Google. We never receive your password. If you choose "Hide My Email", the relay address is what we keep. In English and in French. Your first gratitude will take thirty seconds. Your hundredth will still take thirty seconds, but you will not quite see things the same way. Start tonight. Terms of Use: https://firstmerci.fr/en/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://firstmerci.fr/en/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Automatic Cycling Detection at none against First Merci's 6. First Merci's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. First Merci sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Automatic Cycling Detection asks for nothing beyond the download.
Automatic Cycling Detection ships an update every 8 days, First Merci every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Automatic Cycling Detection | First Merci |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Gautron | ANTOINE PHILIPPE DESMARTIN |
In-app purchases
Automatic Cycling Detection
No in-app purchases
First Merci
- Premium monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium yearly$8.991 Year
- Analysis of a past month$0.99
- A small thank you$1.99
- A big thank you$3.99
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- A huge thank you$8.99
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