Comparison

Squadrats vs Loom Cycling

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

Head to head
About

Squadrats

Discover and collect virtual items on a map during your outdoor activities. Connect these items to build your virtual empire and experience the thrill of discovery, even in familiar surroundings.

Highlights
  • Collect virtual items on a map
  • Discover hidden locations
  • Connect items to build empires
  • Chase smaller, faster items
  • Build giant, rewarding items
Features
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Have a higher purpose in all your rides, runs, hikes or any other activities. Make them exciting by collecting squadrats everywhere you go. You don't need exotic travels. With Squadrats you'll discover mysterious places close to your home. Squadrats are squarish items on the map. Your mission is to collect them. And connect them to build your empire. If you don't have much time, chase squadratinhos instead. They are much smaller, much faster to get, but just as satisfying. If you like order, you'll love the übersquadrat. It's a giant squadrat that will give you a strong kick when you build one. Fun fact: Squadrats are used by 300+ pro cyclists, runners, triathletes, orienteers. But you don't need to be a pro to enjoy them. Happy squadratting! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdevula/

About

Loom Cycling

Features
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Most riders don't forget how to wax. They forget when they last did it. Loom tracks your chain by distance rather than by feel. Every bike carries an odometer, and every wax event saves a snapshot of it. The distance since your last wax, how much of its expected life you have used, and whether you are overdue all come out of those two numbers. IT LEARNS YOUR INTERVAL Loom starts at 186 miles for hot wax and 93 miles for drip lube. After two wax events it switches to a rolling average of your own history, so the number follows your roads and your weather rather than a figure off a bottle. It warns you at 80%, and again at 100%. RIDES WITHOUT THE TYPING Connect Apple Health and your cycling workouts become rides on their own — date and distance, nothing else. Strava is there if that is where your riding lives. Neither is required: type a distance and Loom works exactly as well with no connection at all. MORE THAN THE CHAIN Chains, tires, sealant and service run off the same odometer. Set an interval, log a change, and Loom counts the distance down. TIRE PRESSURE Tell Loom your weight, your tires and your roads, and it gives you a front and a rear pressure, each with a good range either side. It respects hookless rim limits and your tire's printed maximum, says what set the number, and saves setups to each bike. Road, gravel and cyclocross, in psi or bar. ON THE HOME SCREEN A widget carries wax life at a glance, so you find out in the kitchen rather than in the garage. YOUR RIDING HISTORY IS YOURS No account to create, no Loom server, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, and no tracking. What you log stays on your iPhone and, if you use iCloud, in your own private iCloud database — where Loom cannot read it either. Apple Health and Strava are optional and read-only; Loom never writes anything back to either. ALL OF IT, FREE Every part of Loom is free: as many bikes as you own, automatic ride import from Apple Health or Strava, component tracking, the tire pressure calculator, the widget, and the full Statistics tab — averages, the timeline, which product lasted longest, and when the next wax is due. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads. Privacy Policy: https://loomwax.ridetogether.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

Squadrats4 screens
Loom Cycling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Squadrats at every 4 days against Loom Cycling's every 9 days. Squadrats also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Squadrats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Loom Cycling sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squadrats ships an update every 4 days, Loom Cycling every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Squadrats versus Loom Cycling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquadratsLoom Cycling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSquadrats sp. z o.o.Tom Haythorn

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Squadrats

Subscriptions2
  • Squadrats Pro$4.991 Month
  • Squadrats Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Loom Cycling

Subscriptions1
  • Loom Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Squadrats free?
Squadrats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loom Cycling free?
Loom Cycling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Squadrats or Loom Cycling have ads?
Neither Squadrats nor Loom Cycling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Squadrats or Loom Cycling?
Squadrats ships an update every 4 days, and Loom Cycling every 9 days. Most recently, Squadrats was updated on October 27, 2026 and Loom Cycling on October 22, 2026.

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