Rouleur vs Stride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rouleur
Access exclusive cycling stories, interviews, photography, and podcasts. Explore racing news, tech, travel, and more. Listen to audio versions of articles and enjoy offline reading with digital editions. A 30-day free trial is available for new subscribers.
- Exclusive cycling stories
- In-depth interviews
- Stunning photography
- Entertaining podcasts
- Audio versions of stories
- Digital magazine editions
- Offline reading
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Rouleur brings you the best of cycling culture – exclusive stories from the WorldTour, in-depth interviews with pro riders, stunning photography from the biggest races in the world, and insightful podcasts, all in the palm of your hand. Whether you're a racer, a weekend rider or simply someone who loves the sport of cycling, the Rouleur app is where you can experience cycling at its very best. An award-winning independent magazine, funded entirely by its readers. That support is what lets Rouleur focus on what matters: the best writing, the finest photography and the best storytelling, in print and online. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rouleur.cc/privacy
Stride
Maximize your athletic performance with science-backed training plans and smart analytics for cycling, running, and triathlons. Gain deeper insights with AI-driven recommendations and seamless integration with your favorite fitness devices and apps.
- Science-backed training plans
- Smart analytics
- AI performance insights
- Seamless device integration
- Triathlon, cycling, and running focus
- Advanced metrics
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Training is full of signals. A great ride. A flat run. A good swim. A week where your legs felt gone before Tuesday. A power curve that's moving. An HRV trend that's trying to tell you something. Stride brings it all into one place, then helps you understand what to do next. Built for cyclists, runners, triathletes, and coaches, Stride combines clear training analytics with Stride AI: an assistant that can plan your week, adjust your schedule, generate structured workouts, and give you insights into your training like never before. With Stride, you can: • See your training load, fatigue, HRV, power, pace, FTP, Critical Power, W′, and more • Use Stride Insights to understand what went well, what to watch, and what to do next • Build and adjust training plans with Stride AI • Generate custom structured workouts for rides, runs, swims, and strength sessions • Track your power curve and power profile across key durations • Sync activities, sleep and HRV data from Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, Zwift, Rouvy, Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Polar, Strava, and more • Push structured workouts to supported devices and platforms • Keep your training history, plans, workouts, recovery, and analysis together Ask Stride AI to make the week easier. Tell it you're travelling. Build toward the event on your calendar. Create a workout that matches the race you're actually training for. Then come back after the hard session and let Stride Insights show you what happened: what worked, what changed, what to watch, and what to do next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rouleur at 4.7 against Stride's 3.8. Rouleur also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (373 vs 4). Stride's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (69% vs 44%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Rouleur sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rouleur holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rouleur has 373 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Rouleur's written reviews are positive against 69% of Stride's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rouleur ships an update every 10 months, Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rouleur | Stride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (373 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 373 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rouleur LTD | ALEXANDER ROSS BARLOW |
Customer experience
Rouleur
Stride
Bugs and requests
Rouleur
Reported bugs
17 issues- Scrolling bug where page gets stuck
- App requires internet to read downloaded magazines offline
- Login issues preventing users from accessing the app
- App keeps logging users out, losing bookmarks
- Navigation is not intuitive
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- Font size is too small, no pinch-to-zoom
- New editions take a long time to appear on the app
- Poor formatting for iPad with tiny pages
- Annual subscription not working properly
- App crashes on opening
- App crashes when a new version comes out
- Login for support system is crashing
- App crashes on launch
- App will not load, keeps crashing
- Latest iOS update breaks app, crash on open
- App requires frequent sign-in, cannot access offline
- Purchase fails every time
Requested features
16 requests- Allow offline reading of downloaded magazines
- Fix scrolling bug
- Improve app navigation and intuitiveness
- Increase font size and allow pinch-to-zoom
- Ensure new editions appear promptly after print release
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- Allow access to older issues (pre-2018)
- Make app more like Wired magazine experience
- Improve user journey for accessing subscriptions
- Make app format work better for digital devices
- Allow existing subscribers to get discounted digital rates
- Fix app to work with latest iOS updates
- Provide better customer support
- Ensure app works reliably after updates
- Allow users to stay logged in and retain bookmarks
- Improve formatting for iPad and iPhone screens
- Make it easier to access subscription content after login
Stride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rouleur
- Rouleur: Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Rouleur: Auto renewing subscription$44.991 Year
- Issue 52 of Rouleur$3.99
- Issue 61 of Rouleur$3.99
- Issue 60 of Rouleur$3.99
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- Issue 63 of Rouleur$3.99
- Issue 62 of Rouleur$3.99
- Rouleur: Issue 29$7.99
- Issue 31, by PixelMags$7.99
- Issue 51 of Rouleur$7.99
Stride
- Monthly14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$149.001 Year









