Comparison

Rouleur vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Exclusive cycling stories
  • In-depth interviews
  • Stunning photography
  • Entertaining podcasts
  • Audio versions of stories
  • Digital magazine editions
  • Offline reading
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Science-backed training plans
  • Smart analytics
  • AI performance insights
  • Seamless device integration
  • Triathlon, cycling, and running focus
  • Advanced metrics
Features
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Training is full of signals. A great ride. A flat run. A heavy squat session. 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, build structured workouts and explain what your training is telling you. 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 structured workouts for rides, runs, swims and strength sessions • Track your power curve and power profile across key durations • Sync activities, sleep and HRV from Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, Zwift, Rouvy, Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Polar and more • Send structured workouts to Garmin, Wahoo, Coros and Zwift • Keep your training history, plans, workouts, recovery and analysis together Strength training Strength sits in the same plan as your riding and running, so the heavy days and the hard sessions are planned together. Stride AI builds sessions around your goals, your equipment and the rest of your week, or you can build your own. • Follow a session set by set, with weights and reps filled in from your plan and your last session • A rest timer that starts on its own when you tick off a set • More than 1,500 exercises, each with a demo video • Log without signal in the gym; your session uploads when you are back online • Personal records, estimated one-rep max and progress for every exercise • See how many sets each muscle group gets, week by week • Add your own exercises, and film a set for your coach to check your form For coaches • Build teams and put sessions straight onto your athletes' calendars • Ask Stride AI about any athlete you coach • Pay for your athletes' subscriptions 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. Stride is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Screenshots

Rouleur4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rouleur at 4.7 against Stride's 4.0. Rouleur also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (373 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rouleur holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rouleur has 373 ratings behind it against 5, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rouleur ships an update every 10 months, Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Rouleur versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRouleurStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (373 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews44.1% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings373 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRouleur LTDALEXANDER ROSS BARLOW

Customer experience

Rouleur

All ratings373 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive44.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative50.8%

Stride

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.8%

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

10 purchases

Rouleur

Subscriptions2
  • Rouleur: Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Rouleur: Auto renewing subscription$44.991 Year
One-time8
  • 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
2 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$149.001 Year

Questions

Is Rouleur free?
Rouleur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rouleur or Stride?
Rouleur is rated higher. Rouleur averages 4.7 out of 5 from 373 ratings, while Stride averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Rouleur or Stride have ads?
Stride shows ads; Rouleur does not.
Which is updated more often, Rouleur or Stride?
Rouleur ships an update every 10 months, and Stride every 10 days. Most recently, Rouleur was updated on October 14, 2026 and Stride on October 13, 2026.

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