Rouleur vs Cycling Plus Magazine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rouleur
Experience the pinnacle of cycling culture with exclusive stories, rider interviews, and stunning race photography. Access insightful podcasts and award-winning journalism, all curated for cycling enthusiasts. This app delivers top-tier content for racers, weekend riders, and fans alike.
- Exclusive WorldTour stories
- In-depth pro rider interviews
- Stunning race photography
- Insightful podcasts
- Award-winning independent journalism
- Digital magazine format
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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
Cycling Plus Magazine
This app is a comprehensive guide for modern road cyclists, offering expert advice on gear, training, and nutrition. Discover inspirational rides, real-life stories, and practical tips to enhance your cycling experience.
- Gear buying advice and tests
- Training and nutrition tips
- Inspirational rides and stories
- Practical cycling advice
- Digital magazine issues
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Cycling Plus is the manual for the modern road cyclist. Whether you're cycling weekly, an occasional new rider or a Tour de France fan you’ll find everything you need. Each issue is packed with buying advice and tests of essential cycling gear - everything from bikes to bags! Cycling Plus is the place to find training advice, nutrition secrets and practical tips guaranteed to improve your bicycling. It's also full of inspirational rides, real-life cycling stories and entertaining riding-related features. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx * Please note: this digital edition does not include the covermount gifts or supplements you would find with printed copies*
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cycling Plus Magazine at every 2 months against Rouleur's every 10 months. Rouleur's advantage is ratings volume (374 vs 17). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 Cycling Plus Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Rouleur against 4.6 for Cycling Plus Magazine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rouleur has 374 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Rouleur's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cycling Plus Magazine's.
Rouleur ships an update every 10 months, Cycling Plus Magazine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rouleur | Cycling Plus Magazine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (374 ratings) — better | 4.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.3% of reviews | 50.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 374 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rouleur LTD | Kelsey Publishing Group |
Customer experience
Rouleur
Cycling Plus Magazine
User reviews
Rouleur
From 374 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 High quality magazine
- 👍 Incredible photos
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Outstanding work
- 👍 Few ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Scrolling bug
- 🐛 Cannot read offline
- 🐛 Won't allow login
- 🐛 Half-baked update
- 🐛 Poor customer experience
Cycling Plus Magazine
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 High-quality, well-researched magazine content
- ⭐ Comprehensive product reviews and cycling advice
- 📖 Informative articles for all cycling skill levels
- 💾 Convenient digital access to back issues
- 📱 Works well on iPad with good zoom functionality
Room to improve
- 🐢 Extremely slow loading times for library and content
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes when opening issues
- 📵 No offline reading capability despite downloads
- 🔌 Requires constant internet connection to function
- 😤 Poor app stability and reliability
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
Cycling Plus Magazine
Reported bugs
17 issues- App fails to load library screen
- Content loads only partially or incompletely
- Issues freeze at 0% when attempting to download
- App crashes when opening specific articles
- Blank pages appear during page turns
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- Magazine display shows wrong publication (e.g., Match of the Day instead of Cycling Plus)
- Unable to transfer purchases between old and new app versions
- Restored issues not appearing in library
- Password reset functionality broken
- App logs users out unexpectedly after payment
- Slow and erratic zooming functionality
- HTML rendering errors (visible tags like <strong> in text)
- App hangs and crashes without internet connection
- Issues won't open on certain devices (iPad/iPhone)
- Download progress stalls at 99%
- Black text on dark grey background readability issue
- Intrusive toolbar blocking content
Requested features
10 requests- Offline reading capability for downloaded issues
- Ability to remove unwanted magazines from library
- Better customer support contact options
- Print and digital subscription bundle
- Landscape mode support for navigation
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- Hyperlinks from contents page
- Reduced pricing for digital vs. print versions
- Ability to resume reading from last position
- Better page navigation controls
- Option to disable marketing emails and offers
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
Cycling Plus Magazine
- Cycling Plus Apple News$5.991 Month
- 1-Month Subscription$6.491 Month
- 1-Month Subscription2 Months trial$6.491 Month
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- 3 Month Subscription$9.993 Months
- 3-Month Subscription$12.993 Months
- Cycling Plus subscription$32.991 Year
- 12-Month Subscription1 Month trial$43.991 Year
- Tour de France GuideFree
- February 2015$3.99
- April 2016$4.99
Questions
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