CYC Ride Control vs Moon Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CYC Ride Control
This app allows you to customize your ride experience with advanced settings for performance, sensitivity, and power. It connects to specific controllers to give you full control over your ride. Monitor real-time data and update your controller's firmware.
- Advanced settings adjustment
- Real-time data reading
- BLE connectivity
- Controller firmware updates
- Performance customization
- Sensitivity adjustment
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CYC Ride Control is the official mobile app paired with the CYC Gen 3 technology and is there for you to customise your ride the way you'd like! With advanced features, you adjust your performance, sensitivity, power, torque, and peripherals. Pair the Ride Control app with an X-Series controller and it gives you the ultimate freedom to ride your way. This mobile app is compatible with CYC X-Series Controllers manufactured exclusively by CYC MOTOR LTD intended for use with CYC products only. Main features: 1. Advanced settings adjustment 2. Real-time data reading 3. BLE connectivity 4. Controller firmware updates
Moon Board
This app enhances the climbing experience on both standard and LED MoonBoards. It allows users to view, light up, and add climbing problems, sort and filter them, and track their progress. Users can also create custom lists of problems and share them with others.
- Choose MoonBoard hold setup
- View and light up climbing problems
- Add, sort, and filter problems
- Grade and rate problems
- Create custom problem lists
- Log climbing sessions and track progress
- Share problems and lists
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MoonBoard App – Train Smarter. Climb Harder. The MoonBoard App is the official companion for both standard and LED MoonBoards, giving you instant access to thousands of problems, powerful training tools and seamless board control from your phone or tablet. Key Features Choose your setup — Select the exact hold layout installed on your board. Browse and climb — Explore a global library of MoonBoard problems. Light up problems — Illuminate holds instantly on LED MoonBoards via Bluetooth. Create and share — Add new problems and share them with friends or training partners. Sort and filter — Quickly find climbs by grade, style, rating and more. Track your progress — Log sessions and monitor improvement over time. Build lists — Organise warm‑ups, projects, favourites and training circuits. Easy login — Sign in with your Apple or Google account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CYC Ride Control at 58% against Moon Board's 9%. CYC Ride Control also leads on rating (3.1 vs 1.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Moon Board's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (243 vs 17). On price, ads, 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. Moon Board sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $100.00 per year. CYC Ride Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
CYC Ride Control holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moon Board has 243 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of CYC Ride Control's written reviews are positive against 9% of Moon Board's.
CYC Ride Control ships an update every 5 weeks, Moon Board every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | CYC Ride Control | Moon Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (17 ratings) — better | 1.4 (243 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 9.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 243 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CYC Motor Ltd. | Moon Climbing Ltd |
Customer experience
CYC Ride Control
Moon Board
Bugs and requests
CYC Ride Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Moon Board
Reported bugs
5 issues- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Logged climbs disappearing from logbook
- Filters and settings not persisting
- Bluetooth connectivity problems
- Inconsistent behavior when switching users
Requested features
5 requests- Add V-grade support
- Improve filtering and search
- Implement auto-disconnect feature
- Sync logbook and favorites across devices
- Provide better error handling and feedback
In-app purchases
CYC Ride Control
No in-app purchases
Moon Board
- Gym Plan – Single Wall$100.001 Year
- Gym Plan – Multi Wall$200.001 Year
- Unlock Home Wall$39.99
- Unlock Commercial Wall$79.99
