Biketerra vs Ride Cave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Biketerra
Experience virtual cycling with real-world routes in stunning 3D. Connect your fitness devices and explore any path, or upload your own to ride from home.
- 3D virtual cycling
- Connect Bluetooth fitness devices
- Ride real-world routes
- Upload custom route files
- Explore anywhere
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Biketerra is a 3D virtual cycling app. Connect your Bluetooth fitness devices and start riding real-world routes in 3D... instantly. Ride any existing route, or upload your own route files to ride them virtually!
Ride Cave
This platform offers a comprehensive indoor cycling experience with structured workouts, AI coaching, and virtual racing. Explore real-world routes, compete on velodromes, and analyze detailed performance metrics. It integrates with popular fitness trackers and smart trainers for a complete training solution.
- Structured workouts and builder
- AI coaching and fitness reports
- Real-world GPS routes
- Virtual velodrome racing
- Group rides with voice chat
- Advanced performance analytics
- Integrations with Strava, Garmin, etc.
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Ride Cave is a premium (and free) indoor training platform for cycling and rowing, built for serious training and serious fun: an endless supply of structured workouts, eRoutes anywhere in the world in a living 3D world, more than 20 velodromes, and now live rowing. Bring your runs, swims and gym sessions too, and every activity counts toward one picture of your fitness. ROWING Connect a Concept2 PM5 or a Bluetooth smart rower and train by split, watts and stroke rate. A live rowing screen with a target panel that shows every stroke against your target, 50+ rowing workouts, a rowing workout builder, your own Rowing FTP with UT2 to AN zones, and 2k, 5k and 6k tests that suggest your new number. MULTI-SPORT Import runs, rows, swims and gym sessions from Strava, Intervals.icu, Garmin and Wahoo. Each one earns an honest training load and counts toward one combined fitness and fatigue picture, free for everyone. STRUCTURED WORKOUTS Hundreds of workouts ready to ride or row, plus a built-in workout builder, an instant workout generator, community shared workouts, and Turbo Builder: type a workout one step per line and watch it build. TRAINING PLANS Multi-week cycling plans that scale to your FTP, discipline, and time. Sync your calendar to Intervals.icu or Wahoo. Send workouts to your bike computer to train outdoors. AI COACHING Most platforms push AI in your face and charge you a premium for it. AI is fully optional in Ride Cave. Use Atlas, the AI coach, to build plans, talk strategy, or create ride and row workouts and fitness reports. RIDES & ROUTES Real-world GPS routes with elevation in a 3D world with live riders. Race the leaderboard or ride alongside other people's past efforts. Open the globe, tap a spot and ride, or import your own routes. VIRTUAL TRACK RACING Single player workouts and races against AI ghost riders, or real-time group races on accurate virtual velodromes. Elimination, scratch races, points races, and more. GROUP RIDES Ride live with friends. Synchronized workouts, shared routes, and voice chat. ANALYTICS Full power, HR, and cadence breakdowns. Strain analysis, W' balance, training load. Data Lab reports and more than 100 data points, with views and widgets you can customize, even mid-workout. INTEGRATIONS Strava, Wahoo, Intervals.icu, and Garmin Connect. SIMPLE BY DEFAULT, POWER WHEN NEEDED Real physics, calendaring, social profiles, quests, custom alerts, mini-games and more. REQUIREMENTS Cycling: a compatible smart trainer or power meter with Bluetooth FTMS support (Wahoo KICKR, Tacx/Garmin, Saris, Zwift Hub, Elite, and most modern smart trainers). Rowing: a Concept2 PM5 or a Bluetooth smart rower.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Biketerra at weekly against Ride Cave's monthly. Ride Cave's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Biketerra against 5.0 for Ride Cave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively.
Biketerra ships an update weekly, Ride Cave monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Biketerra | Ride Cave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Biketerra, LLC | Cave Works LLC |
Customer experience
Biketerra
Ride Cave
In-app purchases
Biketerra
No in-app purchases
Ride Cave
No in-app purchases








