Comparison

Thrivify Connect vs CIAPO

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

Head to head
About

Thrivify Connect

Connect your Bluetooth FTMS cardio equipment to your digital fitness tracking. Automatically log workouts, monitor performance in real-time, and sync data to Apple Health. Get AI-powered insights to improve your fitness habits and results.

Highlights
  • Real-time workout tracking
  • Automatic workout logging
  • Apple Health integration
  • Multi-equipment support
  • AI-powered workout tips
  • Progress visualization
Features
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Your Gym. Your Outdoors. Your Data. Connected. Turn your cardio equipment into a powerful fitness tracker, or take your training outside. Thrivify Connect effortlessly links your Bluetooth FTMS gym equipment and your outdoor workouts to your Apple Watch and iPhone, offering real-time tracking, automatic logging, and seamless Apple Health syncing so every sweat session counts. Indoor treadmill, bike, rower, elliptical, or an outdoor run: monitor performance, visualize progress, and build lasting fitness habits. No more manual entry. Just seamless data. Beyond the Console: • Momentum Quest: Hit live targets for speed, power, cadence or heart rate to drain the boss's health bar. Targets are set from your own baseline, so every boss is a fair fight. Beat one and the next steps up, while your XP keeps building all session. Works on any connected machine. • Virtual Journey: Pick a real-world route and ride it on a live 3D map that moves as you move. Watch the miles tick by instead of staring at a console. • Live Diagram: Turn speed, power, cadence, heart rate and calories into rolling live charts you can read at a glance. Switch between modes anytime, mid-workout. • Machine Control: On supported FTMS machines, set target power (ERG), resistance, incline or simulated grade straight from your phone, and hold it there for the whole session. • Workout Goals: Set a duration goal before you start and watch it count down while you train — on any connected machine, whether or not its console accepts targets. Key Features: • Sync Tracked Workouts with Apple Watch: Leave your phone behind and log every session from your wrist. Start the Apple Watch workout app and your heart rate, distance, pace, and time sync straight into ours. • Real-Time Workout Tracking: Live speed, distance, time, calories and heart rate, with support for Bluetooth chest straps and armbands. • Multi-Equipment Support: Connect to treadmills, rowers, exercise bikes, stair climbers, ellipticals, and steppers. • Apple Health Integration: Automatically sync your indoor and outdoor workout data, calories burned, and active minutes directly to Apple Health. • Deep Workout Reports: Review splits, pace, cadence, heart rate zones, and your GPS route with its elevation profile, then export any report as a PDF or image. • Coach Thrivify: AI-powered workout tips, training insights, and personalized meal and workout plans. • Thrive Index: Balances your Recovery and Strain scores so you know exactly how hard to train without burning out, and tracks the Thrive Age your health trends add up to. • Workout Weather: Hourly, weather-optimized windows that tell you the best time today to head outside. • Thrivify Stream: Say goodbye to boring cardio. Stream your favorite YouTube videos inside the app while you train, with your live metrics displayed right alongside the video. Send it to the TV with AirPlay, and come back to a freshly curated playlist every day. Built for Better Fitness Results: • Track both indoor cardio and outdoor training in one complete history • Monitor calories burned and workout performance • Stay motivated with measurable progress • Make smarter, data-driven fitness decisions Compatibility: • Optimized for Bluetooth FTMS machines. Check your equipment manual for Bluetooth FTMS support to start tracking your workouts. • Machine control (ERG, resistance, incline, simulation) requires a machine that advertises those FTMS capabilities. • MyCloudFitness support is no longer available for newly registered users. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Disclaimer: • This app is a third-party client utilizing the YouTube APIs. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. This application is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. • Thrivify scores and insights are wellness estimates, not medical advice.

About

CIAPO

This interactive indoor training app supports walking, running, cycling, and rowing. It seamlessly connects with various fitness equipment like treadmills, bikes, and rowers.

Highlights
  • Interactive indoor training
  • Supports walking, running, cycling, rowing
  • Compatible with treadmills
  • Compatible with exercise bikes
  • Compatible with rowing machines
  • Compatible with ellipticals
Features
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CIAPO is an interactive indoor training application, perfect for activities like walking, running, cycling, and rowing. It is highly compatible with a variety of fitness equipment, including treadmills, exercise bikes, home trainers, ellipticals, and rowing machines.

Screenshots

Thrivify Connect4 screens
CIAPO4 screens

Verdict

The call

Thrivify Connect and CIAPO both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of CIAPO's written reviews are positive against 33% of Thrivify Connect's. CIAPO also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). Thrivify Connect's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Thrivify Connect sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CIAPO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Thrivify Connect against 5.0 for CIAPO. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Thrivify Connect's written reviews are positive against 100% of CIAPO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrivify Connect ships an update weekly, CIAPO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Thrivify Connect versus CIAPO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrivify ConnectCIAPO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB250 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLifeSmart LLCFitshow (Xiamen) Infomation Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Thrivify Connect

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

CIAPO

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Thrivify Connect

Subscriptions8
  • Basic$1.991 Month
  • Plus3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Ultimate7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Basic$14.991 Year
  • Plus3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Ultimate7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

CIAPO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thrivify Connect free?
Thrivify Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CIAPO free?
CIAPO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thrivify Connect or CIAPO?
Thrivify Connect and CIAPO are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Thrivify Connect or CIAPO have ads?
Thrivify Connect shows ads; CIAPO does not.
Which is updated more often, Thrivify Connect or CIAPO?
Thrivify Connect ships an update weekly, and CIAPO every 2 months. Most recently, Thrivify Connect was updated on October 24, 2026 and CIAPO on October 21, 2026.

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