Comparison

Thrivify Connect vs Cycle Now!

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

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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

Cycle Now!

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Track your indoor cycling workouts with real-time power zones. Connect to your Schwinn IC4, Bowflex C6, or any Bluetooth FTMS bike and see exactly where you're training. Features: • Live Power Zones - 7-zone Coggan model based on your FTP • Supports running VO2max and FTP test protocols • Lap Tracking - Mark intervals and see per-lap stats • Zone Targeting - Audio and haptic alerts keep you in Z2 or Z5 • Workout History - Review past rides with full lap breakdowns • Smart Smoothing - 3-second and 20-second power averages cut through noise • Power Graph - Watch your effort unfold in real-time Simple by design: No account. No subscription. No cloud sync. Just you, your bike, and your data stored locally on your device. Bikes supporting Bluetooth FTMS include the Renpho AI Smart Bike, Joroto X4S, XTERRA SB4500, Schwinn IC4/Bowflex C6, Echelon EX5/EX5S, Matrix ICR50, Diamondback 1260Sc, Keiser M3i, Spirit Fitness XBU55/XBR55, 3G Cardio Elite RB X, Zwift Ride, Wahoo KICKR Bike Pro/Shift, Wattbike Atom/Proton, Saris H3, and JetBlack VICTORY.

Screenshots

Thrivify Connect4 screens
Cycle Now!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Thrivify Connect at Free against Cycle Now!'s $0.99. Thrivify Connect also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Cycle Now!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On iOS requirement 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

Thrivify Connect is free to download; Cycle Now! costs $0.99 up front. Thrivify Connect sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Cycle Now! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrivify Connect ships an update every 6 days, Cycle Now! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Thrivify Connect versus Cycle Now!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrivify ConnectCycle Now!
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLifeSmart LLCYi Yan Tay

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Thrivify Connect

Subscriptions8
  • Basic$1.991 Month
  • Plus$2.991 Month
  • Premium14 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Ultimate14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Basic$14.991 Year
  • Plus$24.991 Year
  • Premium14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Ultimate14 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Cycle Now!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thrivify Connect free?
Thrivify Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cycle Now! free?
Cycle Now! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thrivify Connect or Cycle Now! have ads?
Thrivify Connect shows ads; Cycle Now! does not.
Which is updated more often, Thrivify Connect or Cycle Now!?
Thrivify Connect ships an update every 6 days, and Cycle Now! every 2 months. Most recently, Thrivify Connect was updated on September 30, 2026 and Cycle Now! on October 7, 2026.

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