Cycle Unit vs AuraLift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cycle Unit
This app tracks cycling activities using your Apple Watch and iPhone, offering route planning, turn-by-turn navigation, and equipment maintenance logs. It prioritizes user privacy with no account or cloud storage required. Advanced features like route planning and navigation are available through a Pro subscription.
- GPS ride tracking with Apple Watch and iPhone
- Route planning and turn-by-turn navigation
- GPX route import and export
- Equipment maintenance tracking
- Strava segment integration
- Group ride tracking with Game Center
- Indoor trainer support
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Track your rides with Apple Watch and iPhone together, save workouts to Apple Health, import GPX routes, plan new routes, follow turn-by-turn hints, connect to smart trainers, and push yourself with the Pacer / Ghost Rider. No account. No cloud login. No servers. Full privacy. Cyclé Unit works without external storage or a required online account. Your workout data stays on your device or in Apple Health. Never on our servers. New! Route Planner & Navigation Plan your next ride directly in Cyclé Unit. • Simple route planning with drag & drop waypoints • Calculate the best route between your points • See estimated distance and ride time Turn Hints Never miss a turn. Smart turn hints guide you along your route with clear, well-timed cues on iPhone and Apple Watch. • Get improved turn-by-turn hints while riding • Import GPX routes and generate navigation hints automatically • Convert existing routes for better in-app navigation • Back-to-route calculation helps you return to your planned route when you leave it Route Planner and advanced navigation features are part of Cyclé Unit PRO. New! Strava Connection Export your rides to Strava and bring segments into your workout. Cyclé Unit shows Strava Segments directly on the map, lets you pin favorites, and notifies you when you start and finish a segment on your route. Rider Connection • Connect with up to 15 other riders using Game Center multiplayer • Ride together and track each rider’s live position during a group ride Equipment Tracking • Track distance and ride time for your bikes • Track multiple accessories separately, including tires, brakes, and last chain wax service • Reset each item individually • Keep an eye on wear, service intervals, and maintenance More Features & Highlights • Apple Health: Saves cycling workouts including routes • Watch + iPhone together: Live heart rate from Apple Watch, mirrored on iPhone • Routes your way: Plan routes, import GPX files, record new rides, or create routes from past workouts • Pacer / Ghost Rider: Race yourself or follow an adjustable target pace • Live Weather: Wind, rain alerts, temperature, and UV index for outdoor rides • Custom HR Zones: Set your own heart-rate zones • Elevation View: See your elevation profile and current position on the route • Live Metrics: Speed, distance, time, elevation, grade %, heart rate, and more • Clear modern UI: Easy to read while riding • Tile Hunting: See which parts of the map you have covered and collect new tiles Indoor Training Mode Cyclé Unit is also built for smart indoor training. • FTMS trainers via Bluetooth: Supports the FTMS standard • Tested with Wahoo KICKR v4+, KICKR Core, and Van Rysel D100 • Ride your routes indoors: Replay outdoor rides, planned routes, or imported GPX tracks on your smart trainer • Gradient & difficulty simulation: If your trainer supports Controllable, resistance follows the route’s elevation and grade • Ghost & Pacer indoors: Race your best time or ride against an adjustable target pace Notes Trainer compatibility: Requires Bluetooth FTMS. Gradient simulation requires a trainer that supports Controllable. Route planning and advanced navigation are PRO features. Basic route usage may include imported GPX routes, recorded rides, and past workouts depending on your setup. Trademarks Wahoo, KICKR, Van Rysel, Komoot, and Strava are trademarks of their respective owners. Cyclé Unit is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Privacy Cyclé Unit is built for privacy. The app requires no account, uses no external servers, and stores your workout data only on your device or in Apple Health. Nothing is uploaded, tracked, or shared without your explicit consent. Health App Integrations Cyclé Unit uses HealthKit to display active energy, record your workouts, and show your current heart rate. Privacy Policy: http://apps.gogolith.com/privacy Terms and Conditions: http://apps.gogolith.com/cycle-terms
AuraLift
This app uses AI to analyze your workout history and provide personalized weightlifting and running guidance. It adapts to your goals, experience, and recovery to ensure consistent progress. Compete against a virtual version of yourself to stay motivated.
- AI-driven weight and rep recommendations
- Automatic deload and progression adjustments
- Virtual training partner for motivation
- Detailed workout logging with RPE
- GPS run tracking with audio cues
- Structured training plans
- Workout templates and weekly planning
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AuraLift is the training app built for people who take their workouts seriously. Every session, AuraLift's AI analyses your history and tells you exactly what weight to lift, how many reps to target, and when it's time to push harder — based on your goal, experience level, and how your body has actually been responding. Not generic advice. Your numbers, your progression. INTELLIGENT PROGRESSION Stop guessing your next weight. AuraLift tracks every set and uses double-progression with RPE trend analysis to decide when you're ready to add load. Log an RPE of 9, three sessions in a row with no rep improvement? AuraLift triggers a structured deload automatically. Come back after two weeks off? It eases you in at 85%, so you don't blow yourself up on the first session back. For intermediate and advanced lifters, the engine cycles through periodization phases — volume, hypertrophy, intensity, and deload — building you through a 16-session mesocycle without you having to think about it. The result: consistent, sustainable progress every week. THE RIVAL Your rival is a synthetic training partner built from your own data — someone who trains just like you did, but never takes rest days, never phones it in, and never misses a session. They challenge you with weekly targets, post status updates after their workouts, and talk trash when they're ahead. Beat them consistently, and you'll eventually realise you've been competing with a better version of yourself. Fall behind, and the comeback mechanic kicks in — a harder weekly challenge designed to close the gap fast. TRACK EVERY LIFT Log sets with weight, reps, and RPE in seconds. Swipe a set to delete it. Tap once to mark it complete. A live rest timer counts down between sets so you never lose track of recovery. Your full workout history is one tap away — see what you did last time before you load the bar. BUILT FOR YOUR GOAL Tell AuraLift whether you're training for strength, hypertrophy, or endurance — and it adjusts rep ranges, load targets, and progression speed to match. Mark yourself as a beginner, intermediate, or advanced lifter, and the AI calibrates how aggressively it pushes you. The same engine, tuned for where you actually are. RUN TRAINING Track outdoor runs with live GPS route mapping, real-time pace and distance, and audio cues at key milestones. Follow structured training plans with interval sessions built in. AuraLift handles both sides of your training — the weight room and the road — in a single app. TEMPLATES & WEEK PLANNING Build your own workout templates or use the built-in library. Preview AI-suggested weights for every exercise before you start a session — adjust anything you want, then begin. Plan your entire training week and get a daily prompt for what's on the schedule. Pair exercises as supersets with a single tap. EVERYTHING ELSE - Apple HealthKit — completed workouts sync to the Health app automatically - PR detection — personal records are flagged in real time, mid-session - 80+ exercises with step-by-step coaching notes - Warmup set calculator — generates percentage-based warmup sets before your working weight - Body weight tracking with a visual log over time - Full imperial and metric support - Designed for dark mode from the ground up — minimal, fast, and out of your way PRO AuraLift is free to download and use. Pro unlocks AI weight suggestions, The Rival, Run training, unlimited custom templates, the week planner, and HealthKit sync. Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Cancel any time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AuraLift at 15.1 against Cycle Unit's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Cycle Unit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and AuraLift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 — 5.0 for Cycle Unit against 5.0 for AuraLift. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Cycle Unit | AuraLift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christoph Gogolin | JASON LUCAS CATANELLA |
Customer experience
Cycle Unit
AuraLift
In-app purchases
Cycle Unit
- All Pro features (monthly)$1.991 Month
- Pro yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
AuraLift
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$34.991 Year









