Comparison

NIRAVA vs OpenCycling

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

Head to head
About

NIRAVA

Features
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Make time for heart coherence practice. Nirava InnerCalm guides your breathing with visuals, sounds and vibrations. Choose a rhythm and take a moment to focus on your breath. TWO RHYTHMS FOR HEART COHERENCE PRACTICE โ€ข Balanced 5-5: breathe in for 5 seconds and out for 5 seconds. โ€ข Relaxing 4-6: breathe in for 4 seconds and out for 6 seconds. Both rhythms guide six breaths per minute. Box breathing 4-4-4-4 is a complementary exercise with four equal phases. Custom mode lets you adjust each phaseโ€™s duration. WHAT I NEED NOW Start directly with one of four shortcuts: โ€ข Calm down: 4-6, 1 minute. โ€ข Relax: 4-6, 5 minutes. โ€ข Daily practice: 5-5, 5 minutes. โ€ข Refocus: box breathing 4-4-4-4, 3 minutes. Shortcuts preserve your personal settings, including sound, volume and vibrations. PRACTICE AT YOUR OWN PACE Set your personal session duration from 1 to 20 minutes. Choose circle or gauge visuals, a light or dark theme and up to three daily reminders. Separate controls let you pause, resume or finish. Leaving the app or locking the screen pauses the session; resume when you are ready. A SIMPLE JOURNAL View your local session history and practice time. Completed sessions record the planned duration. If you finish early, sessions under 30 seconds aren't saved; from 30 seconds, actual practice time is rounded to the nearest minute. Paused time is excluded. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS Nirava collects no data. Your settings and history are saved locally and can be deleted from the app. Available in French, English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Nirava is a wellness app, not a medical device. It guides breathing without measuring your heart rate or heart coherence. It does not replace medical advice.

About

OpenCycling

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Your trainer. Your data. Your ride. OpenCycling is a free indoor cycling app with structured workouts and smart trainer control. Connect your trainer and sensors over Bluetooth, pick a workout, and ride. No account required. STRUCTURED WORKOUTS 25+ workouts across VO2max, threshold, sweet spot, endurance, and recovery categories. Every interval is scaled to your FTP so the training adapts to your fitness. ERG mode controls your trainer's resistance automatically. REAL-TIME METRICS See power, heart rate, cadence, speed, calories, and interval targets as you ride. Post-ride summaries show your averages, peaks, and time in zone. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No accounts. No cloud. Everything is stored on your device. Share rides to Strava when you choose. Export as standard FIT files that work with any platform. WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Connects to Bluetooth smart trainers and sensors from Wahoo, Elite, Tacx, Stages, and more via FTMS, heart rate, power, and cadence protocols. COMPLETELY FREE No subscriptions, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

NIRAVA4 screens
OpenCycling4 screens

Verdict

The call

NIRAVA and OpenCycling are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NIRAVA ships an update every 5 months, OpenCycling every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
NIRAVA versus OpenCycling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNIRAVAOpenCycling
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilippe CHARLESSami Wiktorin

In-app purchases

None

NIRAVA

No in-app purchases

None

OpenCycling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NIRAVA free?
NIRAVA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenCycling free?
OpenCycling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NIRAVA or OpenCycling have ads?
Neither NIRAVA nor OpenCycling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NIRAVA or OpenCycling?
NIRAVA ships an update every 5 months, and OpenCycling every 3 months. Most recently, NIRAVA was updated on October 18, 2026 and OpenCycling on October 7, 2026.

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