RydX vs CycleJames

RydX turns your iPhone into a fast, battery-efficient professional level cycling computer. Everything you need to ride and train, including weather effects. No pesky paywalls upfront! Just ride away and love it. RIDE DATA IS YOURS Ride data remains exclusively on your phone and you have control where to export it. No cloud uploads and no ads. CONNECT YOUR SENSORS Pair Bluetooth power meters, heart rate monitors, and speed & cadence sensors. Battery-first connection handling keeps your sensors stable for the whole ride. TRACK EVERY RIDE DETAIL See live speed, power, cadence, heart rate, grade, elevation and more as you ride. A monotonic clock keeps your time accurate even with the screen off, and auto-pause handles the stops for you. POWER ANALYTICS Go beyond the basics with Power, Intensity, Training Stress, power zone distribution, VAM, and W/kg power-to-weight. NAVIGATE WITH CONFIDENCE Turn-by-turn routing, off-route alerts, and climb detection with category and gradient profiles so you always know what's ahead. BUILT FOR THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM Sync workouts, route, power, and heart rate to Apple Health. Live weather conditions during your ride, plus a Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Live Activity to glance at your stats. EXPORT ANYWHERE Save rides as FIT, GPX or CSV and share them to wherever you want. RYDX PRO Unlock advanced analytics, route navigation, full ride history, and integrations with a monthly or annual subscription. Designed for the road, optimized for all-day battery life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

CycleJames is a focused, single-purpose indoor cycling app for structured power-based training on FTMS-compatible smart trainers. No subscription, ever. Your data never leaves your iPhone. Connect your trainer over Bluetooth. Pick a workout. The app writes target watts to the trainer in real time so resistance follows the plan automatically, and no head unit required. Prefer to ride by feel? Switch to Free Ride and your trainer's own gears set the resistance, just like riding outdoors - while CycleJames still records every watt. WHAT YOU GET • 97 built-in workouts covering VO2max, threshold, sweet spot, endurance, recovery, sprint and tempo sessions — from 15-minute easy spins to 6-hour century-prep epics. • Live target power streaming over Bluetooth (FTMS protocol) — your trainer ets resistance for you. • Free Ride mode — drop ERG control and let your smart bike's gears drive the resistance; your power is still recorded. • Heart-rate display from any standard Bluetooth heart-rate monitor. • Adjust intensity mid-ride: scale the whole workout up or down in 5W steps, fine-tune the active interval, skip ahead, jump to any upcoming interval, or insert a custom interval on the fly. • Workout builder — design your own steady or ramp intervals and save them. • Export rides to Strava and Garmin Connect via the iOS share sheet (TCX). • Local ride history with average power, peak power, normalized power, intensity factor, and TSS for every session. • Calendar view of your training week and month. PRIVACY CycleJames keeps everything on your device. No accounts. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. No subscription. Uninstall the app and your data goes with it. COMPATIBLE TRAINERS Any smart trainer that supports the standard FTMS Bluetooth profile, which includes most modern trainers from Wahoo, Tacx, Wattbike, Saris, Elite, JetBlack, and others. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 17 or later, plus an FTMS-compatible Bluetooth smart trainer. A Bluetooth heart-rate strap is optional. DISCLAIMER CycleJames is a fitness app, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Consult a qualified physician before starting any new training programme, and seek a doctor's advice before making any decisions related to your health. Stop exercising and seek medical attention if you experience pain, dizziness or other symptoms during a workout.