Echo Bike vs Upshift Cycling

Echo Bike Connect turns your Rogue Echo Bike into a smart trainer. Pair over Bluetooth and see six real-time metrics on your iPhone: power (watts), cadence (RPM), speed, distance, calories, and heart rate. Stream live heart rate from the companion Apple Watch app, start Watch heart-rate streaming from iPhone, or pair a Bluetooth chest strap (Polar, Wahoo, Garmin, Coospo, etc.) directly to the app. Every second of every ride is recorded automatically — no account required and no cloud dependency. Connecting, free rides, and History stay free. Echo Bike Pro is optional and unlocks structured workouts, the Echo Baseline, live interval targets, and ride analytics. Getting started is simple: open the app, tap Scan, and connect to your Echo Bike. For heart rate, tap Connect on the Apple Watch card or start Echo Bike on Apple Watch, then begin your ride. Bluetooth heart-rate straps are still supported from the same Connect screen. Start a workout and your live metrics appear instantly. Use splits to track intervals. When you're done, review detailed charts for power, cadence, and heart rate over time. Subscribe to Echo Bike Pro from the Pro tab to load Tabata, Norwegian 4×4, Zone 2, and more, or build and save custom workouts with named steps, repeats, and optional heart-rate and power zone targets. Remaining interval time is the large clock on the Workout screen while Echo records every second. Workout stats start compact so they fit on iPhone; tap the density control to enlarge the HUD, timer, and cards. Run the 8-minute Echo Baseline to set heart-rate and power zones, then check Analytics to see whether you are improving. Upload completed workouts to Strava or Intervals.icu with a single tap — full trackpoint data including power, cadence, and heart rate is included. After a successful Strava upload, tap View in Strava from History to open the ride. If a Strava copy is wrong, delete that Echo Bike activity on Strava, then re-upload from History. Indoor rides are marked as trainer / virtual rides. Cast your live workout to a TV via Chromecast so you can see your stats from across the room, or use AirPlay to mirror to an Apple TV or external display. All workout data stays on your device. Nothing is sent to any server unless you choose to upload to Strava or Intervals.icu. The app is free to ride and supported by ads. Purchase Remove Ads for a one-time fee to hide ads permanently. Echo Bike Pro is a separate monthly subscription (1 month free, then $3.99/mo) for workouts and analytics; Remove Ads does not grant Pro. Echo Bike Connect is an independent project and is not affiliated with Rogue Fitness. Privacy Policy: https://echobikeconnect.clarved.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Your ride, clearly. Upshift Cycling brings a calm, glanceable instrument to your bike. Read live watts and cadence from a standard Bluetooth power meter, or head outdoors and record your route, distance, active ride time and average speed. Start as a guest. No account is needed to ride. LIVE POWER AND CADENCE • Large, readable watts and RPM • Instant, 3-second or 10-second power smoothing • Power zones based on your FTP, with color that responds as you pedal • Choose watts, cadence or a side-by-side readout • Normalized Power, Intensity Factor, Training Stress Score and kilojoules • Free riding and existing structured workouts OUTDOOR RIDES • Precise GPS route recording, without requiring a power meter • Distance, active duration and average speed in one clear view • Pause and resume, with paused time excluded from ride time • Route segments that preserve pauses and GPS gaps • Local ride history and a considered summary of each ride • GPX export with a route privacy reminder before the system share sheet READY WHEN YOU RIDE • GPS recording works without mobile data • Location use is explained before you allow permission • An active outdoor recording can continue with the screen locked or while you use another app • Pause or finish stops route collection • Interrupted rides recover paused, ready for your decision to resume Background recording uses more battery. GPS reception, permissions and system battery limits can interrupt recording; Upshift shows the recording state so you can check your ride. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Guest riding and local history are fully usable without signup • No advertising or rider analytics • Share an indoor CSV or outdoor GPX only when you choose • Precise routes stay on your device unless you choose to export them Upshift reads the standard BLE Cycling Power Service. It never writes settings or firmware to your meter. It supports compatible meters from brands including Stages, 4iiii, Favero, Quarq and Wahoo; compatibility depends on the meter's Bluetooth broadcast support. Dark and Daylight themes. Phone and tablet layouts. Accessible controls and reduced-motion support.