Comparison

Cycla vs RunBests

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

Head to head
About

Cycla

Features
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Cycla turns your iPhone into a powerful cycling computer with professional-grade features rivaling dedicated GPS devices. RIDE TRACKING & RECORDING Record every ride with precise GPS tracking, automatic pause detection, and configurable auto-laps. Choose from Road, Gravel, or Mountain Bike profiles. Customize your data screens with 30+ fields across multiple page layouts β€” just like a Garmin Edge. LIVE DATA & SENSORS Connect Bluetooth heart rate monitors, speed/cadence sensors, and power meters. View real-time speed, distance, elevation, heart rate, power, cadence, and more. Live charts show your performance as you ride. TRAINING & PERFORMANCE Track your fitness with Training Stress Score (TSS), Chronic Training Load (CTL), Acute Training Load (ATL), and Training Stress Balance (TSB). Monitor heart rate and power zones. Set personal records and watch them fall. STRUCTURED WORKOUTS Build custom interval workouts with warm-up, work, recovery, and cool-down phases. Set power or heart rate targets. Follow pre-built templates or create your own. CLIMBPRO Automatic climb detection with real-time progress tracking. See remaining distance, elevation, and gradient for every categorized climb β€” from Cat 4 to Hors CatΓ©gorie. NAVIGATION & COURSES Create routes by placing waypoints on the map. Import GPX files. Get turn-by-turn navigation with off-course alerts. Plan your rides before you go. SEGMENTS Create and track segments. Compare your efforts and chase personal bests on your favorite stretches of road. GROUP RIDES Organize group rides with meeting points, pace categories, and rider limits. Share rides with friends and join the cycling community. APPLE WATCH Companion Apple Watch app displays your key metrics right on your wrist. Start, pause, and control rides from your watch. iCLOUD SYNC All your ride data syncs seamlessly across your devices via iCloud. ADDITIONAL FEATURES β€’ Apple Health integration β€’ Weather conditions for every ride (powered by Apple Weather) β€’ GPX export β€’ Home screen widgets β€’ Live Activities β€’ Dark mode support β€’ Metric and Imperial units

About

RunBests

Features
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Run Bests shows your personal best running times drawn from your health data. Outside of a race, runners rarely hit the exact same distance twice. Your "5-mile run" might be 5.1 miles today and 5.05 miles tomorrow. Because of that variation, Run Bests brackets runs within a certain range together. Just set a target distance (in miles or kilometers) and choose a "margin of error." For example, if you want to find your fastest 5-mile run, set a 0.25 margin and Run Bests will instantly scan your selected date range and pull every run between 5.0 and 5.25 miles into one clean, sortable list. KEY FEATURES * Distance Bracketing Group your past runs using a custom margin of error (0, 0.25, 0.5, or 1) so no near-miss gets left out. Margin is applied upward only β€” a 4.99-mile workout won't count toward 5-mile until it crosses the line. * Race Time vs. Workout Time For each qualifying workout, see both the time you crossed the exact target distance (race time, GPS-derived) and the full elapsed workout time. * Best Segment Paces Find your fastest contiguous 1 km, 1 mile (or any distance you pick) found anywhere inside any run β€” even if your fastest mile happened in the middle of a long marathon. * Major Races + Overall Records Toggle Half Marathon and Marathon. Plus longest distance, longest duration, and fastest average pace. *Custom Date Filters Browse PRs across all time, the last 30 / 90 days, the last year, a single year, or any custom date range. Watch yourself improve across a training cycle. *Tap-to-Sort Leaderboards Inside each category, top 20 by Race time, Race pace, Workout time, or Workout pace. * Privacy by Design Run Bests reads your running workouts from Apple Health and stores a private local cache on your device. Nothing leaves your phone.

Screenshots

Cycla4 screens
RunBests4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunBests at none against Cycla's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Cycla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RunBests asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cycla ships an update every 3 days, RunBests every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Cycla versus RunBests: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCyclaRunBests
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPragmaTecJohn Bergmayer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cycla

One-time1
  • Cycla Pro$14.99
None

RunBests

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cycla free?
Cycla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunBests free?
RunBests is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cycla or RunBests have ads?
Neither Cycla nor RunBests shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cycla or RunBests?
Cycla ships an update every 3 days, and RunBests every 4 days. Most recently, Cycla was updated on September 15, 2026 and RunBests on September 9, 2026.

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