Scenic Cycle vs Exercise Institute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scenic Cycle
Experience the world's greatest cycling routes from your home. Offers immersive journeys through diverse landscapes with guided workouts for all fitness levels. Enjoy real-time performance tracking and motivating soundtracks.
- Global cycling routes
- Guided workouts
- Real-time performance tracking
- Heart-pumping soundtracks
- Suitable for all fitness levels
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Scenic Cycle® is your exclusive ticket to take a journey on the greatest cycling routes in the world from the untouched and untamed lands along the fierce West Coast of Tasmania, to the snow lined hill climbs through the French Alps and back to the beautiful sunset in the famous streets of San Francisco. Scenic Cycle has a journey for all levels of fitness. The most competitive cyclists that can track power wattage, average RPM and energy expended in real time on our SCX bikes. Whilst the fitness enthusiast can enjoy the best spin instructors in Australia taking you through every corner of the globe with a specifically designed heart pumping sound track to take you away from your current mental space and let you find your “escape”.
Exercise Institute
Book and pay for specialized cycling, running, and swimming performance testing and training sessions. The app offers a convenient way to schedule your fitness assessments and training programs at their athlete lab.
- Book fitness sessions
- Pay for sessions
- Cycling testing
- Running testing
- Swimming testing
- Performance analysis
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Perth Exercise Testing and Training Specialists. Cycling, Running, & Swimming Testing and Training at our athlete lab in Perth WA. From specific baseline testing, through to individual prescription of exercise programming, we will ensure you have an enjoyable indoor training experience that fast tracks your fitness needs. You can use this app to book and pay for any of our sessions. These include cycling, running & swimming performance testing and training, lactic power testing, power testing and vo2 max testing for bike, swim and run. We have an advanced range of testing and training eqpt or you can bring your own bike to use on our computrainer systems in front of the big screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Exercise Institute at every 2 months against Scenic Cycle's every 5 months. Scenic Cycle's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scenic Cycle ships an update every 5 months, Exercise Institute every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scenic Cycle | Exercise Institute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MINDBODY, Incorporated | Exercise Institute |
Customer experience
Scenic Cycle
Exercise Institute
In-app purchases
Scenic Cycle
No in-app purchases
Exercise Institute
No in-app purchases
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