Comparison

MiCycle vs nico

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

Head to head
About

MiCycle

This cycling tracker offers essential ride data with a clear, easy-to-read interface. It supports outdoor GPS and indoor trainer rides, with optional features like ride history, route following, and advanced sensor integration available through in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Essential ride data (speed, distance, time, grade, heart rate)
  • Clear, glanceable ride screen
  • GPS/GLONASS tracking
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Optional ride history and analytics
  • Route following and segment tracking
  • Advanced sensor support (cadence, power)
Features
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MiCycle is a cycling tracker that is simple and just works. Free. No cluttered dashboards. No maze of pages and menus. Open it, tap Start, ride. You get the essentials, big and clear enough to read at a glance on the handlebars, and nothing in your way. Outdoors with GPS, or indoors on a trainer. FREE TO USE • Speed (current, average moving, maximum), distance, time (total, moving, paused), grade and heart rate, with heart rate zones shown by color • Big, clear Ride screen with a Map page, in portrait or landscape, whichever way your phone is mounted • Hold-to-finish button, so a bump never ends your ride by accident • Dark, light or automatic look, plus a High visibility mode for bright sunlight • Dim the screen to save battery without switching it off • iPhone GPS/GLONASS for location, speed and elevation; Bluetooth heart rate sensors • Apple Watch app: start, pause, resume and finish from your wrist, and see time, distance, speed, heart rate, grade and an elevation chart • The free version shows ads IN YOUR POCKET Put the phone away and MiCycle talks to you. You choose what it says (current speed, average speed, time since start, distance, calories, battery levels) and how often, by time or by distance. It also plays your music. UNLOCK MORE WHEN YOU NEED IT Optional features are available as in-app purchases, or as a subscription: • Keep Rides History: every ride with a map thumbnail, month totals and filters; bar charts of distance, average speed and power; the interactive ride chart (slide along the ride to see speed, grade, distance, time, power, cadence and heart rate at that point); Apple Health; Strava upload and GPX/TCX export • Routes and Segments (needs Rides History): follow routes you rode before or imported, the Climb page with the elevation profile of your route (the whole route, or only the next climb from its foot to the summit, even with a flat stretch in the middle), segments that start by themselves and compare you live with your personal best, and offline maps • Advanced Sensors: cadence, speed and power meters (standard Bluetooth, or ANT+ through a Bluetooth bridge, with a compensation setting for single-sided meters), the Power page, and a power curve with an estimated FTP • Auto-pause when you stop, so your averages stay correct • Pothole tracking: record potholes and get warned when you ride near one A subscription bundles them: Rides History, Rides History with Routes and Segments, or everything. Monthly or annual. HOW IT SAVES BATTERY MiCycle uses location only while a ride is running, and at a sensible pace (about every 5 m / 15 ft). Even so, continued use of GPS in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Details: http://oxigenator.com/products/micycle/ Want everything, with no ads? MiCycle Pro includes every optional feature, in its most advanced form. Terms of Use: https://oxigenator.com/products/micycle-detailed/terms-of-use/

About

nico

Features
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nico(ニコ)の公式アプリです。 【概要】 ■ アプリ上から24時間いつでも予約が可能。 指名予約にも対応しているので担当スタッフのスケジュールを確認してからの予約が可能です。 ■ クーポン お得なクーポンが配信されます。ネット予約時にクーポン利用での予約も可能なので来店時もスムーズに施術頂けます。 ■ スタッフが施術したスタイルを掲載 前もって画像を確認しておけばスムーズなオーダーが可能です。 ■ マイページ機能 予約状況の確認やキャンセルがマイページ上から行えます。スタイリストの登録が出来るので前もって担当者を登録しておけばマイページからスムーズな指名予約が可能です。又、マイページにお気に入りのヘアカタログを登録出来るので来店時に画像を見せるだけでイメージを伝えることが出来るので安心です。

Screenshots

MiCycle4 screens
nico2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nico at none against MiCycle's 6. nico also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). MiCycle's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MiCycle sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. nico asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MiCycle ships an update every 2 months, nico every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MiCycle versus nico: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiCyclenico
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOXiGENATOR LLCkentaro miyashita

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MiCycle

Subscriptions6
  • History only7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • History, Routes, Segments7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Everything7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • History only7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • History, Routes, Segments7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Everything7 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

nico

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiCycle free?
MiCycle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is nico free?
nico is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MiCycle or nico have ads?
MiCycle shows ads; nico does not.
Which is updated more often, MiCycle or nico?
MiCycle ships an update every 2 months, and nico every 12 months. Most recently, MiCycle was updated on November 13, 2026 and nico on November 11, 2026.

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