Comparison

Xhale vs CyclePilot

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

Head to head
About

Xhale

This mobile training diary helps triathletes track their swim, bike, run, and gym sessions. It allows users to review their training plans and record session details, even offline. The app syncs with an online counterpart and can include coach feedback.

Highlights
  • Mobile training diary
  • Track swim, bike, run, gym
  • Review training plans
  • Record session details
  • Offline access
  • Syncs with online diary
  • Coach feedback integration
Features
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A solid plan followed consistently makes for a faster triathlete. Your training diary is your greatest ally in realising that potential and with the Xhale app you can take it mobile. If you have a coach it puts them in your pocket too! Check your training plan at the start of each swim, bike, run or gym effort. Then when you nail another session, your training diary is right there waiting for you to detail how it all went. Even if you can't get a signal, your training diary is available offline. All your race notes, training plans and motivational feedback from your coach is always with you. The Xhale app is your mobile counterpart to the Xhale online training diary and syncs back to it when you are online.

About

CyclePilot

Features
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You've got a goal. Maybe your first 100-mile ride next month. Maybe a cycling marathon in the fall, or a multi-day tour across the Alps. Until then you have to ride regularly and keep getting stronger. And that's where the work nobody wants begins: checking the forecast every day, moving rides around, rebuilding your calendar after the rain moved on again. CyclePilot takes that over. Fully automatically. HOW IT WORKS You tell CyclePilot once how you tick: which days you want to ride, at what times, how often per week, and how much weather you can handle. CyclePilot reads your calendar, keeps checking the forecast, and reschedules your rides on its own into the time slots that fit. No manual shuffling. No Sunday night spent re-sorting your whole week. WHO CYCLEPILOT IS FOR For ambitious amateur riders chasing a specific goal and willing to ride regularly for weeks. On a road bike, gravel bike, or the trainer. If you take your goals seriously but don't want to do planning work every day, you're in the right place. WHAT CYCLEPILOT DOES FOR YOU โ€ข Automatic rescheduling: rides move on their own to the days and times with the best weather, by your own rules. โ€ข Calendar integration: CyclePilot works directly with your calendar instead of being yet another app working in isolation. โ€ข Personal weather thresholds: you decide when a day counts as "rideable." โ€ข Goal-oriented planning: a steady weekly target, or working toward one goal. โ€ข Strava and Apple Health: your rides arrive automatically, no manual import. โ€ข Your own routes: GPX import plus route suggestions built from your most-ridden loops. โ€ข Indoor trainer: optional indoor rides fill the days when the weather won't play along. โ€ข Apple Watch and widgets: today and the week on your wrist, your ride and due maintenance with battery levels on the Home and Lock Screen. โ€ข Stay on it: weekly streaks, achievements, and progress you can share. โ€ข Pair your sensors: heart rate strap, cadence, power, radar, and Di2 shifting on iPhone, with battery levels and a warning before a device dies mid-ride. โ€ข Maintenance calculated ahead: chain, tires, and lights based on the rides you have planned, with a reminder three days early. โ€ข Control Center and Action Button: view today's ride, replan the week, skip the day, or check maintenance without opening the app. โ€ข Your plan stays yours: whatever you move by hand, the planner leaves alone. If the weather shifts, CyclePilot tells you instead of quietly rearranging your week. BUILT FOR EVERYONE CyclePilot is accessible from the ground up: full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type for larger text, high-contrast colors, and haptic feedback, so planning your week stays comfortable with assistive technologies, too. PRIVACY FIRST Your ride and calendar data belong to you. CyclePilot is built for privacy, with no account required. If you sync via iCloud, your data stays in your private iCloud. The developer has no access to it. TRY IT, THEN DECIDE Try it free for 14 days. After that you decide for yourself: stay on a subscription (monthly, or the cheaper yearly plan) or own it for good with the one-time lifetime purchase, no subscription required. The trial converts to a paid subscription automatically after 14 days, but CyclePilot reminds you two days before it ends so you can decide calmly. CyclePilot is built natively for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac and fits into the Apple ecosystem you already use. Questions or requests? Write to me: CyclePilot is built by a single developer who loves riding himself and reads every piece of feedback. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Xhale4 screens
CyclePilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Xhale at none against CyclePilot's 3. Xhale also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). CyclePilot's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. CyclePilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Xhale asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xhale ships an update every 3 months, CyclePilot fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Xhale versus CyclePilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXhaleCyclePilot
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews87.5% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrain Xhale LtdDennis Zehetmayer

In-app purchases

None

Xhale

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CyclePilot

Subscriptions2
  • CyclePilot Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • CyclePilot Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • CyclePilot Pro (Lifetime)$34.99

Questions

Is Xhale free?
Xhale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CyclePilot free?
CyclePilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Xhale or CyclePilot have ads?
Neither Xhale nor CyclePilot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xhale or CyclePilot?
Xhale ships an update every 3 months, and CyclePilot fortnightly. Most recently, Xhale was updated on September 29, 2026 and CyclePilot on October 25, 2026.

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