ROUVY review

ROUVY takes the opposite approach to Zwift: instead of a game world, you ride high-quality video of real roads, with other riders shown as augmented reality avatars on the footage. ROUVY lists more than 1,500 routes and more than 35,000 km to ride, from Alpe d'Huez to the Sella Ronda and the Golden Gate Bridge, plus IRONMAN and Life Time Gravel courses. Subscribers also get workouts, training plans, weekly challenges, group rides and races, and rides sync to Strava, Garmin Connect, TrainingPeaks and Wahoo. All plans start with a 7-day trial, and Duo and Group plans cover 2 or up to 5 riders. You can pause a plan for up to 180 days, and the free version allows 20 km a month. ROUVY's pricing page showed only euro prices from our location, so the US price check is pending. App Store reviewers rate it 3.8 and mention a busy interface.

Who it is for

Indoor cyclists who would rather ride real roads on video than in a cartoon world.

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending); free version limited to 20 km a month; 7-day free trial.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• More than 1,500 augmented reality routes filmed on real roads
• More than 35,000 km of virtual routes
• Indoor workouts and training plans
• Weekly challenges, group rides and races
• Integrations with Strava, Garmin Connect, TrainingPeaks and Wahoo

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Real video routes such as Alpe d'Huez and the Golden Gate Bridge
• Strength: Duo and Group plans let up to 5 riders share
• Strength: Subscriptions can be paused for up to 180 days
• Weakness: The free version allows only 20 km a month
• Weakness: App Store rating of 3.8 trails Zwift and TrainerRoad
• Weakness: We could not confirm US pricing from the vendor page here

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, 20 km per month
• Free trial: 7 days
• Routes: 1,500+ augmented reality routes
• Shared plans: Duo (2) and Group (up to 5)
• Pause: Up to 180 days

Where it ranks

ROUVY is No. 9 in our Best Cycling Apps verdict.