MyWhoosh Review: Is It Good Enough to Beat Zwift?

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MyWhoosh is a free indoor cycling app that sponsors the UAE-Emirates WT cycling team, and it will host the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships in 2025 and 2026. But is it worth using? I tested it and compared it to other popular indoor cycling apps to find out!

My MyWhoosh rating at a glance:
Ease of Setup 5/5 | Engagement 4/5 | Community 3/5 | Routes 3/5 | Training 3/5 | UX 4/5 | Platforms Availability 5/5 | Price 5/5 | OVERALL 4.0/5
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NOTE: I tested MyWhoosh 3.8.3 on a MacBook Pro with macOS Sonoma 14.5.

MyWhoosh Summary

What is MyWhoosh?
MyWhoosh is a free indoor cycling app with a virtual world and more realistic graphics than Zwift. It allows you to communicate with others, race, ride in groups, or do structured training.

Who is MyWhoosh for?
MyWhoosh is ideal for people who want to train indoors without spending money on an app subscription and like graphics made from scratch.

Who is MyWhoosh not for?
Due to its lower popularity, MyWhoosh is not for those who want to be surrounded by others and socialize. You also won’t like it if you prefer real-world footage.

My Experience with MyWhoosh

Here is my experience with the initial setup, routes, user experience, and more in MyWhoosh.

Initial Setup: Easy and Intuitive

To use MyWhoosh, you need a smart trainer. Having only a cadence and speed sensor is also possible since version 4.0.

Before I started using it, I read many reviews that people struggled to connect it with their trainers. I easily connected the Wahoo KICKR v5 and the Wahoo TICKR to my iPhone 14 Pro over Bluetooth. I tried the same with my MacBook Pro 2020 and Cycplus T3, and the connection was flawless.

By the way, if you have one of the officially supported trainers, you can take advantage of the virtual shifting that MyWhoosh introduced in early 2025. You can learn about its benefits here.

INDOOR CYCLING TIP: Improve your comfort and engagement with a cycling rocker plate and its swinging motion. I also recommend buying an indoor cycling fan to keep you cool.

In-App Experience: Good but Could Be Better

After pairing your devices, you’ll be greeted by the following dashboard, which will be your crossroads for choosing your activities.

Before the first ride, I customized my avatar in the garage. You can change the look and equipment, such as the bike, wheels, helmet, sunglasses, shoes, jersey, and gloves. This is a similar approach to Zwift, and one of many examples of gamification.

Then, I browsed the other options, like events, workouts, and plans. I’ll talk more about them later.

The graphics aren’t very detailed, but they’re sufficient. They’re also more similar to TrainingPeaks Virtual than Zwift. Zwift’s graphics are more colorful and feel more like a game.

I appreciate that I can interact with others via gestures or chat. This is something that’s missing in ROUVY, for example.

My first impressions were quite positive, considering it is a free app. However, one cannot forget that a lot of money is poured into it in the background.

Engagement: Powered by Challenges, Awards, and Achievements

MyWhoosh has a similar motivation system to Zwift. Instead of drops, you collect coins that you can use to buy new equipment. However, unlike in Zwift, you can buy these coins for real money. This is one of the ways MyWhoosh uses to monetize the platform.

The Awards and Achievements section is not as extensive as in Zwift, but they had to start somewhere. When I tested MyWhoosh in 2023, this section didn’t even exist.

There are also different challenges where you can earn season points and get additional rewards. The system is pretty comprehensive and mixes 3 different currencies (coins, power gems, and season points). I don’t know if this is an intentional design choice, where you lose track of how much individual items cost in real money, or if it’s just a bad design, but it’s confusing.

Anyway, it’s clear that MyWhoosh invested in this area and is trying to motivate users to spend more time on the app.

Routes: Diverse but Limited

In 2023, MyWhoosh offered a limited number of worlds, but since my last testing, they have added multiple worlds (and routes). You can choose from Arabia, Australia, Alula, Belgium, Colombia, MyWhoosh World, and a few more.

I wonder if MyWhoosh will change its strategy and start rotating maps like Zwift.
UPDATE: They did.

Each world includes several routes. The principle is the same as in Zwift: all worlds rotate based on a schedule. This ensures people won’t spread as much, and the worlds look crowded.

It seems that MyWhoosh was originally created as a marketing tool to promote the UAE and the Middle East because they started with Alula and Arabia. These places are frankly not very attractive for most Western users. That’s why they keep expanding maps and will likely continue to do so. The great thing is that you can see a detailed preview of each route and its segments.

Training: Surprisingly Comprehensive

The database of structured workouts and training plans pleasantly surprised me. Depending on your goals, you can choose a workout, a workout collection, or a structured plan to maximize effectiveness.

In addition, the app includes a workout builder where you can create your own workouts and even do group workouts with people you connect with.

These workouts are probably not on the level of TrainerRoad, which can adjust the difficulty based on your past activities and form, but they were created by professional (World Tour) coaches.

I tried a few of them, and the ERG mode worked well. However, I noticed the intervals didn’t match the diagram. I would also appreciate a sound alert about the start/end of an interval. The virtual gates were also not displayed every time (based on the diagram).

In the last picture on the top left, you can also see that I have completed 1 interval out of 15, even though I am already entering the 6th interval. These shortcomings are fundamental, but at least you can train for free using MyWhoosh.

User Friendliness and Connectivity

MyWhoosh has a nice, clean user interface that is easy to use. I like it more than Zwift. It’s responsive, easy to navigate, loads quickly, and shows you what you need to know.

I experienced only one crash while writing a message. It didn’t work very well because I couldn’t see the text preview.

Platforms Availability

MyWhoosh is available on all major platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Apple TV.

MyWhoosh Alternatives

There are plenty of indoor cycling apps out there. The closest MyWhoosh alternatives are Zwift (see my MyWhoosh vs. Zwift comparison) and TrainingPeaks Virtual. I also recommend checking out my comparison of MyWhoosh vs. ROUVY.

The following table shows my ratings of specific areas on a scale of 1–5 (5 is the best).

My Verdict

Do I recommend MyWhoosh?
Yes. MyWhoosh offers most of the features you expect from an indoor cycling app (free rides, structured workouts, and plans). So, it should satisfy your needs if you don’t mind lacking the social “vibe.” I believe it’s currently the best free indoor cycling app.

Do I recommend it to everybody?
No. MyWhoosh is not for people who are socially oriented and require a lot of in-app interactions with others. You won’t meet as many people since MyWhoosh is not as popular as Zwift. It also has a less sophisticated (although continuously evolving) motivation system, so you must be internally motivated to train and ride.

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