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MyWhoosh did something important: it proved indoor cycling doesn't have to cost a subscription. It's a genuinely good, genuinely free virtual world. But "free" isn't the only thing people want — a lot of riders are really searching for a free MyWhoosh alternative because they want to ride real roads they know, not a designed fictional island, or because they'd rather not download and update an app at all.
If that's you, here's an honest comparison — and yes, we build one of the alternatives, so we'll say so plainly.
MyWhoosh vs a real-roads browser app
| MyWhoosh | Moveee Indoor | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free (alpha) |
| Install | App download per platform | None — runs in the browser |
| World | Designed fictional worlds | Your own real routes, rebuilt in 3D |
| Structured (ERG) | Yes | Yes |
| Racing / groups | Yes, growing | Not yet |
| Saves to Strava | Yes | Yes |
Details move as both apps develop — check before you commit to either.
Where MyWhoosh still wins
Being fair matters. MyWhoosh has a population — races, group rides, other riders to chase — and that's the hardest thing for any newcomer to replicate. It has polished worlds and a growing event calendar. If riding with people is why you train indoors, that's a real reason to stay.
Where a real-roads alternative wins
The pitch for Moveee Indoor is narrow and deliberate: rather than a fictional world, it renders your own saved routes in 3D from real OpenStreetMap and elevation data. Ride your summer loop in the depths of winter. Recon a course you've entered, corner by corner, before you get there. It's a free indoor cycling app that runs entirely in the browser — nothing to download or update — holds ERG targets, and saves rides with full power data that count toward your Moveee training plan.
You don't have to choose just one
Both are free, so there's no cost to keeping both around: MyWhoosh for the group rides and the buzz of other riders, a real-roads app for the days you want to ride a road you actually know. Try each for a month and keep whichever one still has you clipping in come February.
Sources 5
Where this article summarises a study, the study itself is linked — not a write-up of it.
- 1 Westmattelmann D, Grotenhermen J-G, Sprenger M, Rand W, Schewe G Apart we ride together: The motivations behind users of mixed-reality sports · Journal of Business Research · 2021
- 2 About OpenStreetMap · OpenStreetMap Foundation · 2024
- 3 Copernicus DEM — global digital elevation model · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (ESA) · 2024
- 4 Fitness Machine Service 1.0 (FTMS) specification · Bluetooth SIG · 2017
- 5 Strava API v3 reference · Strava Developers · 2024
Your own roads, indoors, in a browser tab
Moveee Indoor pairs your smart trainer over Bluetooth and rebuilds a route you have saved as a 3D road — real gradients, ERG for the intervals, and the ride saved with full power data. Nothing to install. Free while it is in alpha.
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