Comments on: Which Training and Analysis Apps Now That Strava is No Longer Free

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Tue, 26 May 2020 08:12:58 +0000

In reply to Julien.

Yep, I used to use various non web-based apps such as Rubitrack, iSmartTrain, Ascent etc. and others that I can’t even remember now! (https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2008/01/mac-training-software-review/). At the time I preferred to keep the data local as cloud based things weren’t as reliable as they are now so having a local backup felt like the sensible thing to do.

WK05 is a good option and as you say only a one time purchase. Similarly, there is Golden Cheetan if you feel a little more ‘geeky’ and that’s free.

By: Julien

Julien — Tue, 26 May 2020 07:49:39 +0000

And what about buying a wko5 license ? It’s a little bit more expensive than a trainingpeaks year subscription but you don’t have to renew it.
You have all the trainingpeaks stuff (PMC, TSS…) and even more like the Coggan Individualized Power Levels.
The only downside (and it’s a big one) is that it’s not web based…

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Fri, 22 May 2020 07:46:16 +0000

In reply to hyukjin yoon.

Thanks for your comment. I’ve only ever had a cursory look at Xert so may take a deeper look now. I know a few people who use it so I’m sure it has its merits.

Al.

By: hyukjin yoon

hyukjin yoon — Fri, 22 May 2020 06:36:01 +0000

In my case I use Xert as my trainer controller & planner & analyser
Its not best at each components, but the fact that It does all three at a quite cheap price is very attractive.

the main downside is although they do integrate other activities automatically, their HR analyse functuon does seem very week, so analysing activities other than cycling is a definite weak point.