cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37083225

Looking for indoor cycling app

Hard requirements:

  • doesn’t cost money
  • works with my Odin B600 exercise bike (some apps only work with a specific brand of equipment)
  • adjustable resistance, including on flat sections
  • display time, length of ride, speed, average speed, gradient, and height meters

Would very much prefer, but not dealbreakers:

  • real world routes
  • videos of routes with variable playback speed based on my pace
  • in absence of the above, ability to record data in the background rather than stop when I switch to another app

Nice to have but not necessary

  • FOSS or at least not too data-predatory

Apps I’ve tried so far

  • Kino: DEFINITELY my favorite so far, it has pretty much everything I want, but it’s paid and my trial runs out soon
  • Trainerday: Freemium, free version doesn’t fulfill the third hard requirement
  • MyWhoosh: ticks ALMOST all boxes, but the lack of variable resistance on flats is a dealbreaker and that combined with the overwhelmingly number of “rivals” to overtake at any moment had me overexerting myself to the point where I had to stop from both exhaustion and risk of injury after significantly less time/distance than I’m usually capable of
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    4 hours ago

    Do u have brake levers on your bike? When I bike outside, brakes and low tire pressure and fat tires are the main way to change resistance on flats. Maybe you can adjust the flat resistance by pressing the brake lever?