MyWhoosh: Indoor Cycling App 4+

I normally only use Zwift during winter and out on roads in summer but the UK weather has been so bad needed to get back inside. Saw MY WOOSH and decided to give it a try. Tried first on work laptop. Had to also download graphics software as could not run the software. Note: Zwift runs fine on this laptop. Australia just had me constantly in the ocean, other worlds worked maybe for a couple of minutes then crashed. Downloaded onto IPad and tried again. Mirrored iPad to laptop and then HDMI to television. ( not a smart tv).
Great, seems better. I have done multiple rides with maybe 50% crashing. Worst time was when it crashed 1km from end of the longest Australia route and did not save any data.
I think it is really good but the hardware requirements are more akin to a gaming computer. Bit of a conflict here. Most people who do indoor cycling are probably not the ones who will have a gaming computer, the ones with gaming computers probably not avid cyclists.
Any way just waiting for Belgium to load. Went back to Zwift a few days ago as getting frustrated with crashing. Love it when it works. I know it is most likely hardware issues but do not see me getting new hardware. Let’s see how it pans out.

My experience on a mac desktop has been good. the software is equally on par with other virtual trainer software. It has also not crashed, (3.6.0) although I've not done many rides so far. However, moving the desktop around is inconvienient so looked at using the iPad and Apple tv versions, these are atrocious. I couldnt tell you what the TV version is like as I can't get into it, all you get is invalid email or invalid password messsages. It also doesnt respond to the remote, had to use phone to enter details. The iPad does work but mirrowing is not 16:9 so not as good as the desktop for a big screen

I’m a big fan of Zwift and use it multiple times per week so unfortunately for MyWhoosh, when someone had recommended it to me, my expectations were high if I’m to get pulled away from Zwift. Surprisingly, it did not disappoint!

It has many of the same elements as Zwift: Free Rides, Group Rides, Pacer Rides, Races and a huge array of workouts.

The one thing some people may not like is the reduced social aspect. I do a lot of Pacer Rides and on Zwift sometimes there’s over 100 people in the group, on MyWhoosh there’s seems to be significantly less people. I personally don’t mind as I’m usually watching a film or podcast whilst on the indoor bike anyway.

There is one feature where MyWhoosh wins and that’s being able to creat workouts on your phone. Zwift used to have this facility but got rid of it in an update a while back. I always found this useful as you may have had for example a particular 1hr workout in mind but for whatever reason only have 50 mins available. You can very quickly create the same plan but 10 mins shorter, rather than having to leave a workout unfinished - My OCD doesn’t like stopping a workout halfway through!

It’s early days so I haven’t yet stopped my Zwift subscription but overall I’m very impressed with MyWhoosh and am tempted to cancel Zwift, time will tell.