Zwift Companion 4+

Before I signed up for zwift I was a bit sceptical about it but In reality, the experience I’ve had with it is just unbelievable, I am addicted now 3 months on from my initial ride I’ve become so familiar with it.. the app is essential when it comes to meet-ups and entering events. I cycle regularly with friends in Canada and I live in Ireland virtual or not the social interaction is real.. I wish I was a sales man for Zwift !! It is definitely a must have for all cyclists the real life feel of the rides is just so impressive every cyclist will understand what the “bug” is, well there is a zwift bug too and it has bit me.

Firstly let me say I’m a huge Zwift fan and have been for two and bit years. I love the main program but this companion app is frustrating beyond comparison and not up to the high standard you grow to expect from Zwift. It (the ZC app) frequently crashes especially since iOS 13 launched. It’s even more frustrating as it’s needed to boost the BLE connections to the main program if you’re using Apple TV to Zwift, so to have it crashing means you lose data and connections for whatever you’re feeding via the ZC app (in my case a cadence sensor).
It could be so much more than it is, has enormous potential but under realised and poorly supported, the customer support team will point the blame at almost anything else except themselves. I live in hope of a fix, in the meantime; beware of its limitations and if you’re not using it as a companion to the Apple TV I’m sure it’s a great addition to being more social on Zwift. Ride-on!

Great in theory and WHEN it’s working. Fed up with having to reboot my iPad/phone/watch every single time just to get my HR to work though. Then once you choose a route it stops and you have to reboot your phone/watch again to force it to work…. Admittedly this is party apples fault for not broadcasting HR like every other fitness tracker.

Update: After a reasonable few months of being able to get Apple Watch to connect (albeit connect. Then disconnect when you’ve chosen what to ride and then connecting again), the latest update has screwed it completely even when the watch says connected, Zwift displays zilch. Then you try to reboot all your devices and it doesn’t turn up at all!