Pick TrainerRoad if your goal is measurable fitness gains from structured workouts and you want the app to choose them for you: $21.99 a month or $209.99 a year, with a 30-day money-back guarantee instead of a free trial. Pick something else if you want a game world or group rides as the main motivation (Zwift).
What TrainerRoad lists
TrainerRoad’s pricing page lists TrainerRoad AI (daily recommendations from your workout data), adaptive training plans, TrainNow workout suggestions based on your available time, ride analysis across seven training zones, a training calendar, sync with Garmin, Strava and Wahoo, and the option to run TrainerRoad workouts inside Zwift. It runs on iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Cost in practice
$209.99 a year is $17.50 a month, near the $17.45 TrainerRoad shows. Paid monthly, twelve months cost $263.88, so the annual plan saves $53.89 (our arithmetic; TrainerRoad rounds it to $54). It is the most expensive per month of the USD-priced apps in the table below, and there is no free tier.
What this page could not verify
We have not checked how well the AI recommendations perform; the vendor’s own page is the source for its claims, and its rating and workout counts are vendor figures we do not repeat. For how ERG-mode workouts behave on a trainer, see ERG mode explained.
Who should skip it
Riders who just want to ride, and anyone who prefers to build their own workouts for free.
Compared with its closest rivals
Prices and plans as shown by each vendor on 29 Sept 2026. Currencies differ, and no conversion is done: a vendor that shows only euro prices is listed in euros.
| App | Monthly | Annual | Trial | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TrainerRoad | $21.99 | $209.99 | No free trial listed; 30-day money-back guarantee | iOS, Android, Windows, macOS |
| Zwift | $19.99 | $199.99 | 14-day free trial on the monthly plan; annual has no trial but can be cancelled within 30 days for a refund | not confirmed |
| MyWhoosh | Free | Free | none listed | iOS, Android, macOS, PC, Apple TV (per update notes) |
| ROUVY | €19.99 | €179.99 | 7-day free trial on subscription plans | Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, iPad, Apple TV |
| Wahoo SYSTM | $17.99 | $179.99 | 14 days of Pro free | not confirmed |
Other apps in the table are covered in Zwift vs TrainerRoad vs MyWhoosh.
How this page was researched
Read for this page: TrainerRoad official page. Checked 29 Sept 2026. SmartBikeWiki runs no tests of its own. Vendor prices and plans change often, so this page carries a 90-day review date; the figures come from the vendor pages listed under Sources.