Originally Posted by JohnJ80

Like I said, it’s been a long time since i used it but I think there is a base free version that has minimal capability and then a subscription model for the good stuff. I have several bike computer and I didn’t like having the phone display on all the time, so I dropped using it in favor of more rugged devices and also in keeping my cell battery available for emergency usage.

There are some pretty cost effective devices from Wahoo, Garmin, Bryton (sp?), Lezyne that have pretty amazing connectivity and capability at low cost but it depends on what you are looking for.

FWIW, Strava also has a phone app that’s free.

The problem with most if not all current phones is that the only sensors they will connect to are Bluetooth and they don’t support ANT+ which is sort of the main standard in bike sensors and also tends to be lower power than BT.

While there is some variance in calorie count, I found Cyclemeter to be 100% higher than what Strava finally came up with which tend to be amazingly close to the number that I found when I used my power meter (which should be within +/- 5%). Cyclemeter’s calorie burn algorithm wasn’t much better than a wild ass guess and it didn’t match anyone else’s. It was ridiculous.