it is free. i wanted to see how it was. i was also playing with IndieVelo for a while. free too but not so great. limited virtual world (although a new one was added) and the grade changes in some places are just weird. one moment you are at 2% then 5 then 8 then 12 all in a few pedal strokes. if that is anything like a real place i would really not like it. it is a few man band so really good on them.