The FoxRide Story

150+ features, one goal: the best cycling computer on your iPhone. Follow every step.

150+ Features 15 Major Updates iPhone + Apple Watch

Version 1.0.2 — Even More Sensors

Planned

Radar warns, AirPods measure, new sensors speak FoxRide.

Sensors

Rear Radar

Get alerted when vehicles approach from behind. Compatible with Garmin Varia and other radar sensors.

Heart Rate via AirPods

Use your AirPods Pro 2 as a heart rate sensor — no chest strap needed.

More Bluetooth Sensors

Connect even more devices — whatever sensors you ride, FoxRide speaks their language.

Version 1.0.1 — New Perspectives

Planned

Landscape for handlebar mounts, offline maps for truly remote rides.

Your Cockpit

Landscape Dashboard

Turn your iPhone and use the dashboard in landscape — built for handlebar mounts.

Offline Maps

Download map regions in advance and navigate even without cell service.

The Official Launch

Coming Soon

Beta is over. FoxRide 1.0 hits the App Store — with everything we built.

The Big Moment

FoxRide 1.0

After months of beta, it's time: FoxRide leaves beta and officially launches in the App Store. All features, polished performance, a complete experience.

Founding Fox Program

Early supporters keep the exclusive Founding Fox status with their own profile badge — limited, not available after launch.

Version 0.9.18 — Final Polish Before Launch

Latest

Final polish before 1.0 — workout controls, route UI, app icons.

Ride Experience

Fullscreen Workout Controls

Pause, lap and stop become huge in lock-screen style if you want — thumb-press in the rain, with gloves, without looking.

Safer Stop Confirmation

The hold-to-stop countdown now interrupts the auto-hide control bar — no more fade-out mid-hold.

Your Cockpit

App Icon Picker

Pick from 6 bike icons or the classic fox — adapts to light, dark and tinted mode.

Hide Gear Icon During Workout

Optionally hide the settings gear while riding — clean view on what matters.

Cleaner Settings

General, Design, Cloud & Backup reorganized. Less nested, faster to find.

Route Planning

2-Column Route Grid

Your routes now show as cards with map snapshots — like the community feed. Cleaner and faster to scan.

Glass Skeleton Loading

While calculating you see a glass skeleton animation instead of a blank progress bar.

Polish

Demo Mode for Clean Shots

Realistic sample data with chart noise, green sensor indicators and stable values — for marketing or showing off.

+22

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.17 — Privacy & Data Control

Beta

Cloud sync only if you want it. Bulk-delete for everything. GDPR-grade.

Security & Privacy

Cloud Sync Opt-In

On first login you decide: everything to the cloud, nothing, or pick per module. Default is off — you actively opt in.

Cloud & Backup Settings

New settings menu with master toggle and 6 module switches (workouts, dashboards, bikes, sensors, routes, ghosts) — pause sync per module.

Delete Cloud Data Per Module

One "delete cloud data" button per module. Local stays, cloud gone. GDPR right-to-be-forgotten, one tap.

Privacy Policy

Full GDPR Art. 13 statement on foxride.app — controller, data types, legal basis, your rights.

Your Account

Remote Device Logout

Logout endpoint with "all devices" option — lose your iPhone, terminate every session centrally.

Faster Health Display

HR chart only shows when your watch is actually paired and active — no more stale values.

+18

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.16 — Cloud Sensors & Best Lap

Beta

BLE sensors travel with you to a new device. Ghost races now count your fastest lap, not just total time.

Sensors

Sensors in the Cloud

Pair powermeter and Di2 once — they show up on every device. Pro feature.

Manual Upload Button

New "Sync" section in sensor settings with upload, download and counter for unsynced devices.

Ride Experience

Best-Lap Mode for Ghosts

Racing a ghost now also pits you against your fastest lap on that route — not just total time.

Lap Geofence at Start

Coming back to the start automatically counts a new lap. Manual lap button still works too.

Live Diff to Best Time

While riding you see your lead or lag versus the best lap above the control bar — green, red, monospaced ±M:SS.

Best Lap on the Watch

Bolt icon + ±M:SS diff on the Apple Watch, only during active ghost races.

Route to Ghost in One Tap

Plan a route, save it as a ghost, race it. Default pacer pace: 25 km/h.

+11

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.15 — Native Push Notifications

Beta

Likes, comments, followers, achievements — finally you know right away, even with the app closed.

Community

Push Notifications

Native iOS pushes for 7 event types: like, comment, follow, follow request, follow accept, achievement, license expiry.

Push Onboarding Step

On first launch FoxRide asks for push permission right away — with reason why it's worth it. Skip anytime.

Push Toggle Per Event

Control per event type in notification settings whether you want in-app, push, or both.

Deep-Link From Push

Tap a like notification — workout opens. Tap a follow — profile opens. No searching.

Your Account

Logout Clears Push Tokens

When you log out, your push token and all cloud caches are wiped — no pushes to the wrong account.

+15

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.14 — Identity & Founding Fox

Beta

Profile badges for Founding Foxes, team and verified accounts. One clear identity per profile.

Community

Founding Fox Badge

Early supporters get a subtle gradient badge in their profile — permanent, limited to the first generations.

Team & Partner Badges

Distinct looks for FoxRide team, official partners and verified profiles — instantly recognizable in the feed.

Codeless Founding Fox Signup

Logged-in users click subscribe, confirm via email link, done. No more code entry.

Founding Fox Position

You see your number ("#27 of 50") in your profile — limited slot, made visible.

Route Planning

Off-Route Rerouting

Leave the route, FoxRide instantly offers a new calculation from your position — one tap, you're back on.

+14

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.13 — Fullscreen Dashboards

Beta

Map and navigation in 4×8 — your whole screen belongs to your cockpit.

Your Cockpit

Fullscreen Widget Size

New 4×8 size for map and navigation widgets — edge-to-edge including the Dynamic Island area.

Navigation as Custom Dashboard

The navigation tab is now a regular custom dashboard. Reorder it, mix in your own widgets, no license needed.

Map Widget Compass Overlay

Optional compass overlay top-center, rotates with the map — and sits cleanly under the Dynamic Island.

One-Tap Map Controls

Zoom, map type, follow mode and volume — as an expandable overlay right in the widget.

Widget-Level Locking

Pro features now blur per widget instead of locking the whole dashboard — tap a locked widget to see the matching pro promo.

Mix Built-In & Custom Order

Drag and drop all dashboards (workout, sensors, health, map, ghost, custom) freely.

Default Dashboards Without Pro

Workout, sensors, health, map and ghost dashboards are visible without license — pro lock now per widget.

Graceful License Loss

Lose Pro mid-workout? Recording continues uninterrupted — reset happens after workout ends.

Polish

Localized Compass Directions

Compass now shows N/NE/E/SE/S/SW/W/NW in English and N/NO/O/SO/S/SW/W/NW in German.

+12

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.12 — Map Cards & Sharing

Beta

Shared workouts and routes now look Strava-style — map on top, stats below, neatly stacked.

Community

Map Cards for Shared Content

Workouts and routes appear in profile and feed as cards with real map snapshots, polyline in your accent color, start/end markers.

Privacy Cards for Private Routes

If a route isn't shared, you see a lock card instead of half-hidden data. Clear and honest.

Share Toggle Now Actually Works

The "share route" toggle now actually saves to the backend correctly — before it sometimes ended up as "off" in the DB when you said "on".

Logout at Profile Bottom

Logout button is now at the bottom of your public profile — no longer scattered across settings paths.

Ride Experience

Health Module With Real Today Data

Today's HR values now come from today's HealthKit samples, not the last workout. Worst case: empty card instead of stale data.

Stats Filter Applies Everywhere

The period filter (week/month/year) now applies to cards AND chart — before they used different data.

Tap-Through Stats

Tap a stats card to open the full detail view for that period.

Watch Status in 3 States

Sensor settings now clearly show: "connected", "paired but inactive" or "not paired" — no more lies.

+13

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.11 — Ghost Folders & Challenges

Beta

Recurring routes become challenge folders with best time, history and progress chart.

Ride Experience

Ghost Folders

Group multiple workouts on the same route into a folder — see best time, average and progress chart at a glance.

6-Step Wizard

Create a new folder in 6 clear steps: name, category, base, icon, color, summary.

Assign Workouts

Assign rides to a folder from workout detail — or pull them in from the folder side.

Progress Chart

A SwiftUI chart shows your time evolution across all attempts — see instantly if you're getting faster.

Reference Mode Best/Last

Pick whether the "time to beat" is your personal best or your latest attempt — depending on how you motivate yourself.

Polish

Ghost Widgets Empty State

All 4 ghost widgets now offer a "pick ghost" button when none is loaded — no more dead UI tiles.

Ghost Races in History

Ghost-raced workouts now show a ghost-race badge in the header and a dedicated comparison section.

German TTS Says "Geist"

German voice announcements now say "Geist" instead of "Ghost" — UI stays "Ghost".

+10

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Version 0.9.10 — CDN & Performance

Beta

Website assets served via Cloudflare R2. WebP only. Faster, lighter, worldwide.

Polish

Faster Website Worldwide

Logos, fonts and screenshots all served via cdn.foxride.app — Cloudflare edges in 300+ cities.

WebP-Only, 92% Smaller Images

Fallback PNGs/JPGs are gone — modern browsers cover >97%, bandwidth halved.

Clean Logo Library

Six unified top-level logos (fox, FoxRide, pro gold, pro light, fox icon gold, FoxRide SVG) — app, website, route planner and emails all use the same.

Route Planning

More Stable POIs

Three Overpass servers with automatic failover (local → overpass-api.de → kumi.systems) — POIs show up even when one server hiccups.

+9

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

The Platform Grows

Beta

FoxRide becomes a complete cycling platform with route planner, community, account, hub and profile.

Route Planning

Web Route Planner

Plan tours directly in the browser at routes.foxride.app — interactive map, 12 routing profiles, detailed stats.

Points of Interest

Water, bike shops, cafés, rest spots right on the map. One click adds them as a stop.

Share & Export Routes

Share routes via link, export as GPX or sync straight to the app.

Address Search With Autocomplete

Search start and end by address or place name. Smart suggestions with keyboard nav.

Community

Rider Profiles

Build your public profile with username, bio and avatar. Show your achievements and stats.

Follow & Discover

Follow other riders, see their workouts in your feed, get inspired.

Share Workouts & Routes

Share your best rides and favorite routes — private, followers or public.

Activity Feed

See in one feed what your follows ride, plan and achieve.

Follow Requests

Private profiles protected by follow requests — accept or reject with one tap.

Your Account

FoxRide Account

Create a free account, sign in anywhere, licenses and routes follow you across devices.

Email Verification

Confirm your email via link — protects you and your data.

Password Reset

Forgot your password? Reset by email with a secure token, all in your browser.

Gift Cards

Gift FoxRide Pro features to other riders — perfect for birthdays.

Your Cockpit

Hub & XP System

Earn XP on every ride, level up, track progress in the new hub.

Personalized Profile

Three name fields (username, display, full name), bio, country, custom visibility per area.

Notification System

Bell icon with badge in the app header. Likes, comments, follows, achievements — all in one view.

Polish

Dark Mode on the Website

foxride.app now respects your preferred color scheme — fully dark if you want.

Bike Garage UX Redesign

Component maintenance, lifespan tracking and visual bike cards — all clearer.

+25

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

From Speedometer to Platform

Beta

FoxRide gets electronic shifting, Apple Watch, bike management, indoor training, and Ghost Mode.

On Your Wrist

Apple Watch App

FoxRide right on your wrist: start workouts, see live data, and control recording — all from your Apple Watch.

Heart Rate Without Chest Strap

Your Apple Watch streams heart rate in real time to the iPhone app. No additional sensor needed.

Sensors

Shimano Di2 Shifting

Connect your electronic Shimano groupset and see the current gear position live on the dashboard.

Customize D-Fly Buttons

Assign custom actions to the D-Fly buttons on your derailleur — mark laps, pause workouts, and more.

Your Bikes

Bike Garage

Manage all your bikes with photos and specifications. Simply switch between your bikes before a ride.

Maintenance Tracker

Track wear on your chain, tires, brake pads, and more. FoxRide reminds you when maintenance is due.

Ride Experience

Indoor Training

Train on your indoor trainer — FoxRide calculates speed and distance from your sensors, even without GPS.

Ghost Mode

Race against your former self. Ghost Mode compares your current ride in real time with a previous workout on the same route.

Improved Navigation

Enhanced voice guidance with turn-by-turn instructions and preview of the next section.

+8

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.

Where It All Began

Beta

The first beta release of FoxRide — the foundation for everything that followed.

Ride Experience

Workout Recording

Record every ride with all key metrics: speed, distance, duration, elevation, heart rate, power, and cadence.

GPS Navigation

Real-time map with route tracking and voice navigation — so you can keep your eyes on the road.

Routes & GPX Import

Import GPX files, save routes from your workouts, and create backups of your data.

Your Cockpit

Custom Dashboard Builder

Build your perfect cockpit: 40+ widgets on an 8x4 grid, drag & drop, individual colors, and ready-made templates.

Voice Announcements

Have speed, distance, heart rate, and other metrics read out to you at regular intervals.

45+ Achievements & Medals

Earn bronze, silver, and gold medals across 9 categories. Collect them all and display them on your profile.

Sensors

Bluetooth Sensors

Connect power meters, speed, and cadence sensors via Bluetooth. Tested with popular models like 4iiii Precision.

Apple Health Sync

All workouts are automatically synced with Apple Health — including all metrics.

Extras

Music Control

Control your music during the ride without leaving the app.

Themes & Colors

Choose from 12 accent colors, switch between light/dark/system theme, and use FoxRide in German or English.

Pro Features & Modules

Unlock individual features or get everything with FoxRide Pro. You decide what you need.

+5

under the hood improvements

Stability, security, performance — everything you don't see but feel.