MyWhoosh vs Zwift

Short answer first: MyWhoosh is completely free and Zwift is the biggest field of riders in the world — that is the entire core of the decision. The rest is detail, and it is below. At the bottom is why we write this page at all: we are the third option, for people looking for something other than a simulation.

The case for MyWhoosh

MyWhoosh costs nothing — not “nothing for fourteen days”, nothing. For that you get a full simulation with worlds, workouts and racing with real prize money; the project is backed from Abu Dhabi. The field is thinner than Zwift's and the ecosystem younger, but the price is unbeatable and the app surprisingly complete.

The case for Zwift

Zwift is the incumbent: by far the largest live field, the most organised racing and group rides at any hour, ten years of ecosystem from third-party tools to community. It costs €19.99 a month (as of August 2026) — if riding with many real people is the point, this buys something that exists nowhere else.

Side by side

A note on column order: MyWhoosh and Zwift come first — it is their page. As of August 2026, sources: mywhoosh.com · zwift.com.

The honest verdict

Want to spend zero and ride a classic simulation: MyWhoosh, no hesitation. Want the full social cycling universe with thousands of live riders, and €19.99 a month is worth that to you: Zwift. Between those two there is no wrong pick — they are two answers to two different questions.

So when is Pixel Watts the answer?

When the same thing bothers you about both: that indoor training feels like a chore. Pixel Watts is not a simulation but an arcade game with real, publicly verifiable physics — worlds instead of workouts, leaderboards by W/kg class that beginners actually appear on, and all of it straight in the browser with no download. Sixty minutes a month are free forever; after that it is from €7.99 a month.

The full comparison table: Zwift alternative, compared