The Strava Annual Report now requires an $80 subscription

Popular fitness app Strava has made its popular Year in Sports summary available only to users who pay an $80 annual subscription, disappointing some users who were accustomed to seeing their annual report for free. on Strava’s FAQ pageThe company handles change.

“With our subscription relaunch this year, we wanted to make it clear that the core benefits of Strava – uploading activities, finding your community, sharing and giving back – remain as accessible as possible,” the site says. “The benefit of a subscription ensures that countless activities are transformed into insights that can be tracked, evaluated and measured along the fitness journey. The added layer of insights and storytelling, including Year in Sport and monthly stat cards, for example, is now unlocked via subscription.”

Strava’s end-of-year review summarizes each user’s sporting achievements. The company began publishing the reports in 2016, a year after the first release Spotify Wrapped has been released.

A Strava representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Some users were disappointed.

“This is free marketing for them, and they just threw it down the drain.” said a user on Bluesky. “Last year, I saw a ton of friends posting on Stories. This year? One.”

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Strava started as a way for cyclists to track their daily rides. A Strava subscription enables users to create and use routes, view offline maps, receive real-time progress data, and participate in challenges.

Annual covers are very popular with tech companies and more are added every December. YouTube Announced its Recap service newly. But most of them are available for free.