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longvoie and Zwift

A free Zwift alternative with real roads

Zwift is built around its game worlds and its community. longvoie is for riding actual roads, on your own, for free. They are good at different things, and plenty of people will use both.

Where Zwift is the better pick

If you want to race, join group rides or follow a training plan, Zwift has far more of that, and there are people riding on it at any hour. longvoie has none of those things.

Where longvoie is different

Every road in longvoie is a real place. Zwift has climbs modelled on famous ones, Alpe du Zwift on Alpe d'Huez and Ven-Top on Mont Ventoux; in longvoie you ride the actual roads, built from map data.

You can also ride any route you have as a GPX file (how), and long roads don't have to be finished in one sitting: longvoie keeps your place, so the Danube or the Loire can take a few weeks of evenings.

And it's free. There's no subscription and nothing to install; it runs in Chrome or Edge.

longvoie and Zwift, side by side

longvoieZwift
PriceFreeMonthly or yearly subscription
RoadsReal roads, drawn in 3D from map dataIts own game worlds, some based on real places
Your own routesAny GPX fileIts own routes only
Long routes over several ridesYes, it keeps your placeEach ride stands alone
Group rides, racing, workoutsNoYes
ConnectionsBluetooth: FTMS trainers and power metersBluetooth and ANT+
Runs onChrome or Edge on a laptop or desktop; an iPhone app is comingWindows, macOS, iOS, Android and Apple TV apps

Zwift as it describes itself, checked in September 2026. Zwift is a trademark of its owner; longvoie is not affiliated with it.

Questions

Is there a free alternative to Zwift?

longvoie is free and has no subscription. It is for riding real roads rather than racing, so whether it replaces Zwift depends on what you use Zwift for.

Will my Zwift trainer work with longvoie?

If it speaks FTMS over Bluetooth, yes. Most recent trainers do, including the Zwift Hub and Wahoo's KICKR.

Is Alpe du Zwift the same as Alpe d'Huez?

It is based on it but it is not the same road. longvoie has the real Alpe d'Huez, all 21 hairpins.