# Bike: Tips, tests & reviews — Motorbike adventure rides

> Official app of Britain's best-selling motorcycle magazine, offering reviews, adventures, and racing news. (iPhone/iPad app by Bauer Media (Publishing).)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bike-tips-tests-and-reviews/id564741988 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bauer Media (Publishing)](https://appshunter.io/developer/1753963887)
- Category: Magazines & Newspapers, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 227 App Store ratings · 116 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 91 MB
- Languages: German (Germany), American English
- Released: 2012-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bike-tips-tests-and-reviews/id564741988/reviews.md

## What is Bike?

The official app of Britain's best-selling motorcycle magazine. With intelligent writing, stunning photography and exclusive content, Bike takes you on a motorcycling journey celebrating everything on two wheels. From in-depth comparisons and reviews of new and used bikes, to inspiration for your next biking adventure and behind-the-scenes race access, Bike magazine is your definitive guide to all things motorcycling. 


As a Bike magazine subscriber, you will get: 

- Immediate access to all our content 

- Full access to the Bike archive, meaning you can take a look through our back issues. 

- A selection of highlighted articles from the editor 

- Subscriber-only rewards including discounts, prizes, and freebies 


Features of the app we love: 

- Read or listen to articles (choice of three voices) 

- Browse all current and back issues 

- Free articles available to non-subscribers 

- Search content that interests you 

- Save articles from the content feed to enjoy later 

- Switch between Digital View and Magazine View for the best experience 


Honest, opinionated, authoritative motorcycle tests 

From revealing first rides of the latest new models to in-depth group comparison tests, Bike magazine’s hugely experienced test team tell you all you need to know. Expertly written and with beautiful images, nobody tests and reviews motorcycles quite like Bike. 

Epic motorcycle adventures 

Whether it’s getting lost in Kazakstan, crossing America on a hyperbike, or bobbing across the country on a moped, Bike puts you in the saddle for some of the world’s most compelling adventures. Read exclusive first-hand experiences and discover just where a motorcycle can take you. 

Intelligent racing insight 

Sneak inside pit garages and hear first-hand from the people who matter most in racing. From riders and engineers to team owners and series directors, Bike magazine gives you the definitive line on the biggest stories in racing – all delivered with passion and authority. 
 
Technical knowledge 

With exclusive access to world-class engineers, Bike’s technological expertise is world class. Discover everything you need to know, from untold engine design secrets to biking’s electric future and the latest developments in racing. 

Amazing tales from the biking world 

Meet the motorcyclists with the most intriguing stories. From collectors and restorers to high-mile heroes and obscure races, Bike delivers you the most interesting and entertaining two-wheeled stories from around the globe. 

For the most informed and interesting take on the world of motorcycling, delivered with the finest writing and breathtaking photography, download Bike today. 

 
PLEASE NOTE: This app is optimised for iOS 14 and up. If you're using an iPad 1 or 2, iPad Mini 1 or iPhone 5 (or before) you may struggle to run this app smoothly. 

Your subscription will automatically renew each billing period, and you will be charged through your iTunes account within 24 hours prior to the end of the current cycle. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings up until 24 hours before the end of the current period, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Please visit our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for more information: 

Terms of use: 

https://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/app-terms-of-use-03032025 

Privacy policy: 

https://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk

## Key features

- In-depth bike comparisons and reviews
- Motorcycle adventure inspiration
- Exclusive racing access and insight
- Technical knowledge and engine secrets
- Listen to articles with multiple voices
- Access to current and back issues
- Save articles for later

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bike Magazine Subscriptions | $43.99 | per year |
| Bike Magazine Subscriptions | $23.99 | per 6 months |
| Bike Magazine Subscriptions | $12.99 | per 3 months |
| Annual 50%off ALWAYS | $22.99 | per year |
| Bike Magazine - Discount Annual Subscription | $35.99 | per year |
| Bike Magazine Monthly Sub | $3.99 | per month |
| Bike Magazine Summer Subscription 3 Months | $7.99 | per 3 months |
| Bike Annual Sub Backissues | $36.99 | per year |
| Bike - 50% discount monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Monthly Subscription | $3.99 | per month |
| Bike - 50% Annual Subscription | $34.99 | per year |
| Bike Annual Sub Backissue | $36.99 | per year |
| Free trial - 1 Month | $4.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |
| Bike - Motorbike News Magazine | $3.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Bike?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 📚 High-quality magazine content and writing
- 📸 Excellent photography and image quality
- 🎨 Well-designed interactive features and layout
- 📖 Easy navigation through magazine archives
- 🌍 Accessible globally for international readers
- 💰 Reasonable subscription pricing
- 🎥 Interactive video and multimedia content
- 📱 Works well on iPad with tablet optimization
- ✨ Black and white reading view option

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- ⚠️ Poor customer support responsiveness
- 📥 Slow and unreliable download speeds
- 🔐 Persistent login and authentication issues
- 📄 Low-quality document rendering and display
- 🎨 UI contrast problems (white buttons on grey)
- 🔄 Inconsistent offline access and reliability
- 💾 Excessive file sizes and storage requirements
- ⏱️ App feels poorly maintained and outdated
- 🔀 Confusing navigation and unintuitive interface
- 📋 Removed search functionality across editions
- 🖼️ Misaligned images and formatting issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- White screen on app startup
- Login redirects to website instead of in-app
- App logs out after updates
- Blank pages fail to load in digital view
- Magazine view won't load for certain issues
- App crashes on page 3 when scrolling
- Infinite redirect loop on login page
- Dynamic resources fail to download
- Freezing mid-article requiring app restart
- Portrait/landscape mode display issues
- Account access lost after app updates
- Download failures and incomplete downloads
- App incompatibility with iOS 8 and newer versions

**Most requested features**

- Portrait mode orientation support
- Single issue purchase option (not subscription-only)
- Auto-bookmark to remember last read page
- Mobile-friendly reading view
- Improved search across all downloaded editions
- Better offline download reliability
- Magazine view toggle option
- Reduced file size for downloads
- Video content in digital editions
- Notification for new issue releases

## Recent user reviews (10 of 116)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bike-tips-tests-and-reviews/id564741988/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great App - Some UI issues

*2025-08-11*

Loving the app so far, nicely laid out and easy to flick through the mags in the archive too. 

Having the “Done” button on the Message Centre be white on a light grey background is annoying though.  Wasn’t immediately apparent and I had to close out of the app until the 4th or 5th time using the app as I couldn’t even see them.  They’re still a pain to see even now I know they’re there!

Other than this, I’d highly recommend!!

### 5/5 — Rubbish

*2025-03-23*

Why are Bauer so bad?  They don’t contact you in response to a query. Take your money and that’s it.

**Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear that your experience with our service didn’t meet your expectations.

We’d appreciate the opportunity to understand what went wrong and to make things right. Please feel free to reach out to us again.

• For technical issues, please email appsupport_uk@bauermedia.com
• For subscription questions, please contact bauer@subscription.co.uk

We’re here to help and would appreciate the opportunity to make this right.

### 2/5 — Disappointed-still using it

*2024-09-09, version 9.14*

Only using it when flying.
Slow download speeds.
Patchy quality of document once loaded.
App is barely maintained.

### 1/5 — Unable to login to app

*2024-01-29, version 9.10*

Try to login whilst in the app, brings up a become a member page, click on login and it takes you away from the app to the website.

### 1/5 — Disappointing at best

*2023-08-17*

I love Bike magazine but unfortunately the electronic version is like a beta trial from the dark ages. The editing is amateurish, the photos are terrible quality, often a random page won’t load and navigating is hardly intuitive. But the worst aspect of all it once downloaded, there is no continuity as to whether it will stay downloaded. Being on an long flight with a new ‘Bike’ was always something to be excited about; with this version you’ll never know whether you can even open the copy once offline - extremely frustrating! There are so many high quality ‘reader’ softwares out there I honestly don’t know why this has its own format. It’s a fail from me!

### 5/5 — laggy and freezes all the time

*2023-08-10, version 9.10*

Takes ages to open , not very intuitive to use

### 1/5 — Search is now very limited

*2023-03-10*

I get both the paper and digital versions. I like to read the paper version but the digital version used to allow searching across every edition that you have access to. So if say a friend buys a ZZR1400 you could search back and read whatever bike had published mentioning ZZR1400 that you had paid for going back years. This is the only reason I get the digital version and now you can only search back a handful of editions. I did flag this up last month and had a very nice reply saying “that it is it is definitely in the backlog to refine in the future”. It used to work, now it doesn’t and I’m still paying for it. Funny kinda progress! Is anyone else cross about this?

### 1/5 — Why can’t I buy a single issue?

*2023-03-07*

The new app is either subscribe for months, or nothing. I’ve read Bike magazine for over 20 years, but you’ve lost me as an online customer.

### 5/5 — App doesn’t work consistently, very frustrating!

*2023-01-23*

I have raised my issues with the customer service team but they are slow to respond .

The problems are:
- the digital view problem means that it doesn’t always fully load correctly ( leaving many blank pages) therefore I can’t read all the content ( I don’t understand why it doesn’t fully download to my device so I can access from memory as opposed to trying to reload from the website each time I access it?)
- the magazine view (there are 2 ways to view Bike via the app either digital or magazine view) problem is that some issues the magazine just won’t load up. 
These problems have only arisen since the new app that gives a digital view was launched.
I can only assume they haven’t tested comprehensively prior to launching, very annoying!!!

I also have yearly problems with my account that I have to raise with customer support and persist with until resolved. All problems have been proven to be with the Bike magazine app / system and nothing to do with my device or usage.

**Developer response:** Hi Sin59, thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. We are really sorry that you have such problems with the app. Our customer support has been very busy lately, so I can only ask you to be patient. We really try to help our customers, but sometimes it takes some time to answer everyone. Kind regards

### 5/5 — Magazine view

*2023-01-03*

Since updating the app, i can no longer find the option to switch between digital media view and Magazine view. Frustrating !!

**Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for your feedback! We're very sorry for any problems that occured. Our customer support would be happy to help you. To contact us you may use the contact formular in the app or just send an email to: appsupport_uk@bauermedia.com Kind regards

## Frequently asked questions about Bike

### What is this app about?

This is the official app for Britain's best-selling motorcycle magazine. It provides in-depth reviews of new and used bikes, inspiration for motorcycle adventures, and exclusive insights into the world of motorcycle racing. You can also find articles on technical knowledge and interesting stories from the biking community.

### What are the key features of the app?

Key features include reading or listening to articles (with a choice of three voices), browsing all current and back issues of the magazine, and searching for specific content. Non-subscribers can access free articles, and all users can save articles to read later. The app also offers different viewing modes for an optimal experience.

### How much does the app cost?

The app offers a freemium model. While some articles are available for free to all users, full access to all content, the magazine archive, and subscriber-only rewards requires a subscription. Subscriptions are automatically renewed through your iTunes account.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

This app is optimized for iOS 14 and up. Users with older devices such as iPad 1 or 2, iPad Mini 1, or iPhone 5 (or earlier models) may experience performance issues.

### What kind of content can I expect in the app?

You can expect honest and authoritative motorcycle tests, epic motorcycle adventure stories from around the globe, intelligent racing insight from inside pit garages, detailed technical knowledge from engineers, and amazing tales from diverse motorcyclists. The content is delivered with high-quality writing and photography.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 9.18 — 2025-09-23

Performance improvements.

### 9.17 — 2025-07-31

Performance improvements.

### 9.16 — 2025-04-10

Performance improvements.

### 9.15 — 2025-02-19

UX improvement.

### 9.14 — 2024-08-16

Performance improvements.

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