Comparison

Epic Ride Weather vs Bikeshops.com

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Epic Ride Weather

Get personalized weather forecasts for your cycling routes. Plan your rides to optimize for wind conditions, temperature, and rain probability, ensuring you pick the right gear and timing for every adventure.

Highlights
  • Personalized weather forecasts for rides
  • Route-specific wind and rain projections
  • Kit and timing recommendations
  • Hydration and nutrition planning
  • Integration with popular GPS apps
  • Strava segment weather analysis
Features
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Epic Ride Weather forecasts the conditions for your entire ride, based on your route, start time and pace. See the wind, rain, temperature, and air quality you'll encounter along the way, at the time you'll actually be there. Load your route, set your start time and pace, and see the wind, rain, temperature, and air quality you'll encounter along the way. Official weather supplier to Team Visma | Lease a Bike, used for race strategy at the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España. Use Epic Ride Weather to: • Choose the best time of day to ride • See where you'll get a headwind, tailwind, or crosswind • Know when and where rain is likely • Pick the right kit before you leave • Plan long rides and multi-day tours around changing conditions WEATHER ALONG YOUR ROUTE Weather can change a lot over four hours and 100 km (60 miles). A city forecast can't tell you about the headwind or a 10 degree temperature drop by the time you crest the climb at 11 am. Epic Ride Weather combines your route and expected pace to forecast temperature, feels-like temperature, wind, precipitation, and more, at the time you'll reach each part of your route. UNDERSTAND THE WIND See wind speed and direction along your route, relative to the way you're riding. Know where the headwind starts, where you'll get a tailwind, and which way to ride the loop. FIND THE BEST TIME TO RIDE Compare start times throughout the day. Two hours can be the difference between a soaking and a dry ride, or between a strong headwind and a calm evening. AIR QUALITY ALONG YOUR ROUTE See the Air Quality Index along your route, with details on individual pollutants. See where air quality is worst and when conditions improve, especially when wildfire smoke is changing with the wind. USE THE ROUTES YOU ALREADY HAVE Connect to Strava, Ride with GPS, Komoot, Garmin Connect, Trailforks, MapMyRide, Plotaroute, and Runkeeper, or open a GPX, FIT, or TCX file. You can also forecast Strava Segments to see which of your favorites have the wind behind you today. Professional teams can connect directly to VeloViewer Race Hub. BUILT FOR CYCLISTS Road, gravel, mountain, bikepacking, commuting, racing: anything where you're outside long enough for the weather to change. Epic Ride Weather is free to download and includes a 30-day trial with 1,000 forecasts, enough for around 30 to 40 rides of 100 km (60 miles). Continued use requires a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of use: https://www.epicrideweather.com/terms-of-use/

About

Bikeshops.com

Find and manage your bicycle's maintenance needs in one convenient location. Keep track of service history and upcoming tasks for your bike.

Highlights
  • Centralized maintenance records
  • Service history tracking
  • Upcoming task reminders
  • Easy to find bike care information
Features
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Your bike maintenance in one easy to find place.

Screenshots

Epic Ride Weather4 screens
Bikeshops.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bikeshops.com at none against Epic Ride Weather's 2. Epic Ride Weather's advantage is ratings volume (791 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Epic Ride Weather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bikeshops.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Epic Ride Weather against 5.0 for Bikeshops.com. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Epic Ride Weather has 791 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Epic Ride Weather ships an update fortnightly, Bikeshops.com every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Epic Ride Weather versus Bikeshops.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpic Ride WeatherBikeshops.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (791 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings791 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid GreenBEELINE CONNECT, INC.

Customer experience

Epic Ride Weather

All ratings790 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative11.4%

Bikeshops.com

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Epic Ride Weather

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • TCX Import aus iCloud funktioniert nicht
  • No planned Routes
  • Renewal require !
  • No funciona!

Requested features

4 requests
  • Change starting point of route?
  • Head & tailwind can be given different colors
  • 過去の日付指定の機能が復活した
  • UV index graph

Bikeshops.com

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Epic Ride Weather

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$2.991 Month
  • 1 Year$19.991 Year
None

Bikeshops.com

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epic Ride Weather free?
Epic Ride Weather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bikeshops.com free?
Bikeshops.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Epic Ride Weather or Bikeshops.com?
Bikeshops.com is rated higher. Epic Ride Weather averages 4.9 out of 5 from 791 ratings, while Bikeshops.com averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Epic Ride Weather or Bikeshops.com have ads?
Neither Epic Ride Weather nor Bikeshops.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Epic Ride Weather or Bikeshops.com?
Epic Ride Weather ships an update fortnightly, and Bikeshops.com every 2 weeks. Most recently, Epic Ride Weather was updated on October 29, 2026 and Bikeshops.com on October 20, 2026.

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