AccessNow vs Cycling Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AccessNow
Discover and share accessibility details for businesses worldwide. Search for specific locations or explore the map to find places with the features you require. Contribute by adding new places to help build a more inclusive global community.
- Find accessible places
- Share accessibility information
- Search by category or feature
- Browse map view
- Add new place listings
- Global community contributions
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AccessNow lets you find and share accessibility information about places around the world. Search for a specific place like a restaurant, hotel, or store, or browse the map to see what’s nearby with the accessibility features you need. Use filters to find places by category or feature. If a place isn’t listed yet, you can add it and contribute to a global community working to make the world more accessible.
Cycling Guide
Discover low-stress cycling routes designed for comfort and confidence. This app helps you navigate your city by bike for errands, leisure, or exploring new places, making cycling accessible for all experience levels.
- Low-stress cycling routes
- Beginner-friendly navigation
- Discover new places by bike
- Easy route planning
- Enhance cycling confidence
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Getting around by bike is easier and more fun if you know how to do so in a low-stress way. Cycling Guide shows you how by providing the best available low-stress cycling-friendly routes that are great for people who would like to get around by bike but perhaps lack the experience, confidence, or knowledge to do so comfortably. Run errands to the store, ride to a park with your kids, and discover new places from the comfort of your bicycle. And have fun while doing so.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cycling Guide at 4.7 against AccessNow's 4.0. AccessNow's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 41%) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cycling Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of AccessNow's written reviews are positive against 41% of Cycling Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AccessNow ships an update every 6 weeks, Cycling Guide monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AccessNow | Cycling Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Accessibility Now | Cycling Guide Foundation |
Customer experience
AccessNow
Cycling Guide
In-app purchases
AccessNow
No in-app purchases
Cycling Guide
No in-app purchases
