Comparison

Cycle vs Glide Cyclometer

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

Head to head
About

Cycle

This bike computer tracks your cycling metrics like speed, distance, and elevation without ads or data tracking. It offers an analog tachometer, navigation light, and an in-app bell. Connect to Health to store trips and display heart rate.

Highlights
  • Speed, distance, average speed, top speed tracking
  • Altitude profile and climb data
  • Clock, compass, and GPS data
  • Metric and imperial unit switching
  • Health app integration for workouts and heart rate
  • Analog tachometer style
  • Camera flash navigation light
  • In-app bell
Features
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You are looking for a bike tracker that doesn't force you in to a subscription to be useful? Here you go: A bike computer built with data privacy in mind. No ads, no tracking and no data leaves your phone. It shows the important things: Speed, distance, average speed, top speed, duration and the climb with a nice altitude profile of the trip. It also shows a clock, a compass and the GPS data. Units can be switched from metric to miles/feet. If you want you can connect it to Health and store your trips as workouts and display your heart rate during the trip (if available). You can switch to an analog vintage style tachometer and a button can turn on the camera flash as navigation light in case you are on a race bike in a tunnel. If you have no bell - the app has one for you.A cycling speedometer built with data privacy in mind. No ads, no tracking and no data leaves your phone. It shows the important things: Speed, distance, average speed, top speed, duration and the climb with a nice altitude profile of the trip. It also shows a clock, a compass and the GPS data. Units can be switched from metric to miles/feet. If you want you can connect it to Health and store your trips as workouts and display your heart rate during the trip (if available). You can switch to an analog vintage style tachometer and a button can turn on the camera flash as navigation light in case you are on a race bike in a tunnel. If you have no bell - the app has one for you.

About

Glide Cyclometer

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Glide is a focused cyclometer for everyday riders — a big, glanceable speed dial, an honest ride log, and the trip metrics you actually use, on a single uncluttered stage. Mount your phone, tap Start, and ride. Glide measures your speed, distance, elevation gain and time directly from GPS — no sensor pairing, no account, no upsells. KEY FEATURES • Big speed dial that you can read from across the bars • Live distance, time, average and max speed • Elevation gain with a smoothing filter so noise does not inflate the climb • Ride log: every trip saved with a name, distance, duration and a speed trace • Stats: weekly distance, time and elevation totals • Daily distance goal with a clear progress ring • Background tracking so the trip keeps recording with the screen off • Metric or imperial units — your choice PRIVACY No tracking, no accounts, no third-party SDKs. Every ride lives only on your device. DESIGNED FOR THE BARS Whether you are commuting, doing a long Saturday loop or chasing a personal record, Glide stays out of the way and just keeps the trip honest.

Screenshots

Cycle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glide Cyclometer at none against Cycle's 1. Cycle's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Cycle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glide Cyclometer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cycle versus Glide Cyclometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCycleGlide Cyclometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas KeldenichLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cycle

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
None

Glide Cyclometer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cycle free?
Cycle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glide Cyclometer free?
Glide Cyclometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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