ecobike vs Navi DirectionsX+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ecobike
Easily locate nearby bike stations, rent a bicycle, and return it. This app requires Bluetooth, GPS, and camera functionality to operate correctly.
- Find nearby stations
- Rent a bike
- Return a bike
- Bluetooth integration
- GPS location services
- Camera functionality
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Key features: - Find a station nearby - Rent of a bike - Return of a bike Note: This app uses bluetooth, GPS, and camera feature. If your device doesn't support them, the app will not work properly.
Navi DirectionsX+
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DirectionsX+ is app that the capability of the CarPlay is added to Navi DirectionsX. CarPlay does work on the iPhone not ipad. Please leave the operation to the fellow passenger. Use of DirectionsX+ is at the user’s own risk. Navigate your drive. The advertisement is displayed. Under the navigation the start point of a new route is the current location. DirectionsX+ can search and display the route and instructions ,and provide the simple navigation. Searched route is available for driving, walk . Moved track can be displayed. Also the waypoints can be defined up to 8 points. You can save and backup the points of interest. The wayPoint can be saved as POI. You can select the information of the remained distance/time to the destination or nearest waypoint. Please tap on the information window at the bottom right on the navigation mode and switch between the destination and the waypoint. Please long-press on the information window at the bottom right and you can select the ETA/remained time and auto-toggle. The alarm sounds at about 400m from the landmark. Enlarged map at the cross road, alarm sound and saving data are added. You can save and upload to icloud the searched directions. The approaching reminder can set up at 100m and 500m. Improving Place searching. You can search the places that are near a displayed location. Search keys (bank, subway station, store etc.) are available. Tracking of estimated current location is turned off for 10 seconds if you want to view the other location of the map during under the navigation. Night mode of the map: You can select the dark/light mode of the map. Auto select mode is available on the navigation mode. Please turn on the switch at settings menu. Background Mode: You can save the track under the background mode turning on the switch at Settings at the Section of Background mode. Sending location Data This Add-on can send the current location data to app:DirectionsX+ on another iPad without GPS every 1 seconds. The purpose of this Add-on is the transmission of current locations to the app(DirectionsX+ on the device without GPS) at foreground or background state. This function supports to iPhone5 later, because it need to the tethering. This add-on makes DirectionsX+ on iPad/iPod without GPS to work as if it has GPS receiver. Sending Location data is available on background mode. So you can push the home button keeping sending location. usages as follows; 1. You connect your iPad without GPS receiver to iPhone that is available to the tethering by tethering. 2. Launch DirectionsX+ on the device without GPS. And tap "Start receiving locations" 3. Launch DirectionsX+ on the device with GPS. 4. Tap “Start send locations". 5. You can look the red arrow on the left side of DirectionsX+ without GPS when DirectionsX+ can receive the data of current location. 6. If pop up the window that indicates that directionsX can not be found, tap the "Stop receiving locations” button and tap "Start receiving locations" at action menu. DirectionsX+ stops sending the data when DirectionsX+ on the device without GPS is suspended or quitted. DirectionsX+ stops updating the location service at background if sending data is stopped. Notes:Please pay attention to the remaining amount of the battery. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life in similar to foreground.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ecobike at Free against Navi DirectionsX+'s $3.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
ecobike is free to download; Navi DirectionsX+ costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ecobike ships an update every 2 months, Navi DirectionsX+ every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | ecobike | Navi DirectionsX+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ecobike株式会社 | BecomingSystems |
In-app purchases
ecobike
No in-app purchases
Navi DirectionsX+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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