CycleMaps vs Terrene Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CycleMaps
This app plans bicycle routes using multiple data sources, prioritizing cycle paths and quiet streets worldwide. It offers turn-by-turn navigation, offline maps, and Apple Watch integration for a seamless cycling experience. Track your rides, view elevation profiles, and import/export routes.
- Worldwide bicycle route planning
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Offline maps
- Apple Watch integration
- Ride tracking & Apple Health sync
- GPX/KML import/export
- Cycle path overlays
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BICYCLE ROUTES CycleMaps plans routes using data from multiple sources and prioritises cycle paths and quiet streets — everywhere. See your route’s elevation profile before you ride. TURN‑BY‑TURN INSTRUCTIONS Clear, glanceable guidance shows your next turn, street name, and distance — without getting in the way of the map. ASK SIRI Start navigation, add stops along the way, or share your ETA — hands-free with the new Siri in iOS 27. GARMIN VARIA Pair your Garmin Varia rear radar to see vehicles approaching from behind — direction and proximity shown both on the map as a lane overlay and in the cycling computer. Live alerts on iPhone and Apple Watch. FREECYCLE Track an unplanned ride and save it as a workout in Apple Health. OFFLINE MAPS Download any area to ride without data. Favorite routes download their corridor automatically, and offline packs are available by cycling country. APPLE WATCH Cutting‑edge routing and navigation on your wrist. Cycling computer with speed, distance, time, heart rate and a live elevation chart. Garmin Varia alerts. Use haptics for guidance and save rides as workouts. Works independently of iPhone. HANDOFF Start navigating on iPhone and pick up on Apple Watch — or the other way around. Hand off your map position or continue reviewing past rides on any nearby Apple device. LIVE ACTIVITY See your speed, distance and next turn right on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — no need to unlock your phone mid-ride. COMPLEX ROUTES Plan routes with any number of stops — reorder them, optimise the order, or return to your starting point. GPX & KML SUPPORT Import routes from your club or any source — turn cues included, on iPhone and Apple Watch. Export your rides as GPX. CYCLE PATHS ON EVERY MAP Choose Apple Maps, Google Maps, or CycleMaps' own OpenStreetMap map — a crisp vector map, worldwide, with place names in your language. Cycle paths are drawn on all three; tap one to see what it is. FAVOURITE ROUTES Save your favourite routes. Create an account and sync across all your devices. CYCLE COMPUTER Mount your iPhone — or glance at your Apple Watch — for speed, distance cycled, distance remaining, elapsed time, heart rate, gradient, total ascent and ETA. A live elevation chart highlights your position along the route and alerts you when a climb is coming. Pause and resume your ride at any time — or let auto‑pause handle it when you stop. NEVER LOSE A RIDE Your ride is continuously checkpointed. If your phone or watch dies mid‑ride, CycleMaps recovers the ride and your workout is saved. SHARE YOUR ETA Share your ETA while riding. Premium riders share a live link: friends and family follow your ride on a map in their browser, no app needed. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Home Screen widgets for your favorites, cycling streak and weekly pace. Cycle home or start a FreeCycle from Control Center, the Lock Screen or Siri. AI RIDE RECAP A short, natural-language summary of any past ride — generated on your device, private and offline (requires Apple Intelligence). Found a problem or have a suggestion? Contact us at feedback@cyclema.ps CycleMaps is free to download. You can purchase CycleMaps Premium, a low‑cost yearly subscription that enables Apple Watch features, adds voice navigation and more. The subscription renews annually at the same price unless cancelled. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account, and renewal will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto‑renewal can be turned off in your account settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://cyclema.ps/privacy Terms and conditions: https://cyclema.ps/terms
Terrene Dash
This app displays real-time GPS speed, temperature, time, distance, and altitude with customizable dials. It offers light and dark modes for optimal visibility and prioritizes user privacy by keeping location data secure.
- Real-time GPS speed display
- Current temperature and weather forecast
- Altitude and barometric pressure readings
- Configurable dashboard pages
- Light and dark modes
- Trip meters and top speed tracking
- Privacy-focused location data
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Accurately display your GPS speed, temperature, time, distance, heading, course, altitude and barometric pressure. Easy to read dials, while keeping your location data private. Terrene Dash is a dashboard app, which clearly and accurately displays your current speed, temperature, direction, altitude, time, and barometric pressure at a glance. With 7 configurable dashboard pages, you can choose which dial you want on each page, and swipe left or right to quickly switch between dashboards. Terrene Dash has light and dark modes. Its dark mode, with its black background and muted markings, helps your eyes stay adjusted to the dark, while light mode has good contrast in bright daytime conditions. My goal is for Terrene Dash to be a handy toolbox of time, motion, environment and navigation related dials, using all the capabilities of modern iPhone devices, while ensuring your privacy is kept safe. Dashboard dials → Altimeter ▫ Feet ▫ Meters → Tap the dial to toggle between whole and decimal numbers → Barometer ▫ Hectopascals (hPa) ▫ Kilopascals (kPa) ▫ Inches of mercury (in Hg) ▫ Millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) ▫ Pounds per square inch (psi) → Tap the dial to toggle between whole and decimal numbers. In Hg, kPa, and psi will toggle between 1 and 2 decimal numbers → Compass ▫ Magnetic north ▫ True north → Course Over Ground (COG) ▫ Your actual current direction relative to the surface of the earth. → Clock ▫ 12 or 24-Hour ▫ In current timezone → Speedometer ▫ Kilometers per hour (km/h) ▫ Miles per hour (mph) ▫ Knots (kn) ▫ Meters per second (m/s) → Speedometer stats ▫ Four trip meters and top speed ▫ Tap to cycle between each ▫ Press and hold to rename, reorder, configure when each are reset or manually reset ▫ Configure them to automatically reset after midnight each day, week, month, year or never → Tap the dial to toggle between whole and decimal numbers → Temperature ▫ Powered by Apple WeatherKit ▫ A colour-coded forecast arc shows today's high and low ▫ The dial range adapts automatically based on your local 3-day forecast ▫ Tap the secondary display to cycle through feels like, today's forecast, humidity, and dew point What's next? More dials and improvements are on the way. If you've a great idea for a dial or a feature you'd love to see in Terrene Dash, please email me (Simon) at hello@terrene.app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CycleMaps at Free against Terrene Dash's $2.99. CycleMaps also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Terrene Dash's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On rating, ratings volume 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
CycleMaps is free to download; Terrene Dash costs $2.99 up front. CycleMaps sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Terrene Dash asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CycleMaps against 5.0 for Terrene Dash. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of CycleMaps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Terrene Dash's.
CycleMaps ships an update every 5 days, Terrene Dash every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CycleMaps | Terrene Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | motocode ltd | SimSoft Technologies |
Customer experience
CycleMaps
Terrene Dash
Bugs and requests
CycleMaps
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect GPS location detection
- Inability to sign up or reset password
- Crashes or freezes when using certain features
Requested features
5 requests- Option to avoid hills, stairs, or unpaved paths
- Ability to reverse or edit saved routes
- Automatic rerouting when going off course
- Display of bike share station locations and availability
- Voice navigation through connected Bluetooth headphones
Terrene Dash
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CycleMaps
- CycleMaps Premium Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- CycleMaps Premium Yearly$24.991 Year
- CycleMaps Premium Family Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- CycleMaps Premium Family Year$29.991 Year
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- CycleMaps Premium Lifetime$69.99
- CycleMaps Premium Family$99.99
Terrene Dash
No in-app purchases
Questions
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