CycleComputer vs GPS Workout Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CycleComputer
Track your cycling speed, distance, and route in real-time with customizable displays. This app offers automatic pausing, ride history management, and the ability to share your progress. It supports both metric and imperial units and calculates ascent and calories burned.
- Real-time speed, distance, and route tracking
- Three unique ride displays (digital, analog, map)
- Automatic stop/start timer
- Ride history management
- Ascent and calorie calculation
- Background operation
- Ride data sharing
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CycleComputer is an iPhone app designed to track speed, distance and route in real time when cycling. It has three unique ride information displays and can manage rides history. Main features - Three different displays to choose from : digital, analog and map, each with large readings that let you capture all the information with just a glance - Easy to use, number of screens kept to a minimum - "Automode" that automatically stops the timer when you stop moving - Swipe horizontally to switch between digital, analog and map screens - Support for both metric(km) and imperial(mi) readings - Save, browse and review rides - Calculate total ascent and calories for each ride - Background operation - Sharing ride details by email, on Facebook/Twitter - Share ride data(distance/calories) with Apple Health DISPLAYS -Digital Looks like an actual cyclocomputer. Uses very large fonts to let you capture all the information with just a glance. Uses very little power, good for cyclists who go for long rides. - Analog Looks like a car speedometer. - Map Displays the speed, time and distance, tracks your ride on a map(Apple/Google) with optional distance markers. NOTE - The background operation option must be enabled for the app to keep running in the background Warning : Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
GPS Workout Tracker
Easily track your outdoor fitness activities like hiking, biking, and running. View detailed statistics and access your past workout history without needing an account. Optimized for various outdoor adventures to help you achieve your fitness goals.
- Effortless outdoor workout tracking
- Detailed statistics for progress
- Access to past workout history
- Optimized for hiking, cycling, running, walks
- No account required
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Track outdoor workouts without creating an account. Choose an activity, wait for GPS and start. • Record your route, distance, duration, pace or speed, elevation and estimated calories • Pause and resume, recover interrupted workouts, and view recording status in Live Activities • Review route maps, charts, history, calendar, weekly progress and personal records • Export GPX or CSV • Optionally save newly completed workout summaries to Apple Health Workouts are stored on your device and sync with your private iCloud account when available. Data is shared only when you export, share or enable Apple Health. GPS tracking may increase battery use. Apple Health export is off by default and requires permission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CycleComputer at every 5 weeks against GPS Workout Tracker's every 5 months. CycleComputer also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 65%) and ratings volume (622 vs 183). On price, rating, 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. CycleComputer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GPS Workout Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for CycleComputer against 4.8 for GPS Workout Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 622 and 183 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of CycleComputer's written reviews are positive against 65% of GPS Workout Tracker's.
CycleComputer ships an update every 5 weeks, GPS Workout Tracker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CycleComputer | GPS Workout Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (622 ratings) | 4.8 (183 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better | 65.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 622 — better | 183 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Fleury | Tevfik Yucek |
Customer experience
CycleComputer
GPS Workout Tracker
Bugs and requests
CycleComputer
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or stops tracking during rides
- Inconsistent distance/speed reporting
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to export/sync data with other apps
- Integration with heart rate monitors
- Customizable display options
- Altitude/elevation tracking
GPS Workout Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CycleComputer
- Upgrade to Pro$9.99
GPS Workout Tracker
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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