CycleComputer vs Bike Speedometer
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.
Bike Speedometer
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Turn your iPhone into a bike computer. Mount it on the bars, tap Start, and watch your speed on a big dial while distance, time, and climbing count up underneath. Everything runs on GPS. There is no sensor to pair, no bike magnet to fit, no account to create. LIVE RIDE SCREEN A large, high-contrast speed dial you can read at a glance, plus the numbers that matter while you are moving: distance covered, elapsed time, elevation gained, average speed, and top speed so far. The screen is dark by default, and you can keep it awake for the whole ride. Start, pause, resume, and stop with one thumb. Pause time is excluded from your elapsed clock, so a traffic light does not ruin your average. RIDE LOGBOOK Name a ride when you finish it and it goes straight into your logbook. Open any entry later to see the full set of numbers from that day. SAVED ROUTES AND CHASING Save a finished ride as a route, then chase it again. While you ride a saved route, Glide shows how far through it you are and whether you are ahead of or behind your best time, second by second. Finish and you get the split: your time, the time to beat, and how much faster or slower you were. Beat it and the route records a new best. Sort routes by most recent, by distance, or by fastest time. Rename or delete them whenever you like. STATS AND RECORDS A weekly goal ring shows how close you are to your distance target. A seven-day bar chart shows the shape of your week against your daily pace line. Totals cover this week, this month, and every ride you have logged. Personal records track your longest ride, your fastest average speed, and your biggest elevation day, each tagged with the ride that set it. GOALS THAT MOVE WITH YOU Set a weekly distance target by hand, or let Glide suggest one based on your last four weeks of riding. It nudges the target up as you ride more, and you approve every change. BUILT FOR EVERY KIND OF RIDING Commuting, road miles, trail time, or an easy weekend loop. Switch between kilometres and miles in Settings and every screen follows. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your rides are stored on your iPhone. There are no accounts, no sign-in, no ads, and no upload of your route data anywhere. Glide keeps tracking while the screen is off or another app is open, so you can navigate or take a call without losing the ride. Bike Speedometer: Ride Tracker requires a Pro unlock to track a ride. Pro opens the whole bike computer: the live speed dial with distance, elapsed time, elevation gained, average and top speed, unlimited rides in the logbook, unlimited saved routes and route chasing with the live ahead-or-behind split and recorded best times, the weekly goal ring, the seven-day chart and all-time totals, personal records for longest ride, fastest average and biggest elevation day, and adaptive weekly goals. Plans: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bike Speedometer at none against CycleComputer's shown. Bike Speedometer also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). CycleComputer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. CycleComputer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bike Speedometer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CycleComputer ships an update every 5 weeks, Bike Speedometer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CycleComputer | Bike Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (628 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 628 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Fleury | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh |
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
Bike Speedometer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CycleComputer
- Upgrade to Pro$9.99
Bike Speedometer
- Elevation & Climb Stats$3.997 Days
- Adaptive Mileage Goal$19.991 Year
- Personal Best Records$39.99
Questions
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