CycleComputer vs Best Bike Computer
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.
Best Bike Computer
Track your cycling performance with detailed metrics like speed, distance, and altitude. Save and export your ride data for analysis or sync with Apple Health. Enjoy voice announcements of your progress, allowing for a screen-free riding experience.
- GPS-based ride recording
- Detailed performance metrics
- Apple Health integration
- Voice announcements of data
- Map display with route tracking
- GPX and CSV data export
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The Best Bike Computer is a biking performance tracking application developed by a biker. It tracks various metrics from your bike ride and saves them for review in Best Bike or export in a CSV file. The exported file can be opened with Excel for detailed analysis. In addition to saving your bike trip data in the application, Best Bike exports it to the Apple Health application (calories burned, cycling distance and workout). The Best Bike user interface is simple and designed for ease of use during a ride but viewing the screen is not necessary; Best Bike will speak the metrics you choose at the time or distance interval you choose. Best Bike can show you your current location on the map and optionally show you where you have been on your ride. Your route on the map can be exported in GPX format. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. Features - Complete description of app on app web site. - GPS-based recording of data for your bike ride. - Displays current speed, altitude, GPS location and… - Records distance, time, max & average speed, delta altitude, maximum altitude, altitude gain, calories. - For "out and back" rides, estimates the time you will return to the starting point. - Uses altimeter hardware on iPhone (if available) to improve altitude metrics. - Calorie calculation based on distance, weight (from Health app if available), speed and gain. - Data from each trip saved in app and in Health app (if available). - Display of summary data from all trips. - Ability to enter a note for each trip. - Data can be exported in CSV format for import into Excel. - Shows your location on map and your route so far. The route can be exported in GPX format. - Map in streets, satellite or both view with north up or heading up orientation. - Voice announcement of trip data at time or distance intervals allows you to ride without looking at display. - Choice of 5, 10, 15 or 30 minute intervals for voice announcement. - Voice announcement is compatible with playing of music during recording of ride. - Choice of metrics announced by voice. - Ability to give announcement at start of trip (to confirm volume level, metrics, etc). - Ability to vibrate before announcement. - Ability to automatically pause recording of ride when bike is stopped. - App runs in background and doesn't interfere with phone calls, etc. - Notification if you have zero speed for 10 minutes without pausing the trip recording. - Ability to change font size on previous trips and settings screens (controlled by iPhone Settings app) - Ability to control the speech rate. - Ability to record lap data and alternate between viewing it and total trip data. - Notification when battery level drops to 30% and 20%. Data Recorded During Your Ride - Current speed - Total distance during ride (saved in Health app) - Total time of ride - Current position (displayed in coordinates and on map) - Where you have been (on map display) - Compass heading - Average speed - Whether your current speed is above or below your average speed (indicated by + or – after current speed) - Whether your average speed is above or below the maximum average speed from all previous trips (+ or - indicator) - Maximum speed - Altitude - Delta altitude (difference between minimum and maximum altitude during ride) - Maximum altitude - Calories burned - Cumulative elevation gain (or altitude gain) - Data calculated for all trips combined: Total time, average speed, maximum speed, maximum average speed, total calories, maximum distance, total distance
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best Bike Computer at none against CycleComputer's 1. Best Bike Computer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). CycleComputer's advantage is ratings volume (622 vs 7) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, review sentiment 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. Best Bike Computer asks for nothing beyond the download.
CycleComputer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CycleComputer has 622 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of CycleComputer's written reviews are positive against 86% of Best Bike Computer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CycleComputer ships an update every 5 weeks, Best Bike Computer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CycleComputer | Best Bike Computer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (622 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 622 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Fleury | Edward Rowlance |
Customer experience
CycleComputer
Best Bike Computer
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
Best Bike Computer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CycleComputer
- Upgrade to Pro$9.99
Best Bike Computer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CycleComputer free?
Is Best Bike Computer free?
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