CycleComputer vs Philly Bike Dock
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.
Philly Bike Dock
Find the nearest Philadelphia RideIndego bike docks and see real-time availability of bikes and empty docks. This app uses your iPhone's location to provide up-to-date information for navigating the city's bike share program.
- Real-time bike dock status
- Nearest dock finder
- Bike and empty dock counts
- Uses iPhone location services
- Philadelphia-specific data
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Just open Philly Bike Dock and it will use the location services in your iPhone to determine your location. It will then list the nearest Philadelphia RideIndego bike docks along with how many bikes are available and how many empty docks are available. This app is specifically for Philadelphia and provides the latest status of RideIndego bike docks as provided by the city. This app is a response to the exciting invitation of PHL API (City of Philadelphia API) to build an app or solution to make the city better! This app is not officially connected with the RideIndego program offered by the city of Philadelphia. Philly Bike Dock uses a live and open API provided by the city of Philadelphia that provides the current status of RideIndego bikes and docks. Have fun riding the beautiful streets of Philadelphia.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Philly Bike Dock at none against CycleComputer's 1. Philly Bike Dock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). CycleComputer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (622 vs 4). On price 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. Philly Bike Dock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Philly Bike Dock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CycleComputer has 622 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CycleComputer ships an update every 5 weeks, Philly Bike Dock every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CycleComputer | Philly Bike Dock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (622 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 622 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 21 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Fleury | John Amoratis |
Customer experience
CycleComputer
Philly Bike Dock
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
Philly Bike Dock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CycleComputer
- Upgrade to Pro$9.99
Philly Bike Dock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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