Comparison

BikeComputer Pro vs Cycle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BikeComputer Pro

Navigate your outdoor activities worldwide with free offline maps. Track distance, speed, elevation, and more without a data connection. Create routes, import GPX files, and receive turn-by-turn instructions and audio feedback.

Highlights
  • Free offline maps worldwide
  • Activity tracking (distance, speed, elevation)
  • Route creation and GPX import
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Strava integration
  • Bluetooth heart rate monitoring
  • Audio feedback
Features
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BikeComputer accompanies you on your activity with freely available offline maps - worldwide. Based on the maps you can always orientate yourself, even in the wild - without data connection. Features: - Free offline maps for the entire world - Experience your activities properties like distance, speed, average, elevation gain and a lot more - No need to sign in - Easy route creation - Upload activities to Strava - Turn-by-turn instructions : guide you along your created and saved route - GPX - Import : import GPX files and follow them - Rotating map : the map follows your direction - Audio feedback informs you about speed, elevation and distances - Heart rate over bluetooth - experience your heart rate using a Bluetooth 4.0 strap either visually or via audio feedback including sport zones - Set your home position and experience your distance to it - Create a route by setting points on the map - drag and drop waypoints to discover different trails - check the elevation profile of a created route - post your sessions to Facebook or Twitter - and lots more... Beware : Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Cycle

This bike computer tracks your cycling metrics like speed, distance, and elevation without ads or data tracking. It offers an analog tachometer, navigation light, and an in-app bell. Connect to Health to store trips and display heart rate.

Highlights
  • Speed, distance, average speed, top speed tracking
  • Altitude profile and climb data
  • Clock, compass, and GPS data
  • Metric and imperial unit switching
  • Health app integration for workouts and heart rate
  • Analog tachometer style
  • Camera flash navigation light
  • In-app bell
Features
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You are looking for a bike tracker that doesn't force you in to a subscription to be useful? Here you go: A bike computer built with data privacy in mind. No ads, no tracking and no data leaves your phone. It shows the important things: Speed, distance, average speed, top speed, duration and the climb with a nice altitude profile of the trip. It also shows a clock, a compass and the GPS data. Units can be switched from metric to miles/feet. If you want you can connect it to Health and store your trips as workouts and display your heart rate during the trip (if available). You can switch to an analog vintage style tachometer and a button can turn on the camera flash as navigation light in case you are on a race bike in a tunnel. If you have no bell - the app has one for you.A cycling speedometer built with data privacy in mind. No ads, no tracking and no data leaves your phone. It shows the important things: Speed, distance, average speed, top speed, duration and the climb with a nice altitude profile of the trip. It also shows a clock, a compass and the GPS data. Units can be switched from metric to miles/feet. If you want you can connect it to Health and store your trips as workouts and display your heart rate during the trip (if available). You can switch to an analog vintage style tachometer and a button can turn on the camera flash as navigation light in case you are on a race bike in a tunnel. If you have no bell - the app has one for you.

Screenshots

BikeComputer Pro4 screens
Cycle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cycle at 5.0 against BikeComputer Pro's 1.0. Cycle also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 56%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BikeComputer Pro sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Cycle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cycle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of BikeComputer Pro's written reviews are positive against 96% of Cycle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BikeComputer Pro ships an update every 3 months, Cycle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BikeComputer Pro versus Cycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBikeComputer ProCycle
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.1% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert OehlerAndreas Keldenich

Customer experience

BikeComputer Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive56.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative35.4%

Cycle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

BikeComputer Pro

One-time8
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Save a route$0.99
  • Value button order$0.99
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  • Multiple Map Files$0.99
  • Rotating map$1.99
  • Import GPX$1.99
  • Use sensors$1.99
  • Full Access$4.99
1 purchases

Cycle

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99

Questions

Is BikeComputer Pro free?
BikeComputer Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cycle free?
Cycle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BikeComputer Pro or Cycle?
Cycle is rated higher. BikeComputer Pro averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Cycle averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do BikeComputer Pro or Cycle have ads?
BikeComputer Pro shows ads; Cycle does not.
Which is updated more often, BikeComputer Pro or Cycle?
BikeComputer Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Cycle monthly. Most recently, BikeComputer Pro was updated on October 1, 2026 and Cycle on September 17, 2026.

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