BikeComputer Pro vs Cycle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
BikeComputer Pro ships an update every 3 months, Cycle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BikeComputer Pro | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Oehler | Andreas Keldenich |
Customer experience
BikeComputer Pro
Cycle
In-app purchases
BikeComputer Pro
- 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
Cycle
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
Questions
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