Cycle Diary vs Cycle GPS Logger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cycle Diary
Track your cycling activities with GPS, including speed, distance, and calories burned. Save your rides, set goals, and share your progress. Offers two map styles and background operation for uninterrupted tracking.
- GPS tracking for speed, distance, and route
- Calorie burn calculation based on user data
- Save and log cycling sessions
- Two map styles: Satellite and Street
- Background operation and lock screen support
- Set cycling goals
- Share ride logs
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Cycle Diary will keep you motivated for your cycling process. This app uses GPS to locate and give the current speed, used time, distance and route in map, also calculates calorie burned when cycling according to your weight, speed and time used. You can save the log directly after cycling or add manually later. Features: ⁃ Show current speed, used time, calorie burned and route in map. ⁃ Two map styles: Satellite and Street. ⁃ Keep cycling logs and also with mood, weather and area icon. ⁃ Calculates total time used, calories burned and average speed for all logs. ⁃ Supports running in background and lock screen. ⁃ Supports pause and resume. ⁃ Share logs info by Facebook, Twitter and Email. ⁃ Create cycling goal with days and distance. ⁃ Supports standard & metric units. This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to maxwellsoftware@gmail.com.
Cycle GPS Logger
Track your cycling routes with real-time speed and altitude data. Log your rides, view them on a map, and replay past journeys. Supports offline use and background tracking.
- Real-time speed and altitude display
- Track cycling trails on map
- Replay and transfer ride history
- Offline tracking capability
- Background tracking support
- Export ride data as CSV
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1. Display your position on the map Current speed, average speed, maximum speed and altitude are displayed. Standard functions of iOS Maps is implemented. Also landscape orientation is supported. 2. Display your cycling trail on the map By sliding "log" switch, the tracking mode is started. The total distance is displayed at the lower left. 3. Replay and Transfer your cycling trail To choose a past cycling trail from "History" tab, you can view it on the map. And you can pull it from iPhone via email or iTunes(Finder in macOS 10.15 or later) as a CSV file. The CSV file can be edited with Excel etc. 4. Allow offline viewing Without cellular data service, the tracking function is available. You can reduce data traffic and power consumption. 5. Run in sleep mode To enable "Background" in "Setting" tab, you can use the tracking function even when iPhone in your pocket. [CAUTION] Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cycle GPS Logger at 100% against Cycle Diary's 27%. Cycle GPS Logger also leads on ads (none vs shown). Cycle Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cycle Diary sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cycle GPS Logger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cycle Diary ships an update every 12 months, Cycle GPS Logger every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cycle Diary | Cycle GPS Logger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Yukiko Iwai |
Customer experience
Cycle Diary
Cycle GPS Logger
In-app purchases
Cycle Diary
- Remove ads$0.99
- Map$1.99
Cycle GPS Logger
- Remove Ads$2.99
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