Comparison

Biking Distance Tracker vs Pedal Speed Machine

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

Head to head
About

Biking Distance Tracker

This app helps cyclists track their rides with GPS, providing real-time stats like speed, distance, and altitude. It offers detailed post-ride analysis, including color-coded maps and split times, and integrates with Apple Watch and HealthKit.

Highlights
  • GPS ride tracking
  • Real-time speed, distance, altitude
  • Color-coded route maps
  • Voice progress updates
  • Split time analysis
  • Calorie tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Vima is a GPS based tracking app for people who want to keep track of their biking fitness goals. It is an app aimed at simplicity that allows bikers to keep track of their runs easily without a lot of unnecessary stuff getting in the way. APPLE WATCH Easily start, pause, resume, and save a ride without ever getting your phone out of your pocket. Check your distance, speed, time, and altitude from your Apple Watch in realtime. STATS AND MAPS Vima tracks speed, distance, altitude, and time. It also gives you a map showing where you have been while you are saving a ride. COLOR CODED When viewing saved rides your route shows up on the map color coded by speed. It shows where you went the fastest (green) and where you were slowest (red). VOICE SUMMARY Don't want to look at the screen every few minutes? You can have the app tell you updates on your progress in set distance and/or time intervals. SPLIT TIMES Added splits to the history review page. Choose from 9 different distances and see how each section of your workout went. CALORIES See calories burned. Set your weight in settings and get your calories burned in real time and on the history page after your run. BIKE TRACKING Track the distance on your bike so you know when it's time to do maintenance or replace it before problems happen. PAUSE AND RESUME Pause the workout to catch your breath or chat with a friend and then resume when you get back to it. FACEBOOK & TWITTER Share your workout with your friends on Facebook or Twitter with our easy to use integration. UNITS The supports both standard and metric units. HEALTH KIT Apple Health permissions allow us to enhance your data as well as saving your workout information to Apple Health. If you've read this far, you should definitely give Vima a shot. We think you'll love it, and if there is anything you'd like to see for the app in the future just let us know. We love hearing from our users. Note: Continued use of the GPS will reduce battery life. If you upgrade to a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription costs USD 4.99 per month, while the yearly subscription costs USD 29.99 per year. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. There is no increase in cost when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, the current period cannot be canceled. Find the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy at http://www.30-south.com/privacy-policy/

About

Pedal Speed Machine

Transform your phone into a cycling computer to track speed, time, distance, and elevation. Features auto-pause, route recording on a map, and performance analysis with detailed graphs. Syncs with Apple Health for comprehensive training records.

Highlights
  • Auto-pause timer
  • Training duration tracking
  • Route recording and map display
  • Apple Health sync
  • Performance analysis graphs
  • Elevation and speed analysis
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Why spend more when you can Transform your phone to a cycling computer! You can measure your average speed, maximum speed, moving time, total elevation gain with this app Features: Auto Pause - App auto stop the timer when idle, and resume the timer with movement Training Duration Tracking - Accurately display your training start and end time Training Pattern/Route Tracking - Training route is recorded, and the full cycling route will be displayed in Map Sync with Apple Health - You may track your training records here Analyze Performance with graphs - Elevation and Speed Analysis with detailed graph Note: This app requires enabled location services for better accuracy

Screenshots

Biking Distance Tracker4 screens
Pedal Speed Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Biking Distance Tracker at none against Pedal Speed Machine's shown. Biking Distance Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 6). Pedal Speed Machine's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Biking Distance Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Pedal Speed Machine 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Biking Distance Tracker against 4.5 for Pedal Speed Machine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Biking Distance Tracker has 1.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Biking Distance Tracker's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pedal Speed Machine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Biking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Pedal Speed Machine every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Biking Distance Tracker versus Pedal Speed Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiking Distance TrackerPedal Speed Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better4.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer30 South LLCAlven Kam

Customer experience

Biking Distance Tracker

All ratings1,072 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative26.0%

Pedal Speed Machine

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Biking Distance Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent distance and speed tracking
  • Auto-pause feature not working reliably
  • Inability to restore previously purchased lifetime access

Requested features

4 requests
  • Integration with health/fitness apps
  • More detailed statistics and analytics
  • Ability to add notes or comments to rides
  • Weather information integration

Pedal Speed Machine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Biking Distance Tracker

Subscriptions9
  • Vima Premium$4.997 Days
  • Vima Bike Premium$9.991 Month
  • Vima Bike Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
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  • Vima Bike Premium$14.993 Months
  • Vima Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
  • Vima Bike Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Bike Premium7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Pedal Speed Machine

One-time1
  • Pedal Speed Machine Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Biking Distance Tracker free?
Biking Distance Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pedal Speed Machine free?
Pedal Speed Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Biking Distance Tracker or Pedal Speed Machine?
Biking Distance Tracker is rated higher. Biking Distance Tracker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Pedal Speed Machine averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Biking Distance Tracker or Pedal Speed Machine have ads?
Pedal Speed Machine shows ads; Biking Distance Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Biking Distance Tracker or Pedal Speed Machine?
Biking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pedal Speed Machine every 10 months. Most recently, Biking Distance Tracker was updated on October 26, 2026 and Pedal Speed Machine on October 1, 2026.

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