iphone apps

CarleyB

any good cycling ones? or just any other good ones?

I never pay attention to these threads normally .....

and yes i did search before i posted lol

Dave-M

Cyclemeter is one I use, and I think is pretty good.

gregster10217

I use iMapMyRide for routes, which I map on a computer and then I can access them from the phone. It also maps a route/workout, but is dependant on your signal.

I also have CyclingLog, which I use to record all of my training/rides. It allows you to keep a track of individual rides, as well as providing a monthly and yearly summary.

sonny73

As well as those mentioned some other good ones:
Team Sky (just launched)
ProCycling
Cycling Grub
iCols
VeloVoyeur
GW Gallery
Orbea
TDF2009 (nice game for rainy days)
Cycling Pro
AccuWeather (for decent long term forecasts )

deswahriff

..I use Runkeeper, which, despite its name, covers a multitude of activities. It logs your rides on a neat website, has given me reliable GPS coverage, and the event is fully editable, which I find quite useful for accurate timing - the clock doesn't stop when you do, unlike your cycle computer so I can adjust the route timing accordingly....and its free...!

ALaPlage

Cyclemeter for me. Tracks your ride with times, elevation, calories burnt etc. Provides map detail, speed and elevation graphs and diaries to calendar to provide a track of your ride history. Start and stop ride from remote headset on iphone to accurately track actual ride time and you can link and plot your riding live on Twitter and Facebook.

Comments are then relayed back to you and spoken via the handset as well as your ride performance - you set the intervals by time or distance for this feature.

If GPS signal lost it continues to track and works out the route taken when it picks the signal up again and I have found route mapping to be 100% accurate so far. Even when ridng through the deepest parts of the North York Moors!

Battery life with the facebook and audio updates on lasts around 8hrs with no other phone activity so good for a full day 100 mile+ with breaks.

cougie

Aroundme is a great app when you're out and about - finds shops, cashpoints, coffee etc. And it'll superimpose the destinations over your camera image too. v cool.

mcoj

ALaPlage wrote:

Cyclemeter for me. Tracks your ride with times, elevation, calories burnt etc. Provides map detail, speed and elevation graphs and diaries to calendar to provide a track of your ride history. Start and stop ride from remote headset on iphone to accurately track actual ride time and you can link and plot your riding live on Twitter and Facebook.

Comments are then relayed back to you and spoken via the handset as well as your ride performance - you set the intervals by time or distance for this feature.

If GPS signal lost it continues to track and works out the route taken when it picks the signal up again and I have found route mapping to be 100% accurate so far. Even when ridng through the deepest parts of the North York Moors!

Battery life with the facebook and audio updates on lasts around 8hrs with no other phone activity so good for a full day 100 mile+ with breaks.

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markymark34

ALaPlage wrote:

Cyclemeter for me. Tracks your ride with times, elevation, calories burnt etc. Provides map detail, speed and elevation graphs and diaries to calendar to provide a track of your ride history. Start and stop ride from remote headset on iphone to accurately track actual ride time and you can link and plot your riding live on Twitter and Facebook.

Comments are then relayed back to you and spoken via the handset as well as your ride performance - you set the intervals by time or distance for this feature.

If GPS signal lost it continues to track and works out the route taken when it picks the signal up again and I have found route mapping to be 100% accurate so far. Even when ridng through the deepest parts of the North York Moors!

Battery life with the facebook and audio updates on lasts around 8hrs with no other phone activity so good for a full day 100 mile+ with breaks.

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biked123

Yep, look at runkeeper, great for tracking your cycling, also updates the website in realtime as you're cycling/running/whatever!

ScottieP

I've just bought the Cyclemeter one last night .... am looking forward to giving it a go tomorrow. It's a lot cheaper than a Garmin 705 and I'm sure it's not as good but for a couple of quid I thought it was worth a try.

morrisje

I've been using Cyclemeter quite a bit recently.
It is good for route travelled, distance and altitude. The maps and graphs are great.
The top speed seems accurate but the avaerage speed is all over the place. Mainly because it monitors time when you are stopped.
The calories used seems very optiimistic!

acebobby

Im just a new cyclist, I have been using Cyclemeter since I started, have only had 3 rides with it so far but I am very impressed with it, I also use a Tigra bike console iphone bike mount, I am also very impressed with that!

stevee_p

+1 the cyclometer app.

I have a couple of issues with the app just stopping, but I have now learnt to do a slow double click on the headphone remote every 10 minutes or so to 'keep it wake'

dmch2

I like Endomondo.com, works on most phones not just iPhones.

Cleat Eastwood

There was a big review of bike apps yesterday in the Ingear section of the sunday times. Too many to remember, but check it out online.

izza

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

There was a big review of bike apps yesterday in the Ingear section of the sunday times. Too many to remember, but check it out online.

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alanmunro

I believe every word of the Cyclemeter calorie counter. http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/images/ ... lleyes.gif

One little think with Cyclemeter that is slightly annoying is that if you stop it and then restart it there's a dialogue box that asks if you really want to restart. I've forgotten about that a few times and missed out on tracking half my ride. Other than that, it's a cracking app.

sonny73

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/free-uk-route-planning-app-for-iphone-27867

Bar Shaker

I bought Cyclemeter because of the reviews on here and am very disappointed.

It polls the GPS chip every 3 seconds or so and then updates my speed to 2 decimal places. Because it polls so infrequently the accuracy is terrible. At a steady 16-17 mph my speed varied between 3 and 83 mph, all to 2 decimal places. Also, it has no auto pause. This means it needs a lot of attention to get a moving average result from a ride.

In maps all you get is Google, no terrain maps showing FPs, bridlepaths, streams and contour lines.

The upside is that because it polls the GPS so infrequently, battery life is good. Not using Cyclemeter at all is even better.

I will be sticking to Motion X.

ScottieP

If it helps at all - there is an update to Cyclemeter that adds auto pause (you have to switch it on in the settings) - I've found it to work well. Sorry it's not working out for you.

ScottieP

qwerty1982

Am I reading this right about Cyclemeter. if you stop for a few mins for what ever reason, does it stop and not re-start unless you hit go ro some thing?
Reason why i ask is my iphone is in my jersey pocket so i dont look at it... this would be a prob as I would forget to re-start it!
Have got Runkeeper at the moment but not used it yet...
Only thinkg I like is to be able to see stats etc on line and you cant do that with cycletmeter.... theres just so many to choose from lol

ScottieP

The current version of Cyclemeter has auto stop start - it just needed to be switched on it the settings on my iPhone.

qwerty1982

scottiep - thanks for clearing that up for me. Will give RK a go and then maybe purchase cyclemeter.

BoingBoing

Are there any phone apps that guide you through downloaded routes?

nightoff

There is a new app just launched called Bike hub. This app is free and gives turn by turn directions for a given route using cycle friendly roads and paths.
It can be programmed to give the fastest route, shortest route, quietest route and a balanced route to suit your needs, i.e avoid hills, busy roads etc.
The software is a little clunky at the moment but should improve with future updates. It might be worth a look as it's free.
I have downloaded it but not had the chance to try it properly so can't comment how good it is.

qwerty1982

Nightoff - i downloaded it this morning and at present wasn't too impressed, entered my post code... couldn't find it. Entered my road... couldn't find it... so had to enter my Village as a start point, then it wanted a finish point.... well I wanted to finish back at my house and it couldn't do this.
Only played with it for a few mins but my first thoughts were that I didnt like it. Im sure once some people have had a go, smooth the rough edges etc it could be a really good app. and the fact it is free is just a big wow factor!!!

dodgy

Download cyclestreets instead of bikehub, you can just drop a pin to nominate start and end points. By the way, neither bikehub or cyclestreets currently gives turn by turn instructions on the move, you have to study the map and remember the next few turnings - just as if you were using a map. But the routing is spot on.

slowondefy2

I get on well with MotionX GPS. It's really a general outdoor 'map your movement' type app, rather than cycle specific. You can change the activity mode to cycle, which I guess changes the rate at which it polls the GPS for the best battery life/accuracy compromise.

Features off the top of my head:
Auto stop/start.
Current speed/pace
Average speed/pace
Max speed/min pace
Time + Distance
Current gradient
max descent gradient/max ascent gradient
Total climb.
Total descent
Bar graph of speed through the ride
Line chart of altitude through the ride.
A range of available maps - from Google, Bing, MotionX's own and NOAA (marine!), you can choose road, terrain, satellite or hybrid.
Sharing via email, facebook, twitter etc, google maps.
Waypoints.
Track recording

One major feature over the rest is that it can download maps for offline use, so you could put the phone in airplane mode to save battery and head off into the Yorkshire Dales, etc. For some reason downloading the maps takes ages even though it uses little storage space (50MB for 20 miles radius of terrain maps for me). Downloading maps on the fly seems pretty quick though.


Doesn't do -
Can't edit a route.
Won't route along roads, only shows you a direct line to next waypoint.
No speaking to you or remote control with the headphones.
No pacing (i.e. won't tell you to go faster or slower).
No landscape mode if handlebar mounted.

Most importantly, I've never had it randomly quit on me. I put it my pocket and forget about it. I've had other cycle apps quit randomly on a ride - annoying.

Anything involving altitude data (especially gradient) is rather inacurate, but that's more to do with the iphone hardware than anything else.

Bar Shaker

slowondefy2 I agree with you on Motion X, its far superior. You can also send routes to it and then follow them on whatever map you choose. This is very handy when out on a mtb riding a mate's route or if you have the .gpx data for a sportive.

Motion X does do voice coaching and you can set what it tells you and at what frequency.



I'll may use Cyclemeter again but its poor use of the GPS chip means the data is too unreliable to be useful. Here's the screen shot from my one and only ride with it. The route is 16.1miles (its my training route and its this distance on bike computer and other GPS units) but CM made it 14.38. I forgot to turn it off when I finished so the average speed includes putting my bike away and having a shower... 11 minutes. The other problem was that it has a very long TTFF so I had to wait nearly 3 minutes before setting off. I have had a look around in CM and it only warns you if 20% of the GPS fixes are poor or if it doesn't have a fix for more than 5 minutes. Less than these is obviously what they deem acceptable.

As for my maximum speed... well it must be true!!