iphone GPS app. Which one?

dandrew

Hi I am looking for a cycling app for my iPhone. I want decent GPS coverage and something that I can upload maps on to.
Also please point me in the direction of good route maps that can be downloaded. I can find lots of mountain bike ones but not road ones.
Thanks

ollyridesfirst

mapmyride or Endmondo seem to be very good ones

Barrzy257

I use Endomondo, think it's awesome! Lots of features on there site also, can create own route online to download to you phone real easily also

dandrew

thanks

Thebigbee

I use Endomondo and imapmyride which are both free but have just bought cyclemeter for £2.99 which has just turned my iPhone into a brilliant bike computer which is akin to a Garmin IMO.

I use it with this holder http://www.amazon.co.uk/BICYCLE-HANDLEB ... 085&sr=8-2

mounted on the stem. Can be picked up a lot cheaper.

I also use this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Chip-World ... B0044DD9M0

as an emergency battery back up. Think I picked it up for about £6 in Play sale.

There are quite a few other posts about iPhone apps on the site and where to pick bits up.

DrLex

FWIW, one of my colleagues used TomTom for his Euro-jaunt through France, Germany, Luxembourg, Holland & Belgium. Set to cycle route, he only had one issue which was getting to a motel on an autoroute.
Pricey, but works well as a sat nav for driving.

I use cyclemeter for mapping my rides- it's a great app.

kayakerchris

I think mapmytracks is the best for all its options.

MancMissile

+1 for Endomondo, I've tried several iPhone apps including Cyclometer and MotionX and think Endomondo is by far the best. It links up with facebook as well which is pretty cool.

Wrath Rob

Get the Strava one and start comparing rides against others. See Strava.com for details.

white91

Endomondo or Strava for me

Recruit18

+1 for cyclemeter. Great app

charliew87

Bike Tracks is very very good

gasman_dave

The problem as I have encountered is battery life. GPS on the iPhone chews up the battery and that is an issue.
Mapmyride is fine actually, but google maps probably works just as well.
TomTom can be used on the iPhone and that is the most useful. The battery even runs down when connected to the charger in the car. If it can show cycle routes, thats quite a cool function. I think the Europe version was about £60.

gasman_dave

The problem as I have encountered is battery life. GPS on the iPhone chews up the battery and that is an issue.
Mapmyride is fine actually, but google maps probably works just as well.
TomTom can be used on the iPhone and that is the most useful. The battery even runs down when connected to the charger in the car. If it can show cycle routes, thats quite a cool function. I think the Europe version was about £60.

gasman_dave

The problem as I have encountered is battery life. GPS on the iPhone chews up the battery and that is an issue.
Mapmyride is fine actually, but google maps probably works just as well.
TomTom can be used on the iPhone and that is the most useful. The battery even runs down when connected to the charger in the car. If it can show cycle routes, thats quite a cool function. I think the Europe version was about £60.

charliew87

Battery life another reason to get bike tracks. You can run it minimised in background. I used the sister app ski tracks for whole of last season and I could ski 8 hours a day, check the app on lifts and use it at lunchtime and still have over 50% battery left.

beatts

I used Bike hub yesterday and whilst it was great when I had 3G coverage it was shit when I didn't and just got itself confused.

Are there any that don't rely on 3g ??

cw42

beatts wrote:

I used Bike hub yesterday and whilst it was great when I had 3G coverage it was shoot when I didn't and just got itself confused.

Are there any that don't rely on 3g ??

When cycling in Tenerife in July, I pre-downloaded the map of the area I knew I was going to be cycling in via MOTION X-GPS, and then i didn't need to connect to any network while out cycling. Saved me a fortune in roaming download costs.
For general cycling, I've just started using STRAVA, which is great for comparing yourself against others on popular climbs in the area.

Cliveyp

Is there any reason that there's no love for Runkeeper on here? Be good to see why it's not been mentioned as that's all I've used.....I don't want to be using it if there's good reasons not to!

charliew87

Without wanting to sound like I work for them, Bike Tracks also doesn't use any data, just GPS so you can use it abroad.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bike-tra ... 88683?mt=8

Mr Will

Tried Sportypal, then Endomondo and have now moved on to Strava.

It gets my vote because it automatically compares sections of rides against others that have ridden that section, rather than only comparing whole routes, which means there is almost always someone to try and beat!