Bikemap review

Bikemap is a route discovery and navigation app aimed at everyday and touring riders more than racers. It draws on millions of community routes, including official cycle routes, and adds planners that save time: the Loop planner generates a round trip from where you are, and the Tour planner splits a multi-day ride into stages. The free app records rides, shows surface and way type before you start, lists points of interest such as water and e-bike charging, and carries live community reports of roadworks, potholes and slippery roads. Premium adds turn-by-turn voice navigation, offline maps and routes, routing tuned to road, mountain or city bikes, special map styles, a battery save mode and route weather with wind graphs. Routes go to Garmin and Wahoo units. Bikemap's premium page showed euro prices from our location and the App Store lists several Premium prices, so the US price check is pending.

Who it is for

Commuters and touring cyclists who want quick round trips and multi-day stage planning.

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending); free version; Premium with a 3-day free trial.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Millions of community bike routes, including official routes
• Loop planner that generates round trips automatically
• Tour planner for multi-day rides split into stages
• Premium turn-by-turn voice navigation and offline maps
• Premium bike-type routing and route weather with wind graphs

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Loop planner builds a round trip without manual planning
• Strength: Live community reports flag roadworks and potholes
• Strength: Sends routes to Garmin and Wahoo bike computers
• Weakness: Navigation and offline maps need Premium
• Weakness: No training analysis or indoor riding
• Weakness: We could not confirm a single US Premium price from the vendor pages here

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes
• Free trial: 3 days for Premium
• Routes: Millions of community routes
• Bike computers: Garmin, Wahoo
• Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, bikemap.net

Where it ranks

Bikemap is No. 10 in our Best Cycling Apps verdict.