Bikemap: Cycling Tracker & GPS

App is basically useless without a subscription, and that subscription is a huge waste of money. The app does not allow any privacy controls for recorded routes - they are all public. Want to record routes to/from your home? The whole world knows where you live now! Additionally, the GPS is laggy and innacurate. The map regularly shows my position in the middle of buildings, yards, etc. while being on the road. (This is not an issue with my phone because other mapping/tracking apps work fine)

Routes/roads are highlighted but there are no trail names, no labels, no markers, no indication of start/end points, and no way to click on an individual trail to see it on its own. Not sure how this app is meant to be used, or if these are some the many "features" of the paid version. The free version of this app doesn't appear to have any functionality. I'm not going to pay for an app if I can't even try it's basic functions.

Requires subscribing to the 7 day premium trial and connecting your google payment to it in order to even begin using the app. I haven't even started to use it, the app might be great and the subscription might be worth the cost. I hate the monthly bill vs just buying the software for one price. I expect some meaningless formulaic corp response, "We're sorry to hear about your experience, please email us more info blah blah blah" and no actual change to the way they set things up.

Overall the app has a poor user experience, and seems unstable. It crashed twice in the first hour of use and bugged out when routing. Pressing 'back' closes the app more often than not; it really should be set to undo the last user action. You seem unable to plan routes while your phone is in motion, which means that you can't do much while on a bus or in a car while someone else drives. There are workarounds to this but it's extra steps and it's annoying. Price is different b/t website/app.

Horrible routing algorithm. I was given a route ETA 33 minutes, marked as both the fastest and most balanced. I was instead directed up a 60 foot incline over a 200 foot road, then up the highest peak in San Francisco. I walked my bike up a 55+ degree incline, and barely had any relief getting down due to the terribly timed turns. Lacked bike routes for half the trip. Based on this route alone, I've lost faith in the app. It is great for tracking routes, but DO NOT let it navigate for you.

After about two months of use it forced me to pay a monthly subscription to continue using the app in any way - i hoped that paying would allow me more user friendly options and make the app a bit more usable, but that hasn't really happened. Map is unable to reroute when needed, voice navigation is spotty, and you need to know exact address for destinations. A true waste of money and time.

It couldn't provide a route that I could take without having to upgrade to premium. They don't seem to update their maps because the road they want me to take ceased to exist around a month ago. I never used the app because I couldn't figure out how to reroute or update the road's status (in the developer's defense I spent less than 3 minutes trying). That being said, I gave it 3 stars because I never used it, but also had to say no to upgrading every time I tried to find a work around.

This app is terrible, for a lot of reasons: 1. Routes chosen were unsafe - they went against traffic or in areas without a bike path/lane. 2. When on "balanced" mode, which is supposed to pick a route based on a mix of how direct the route is and ease of riding, it still picks a route that is both longer and has a steeper gradient than alternative routes. 3. Battery drain is very high - phone battery was completely drained on a 1.5 hour ride. 4. GPS often was not very accurate and lagged a lot. Edit - To the developer - I was cycling in Washington DC. Will not use again as it put me in unsafe situations.

i was looking for an app that helps me navigate along the most bike friendly route from point a to point b in my city. this app does not do that. it only has pre-set suggested routes for your area - it doesn't allow you to navigate to wherever you want to be. i guess it's for people looking to kill time by biking around town on random routes. im not even sure why it has a gps function. i guess it's trying to be an all trails for city bikers. i just think it's stupid.

It's not a bad app. I like the fact that it tells me the route and time I've biked. One thing I don't like is unable to actually stop or pause the recording of the ride. The clock is always ticking until you actually END the recording. I often stop to eat or have a beer, but I'm not finished riding. There is a button to stop recording, but timer does not stop.

Terrible app, it constantly takes me down routes where there is no road or even trail. I can't believe I paid for this horrible, horrible, horrible app. don't waste your time, don't waste your money. Unless you want to stop every 5 miles to consult FREE google maps. they were not interested in giving me a refund either.

The routing is great, with good options for avoiding roads and an electric option. The search is frustrating. It's hard to actually find the place you're looking for and it's really slow.

I want to change my review compolitaly😢. I installed the app and after the 7-Day trial I wanted to purchase a annual subscription, but it doesn't want to accept it at all. The error which is called [OR-FGEMF-71] comes forward and it completely prevents me from paying, so I believe using this app is completely inefficient..

Good route planning, although the search is slow and quite difficult to actually find what you're looking for.

Good route planning in my city, very bad navigation and UI experience as other recent reviews point out. Not worth the price.

This app is basically perfect. The subscription is a completely reasonable price, and unlike every other company on the app store, they let you use the app and look at its features first instead of forcing you to buy it. It has a very in depth map and riding options for whatever kind of on or off road biking. I use it to stick to bike paths and it keeps me on them 99% of the ride.

What happened?! I paid for premium and was loving using the app, until it suddenly signed me out? Now when I try and sign in through my Google account (the original way I made the bikemap account) it says either 404 not found or it says they couldn't find my account. Not sure what happened, as this literally changed overnight. Will happily fix review when my paid service is fixed.

it won't bring up any locations when I'm trying to plan a route and it's really frustrating.

Just confusing and could not delete the 400 routes I didn't care about.

This app is not intuitive and hard to use. Impossible to deactivate your account and cancel payment through the app, utterly frustrating, I thought I had opted out. It just takes your money. Horrendous! I have had to Google how to cancel my subscription it is that hard to figure it out! I thought I had opted out the day I signed up, but I hadn't, you can't sign up for the free membership without card details. Beware. They take your money and make it difficult to opt out.