Bike Tracks app for iPhone and iPad
4.8 (
7088 ratings )
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Developer: Core Coders Ltd
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.8.0, last update: 3 months agoFirst release : 22 Jun 2011
App size: 13.02 Mb
Record all your cycling adventures and have them available at any time.
Bike Tracks contains following exciting features.
- Offline Maps.
- Open Cycle and Open Street maps
- Add Routes by importing GPX or using an existing Ride.
- Overlay Routes on Maps
- Climb Categories.
- Offline History - not internet required to view your previous rides.
- Photo import and attachment.
- Integrates into Health App.
- Easy to read statistics.
- Season totals.
- Live Dashboard.
- Battery monitor.
- Share rides: GPX, KML, Facebook, Google Earth.
Battery efficient technology allows all day recording, no data or phone signal required for recording making Bike Tracks ideal for those long cycle rides and where data roaming charges apply. (1)
(1) Where data roaming charges apply remember to set Data Roaming Off see iPhone User Guide for more information.
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
Pros and cons of Bike Tracks app for iPhone and iPad
Bike Tracks app good for
I had the Ski Tracks app and thought it was pretty good so I thought I would check this one out. It is pretty similar, but with a few changes for the biker in mind. I really like the fact that it gives my a lot of data about my rides for $3, as opposed to buying an expensive bike computer (it provides info on speed, elevation, time, mapping info, and allows you to record and rate each ride). The only way I could see improving the app would be to have information on the trails so I dont have to buy guidebooks or download separate apps.
Great app... Use it with my quad...has saved my bacon a number of times getting me back to my truck. Sometimes a little finicky. Couldnt figure out how to use a Garmin and this one is quite user friendly. Have used the photos which gets tagged to the trail for reference. What would be the coolest if we could attach videos to the trail and do little documentaries...also the KMZ loader is a bit of a pain but all in all this app is a steal!!!!
I love this app for riding. Its the best one Ive used in terms of battery life. The only thing missing is connectivity with something like a Wahoo heart rate monitor.
This app is well worth it, simple UI and lots of features. The one thing I wish was different was how it publishes to Facebook. It publishes 2 screen shots of the UI to an album, I would rather post a text summary to my status like some of the running apps my friends use. Could include the speed and time data. Maybe an option to choose between photos and text.
Ive had this app + others from this developer for about 2 years, and they all work great.
Yes the Facebook thing needs to be changed, but it is minor.
I do wish they would come out with there next update, I hope it has friends/peers location and a online web page that we could link and share are tracks and photos.
Update 2013: can you please add the season counter to Bike Tracks as you did to Ski tracks.
Unreal app!
If I could add anything it would be a season total and fix the bug where it crashes if you try to record video while recording a ride.
Some bad moments
Why is the screen size so tiny? Havent seen an app thats not tailored for the bigger iPhone 5 screen in a year! Why isnt the app designed similar to the Ski Tracks where it auto detects the number or runs and ascent/descent stats per run? Downloaded this app for keeping track of Downhill biking but Shouldve saved the 2.99$ And used Ski Tracks
Not bad. But it shouldnt exit because of incoming calls. Otherwise it it is senseless. Impossible to disregard of incoming calls. Please change. It should not switch off. Thank you.
Best bike app yet!! Trialed during Ironman Triathlon training...way better than any of the other bike apps for battery life.
A lot of bike apps on the app store are decent. But this has topped them all. The others either lack the one thing you really need, such as offline maps, or theyre just too cluttered and filled with junk you just dont need.
This however, has just about everything you could ask for. The plus for me is having the ability to store maps offline and be able to use them when on a ride. Right now, the only thing its lacking is a calorie counter. I sent and received an email from the lead developer himself and was informed that a calorie counter would be coming in a future release. Once that comes out, this would pretty much complete the app and have everything youd really need. So far, this app is worth re 3 dollars, and I dont buy too many apps from the app store either.
Great app! If youre a skier you need these guys SKI TRACKS app. All in all, this bad boy is almost perfect - especially for a phone app. 99% of riders dont need a GPS if they have this.
A few improvements Id love to see:
1)Position plotting - selectable intervals: I find that on tight switchbacks it misses turns because the interval is too long. It would be better if you could select the interval according to your riding style, knowing that this will affect battery life.
2) Proximity sensor: SKI TRACKS uses the proximity sensor. Why not Bike Tracks?
3) Position tags: It would be sweet if you could tag the beginning and end of sections you wanted specific data on - and if this could be done with voice-recognition that would be ground-breaking.
I agree with the above reviews. It tracks very well, multiple rides on same trails are pretty closr to each other. Impressive because a lot of the trails are in canyons where service isnt that reliable. Occasionally the plot points are too far apart and s-turns at speed get straightened out. I also got a response from the lead developer and he is all about input and responds accordingly. I hope a furure release adds the ability to drop placemarks so you can split up a ride into your own data blocks. It tends to miss label descents and ascents but thats a small detail. Awesome app! Get it and get out on the trails!