A list of phone, computer and web apps related to cycling I’ve gathered together. The list grew over time, so I’ve split it into categories: activity tracking, navigation, training, indoor (virtual) riding, maintenance, bike touring and weather.

Activity Tracking & Social

• Strava — almost every cyclist already knows and uses it; not worth re-explaining. Activity tracking, finding and creating routes.
• Strava Labs — Strava’s experimental projects. For example, Heatmap shows a region’s cycling heatmap. Used in academic cycling research and in bike-lane planning to gauge density.
• Elevate — Chrome extension that adds extra features to Strava.
• One Tap Strava — one of the most useful Strava add-ons on Android. Add the icon to your home screen; tap to open Strava and start recording an activity in one go.
• Relive — turns ride recordings into map-based visualised stories.
• Cyclemeter — a long-standing app that records detailed activities with your phone’s GPS. Voice announcements, splits and lots of graphs. A long-time favourite on iPhone; an Android version exists too.
• tapiriik — syncs activities you upload to one popular tracker with the others. Upload to Strava, replicate to Garmin Connect, etc.

Navigation & Routes

• Komoot — a Strava alternative. Where Strava paywalls navigation and route-building, Komoot lets you build routes per bike type, view them in detail, and use turn-by-turn navigation. (Note: after Bending Spoons acquired it in 2025, removing features like one-off offline-map purchases upset some users.)
• Ride With GPS — a Strava alternative. The free tier roughly matches Strava’s free tier. One of the most widely used for long-distance touring and route planning.
• Garmin Connect — Garmin’s equivalent. Syncs especially well with Garmin devices.
• Bikemap — a route library with over 10 million user-generated routes across 100+ countries, filterable by length, ascent, surface and bike type.
• Wikiloc — a discovery platform built around user-shared tracks. A rich source for finding and downloading existing tracks, especially in less-popular regions.
• cycle.travel — a route planner designed around relaxed touring and avoiding motor traffic. Loved by bike tourists for its sensible, “smart” routing.
• Mapy.com — formerly Mapy.cz. A free map app that works offline and produces great cycling routes. A tourer favourite as a MAPS.ME/Komoot alternative.
• Organic Maps — the ad-free, open-source fork made by MAPS.ME’s original developers. OpenStreetMap-based, fully offline, with a cycling layer; the app to use instead of MAPS.ME today.
• MAPS.ME — primarily a Google Maps alternative, but its cycling navigation makes it useful on the bike. Auto-downloads regions for offline use (uses OpenStreetMap). Fully free. (After the original team left, ads increased — Organic Maps above is its “clean” continuation.)
• OsmAnd — OpenStreetMap-based, fully offline, open-source navigation. Powerful with a bike profile, route building and detailed map layers, though it takes a bit to learn.
• BRouter — a fully offline, highly customisable bike routing engine. Usually paired with apps like OsmAnd to produce the “most cyclist-friendly” route.
• Maplocs — another nav/route-builder; syncs with others.
• Elevation Profile — simple app for generating elevation profile maps. Car / walking / etc. modes. Pick two points and it analyses the climb.
• Bisikletli Ulaşım Haritası — probably the most comprehensive cycling map for Turkey. iPhone and Android apps. Bike repair shops, dangerous spots, bike lanes, cycling-friendly businesses on one map.

Training & Analytics

• TrainingPeaks — build and track training. Custom plans need paid membership.
• intervals.icu — a largely free web service that pulls your Strava and Garmin data for detailed analysis, fitness/fatigue (form) tracking and training planning. Hugely popular in recent years among data-driven riders.
• Kudo Coach — enter your race calendar and have a training calendar built around it. Tell it your available time and it picks a session. Factors in weather. Paid tier exists; free tier is plenty.

Indoor / Trainer (Virtual Riding)

• Zwift — turns trainer rides at home into a virtual game and lets you race others. Monthly subscription, currently around $15.
• Rouvy — lets you ride real-world courses at home via augmented-reality routes overlaid on real road video. A strong Zwift alternative with a realistic climbing feel, at a lower annual cost than Zwift.
• MyWhoosh — a completely free indoor platform with Zwift-style virtual worlds, structured workouts and live racing. Hosts the UCI Esports World Championships; the first stop if you want a free Zwift alternative.
• TrainerRoad — focuses on power-based structured training and deep analytics instead of a virtual world. For improving performance distraction-free with adaptive plans. Paid.
• Wahoo SYSTM — formerly The Sufferfest. Known for video-based, high-motivation training content. Paid.

Maintenance & Equipment

• Bike Repair — illustrated bike-repair app. Step-by-step instructions for most jobs.
• ProBikeGarage — enter your bike’s model or just its components. Connects to Strava and pulls your total mileage and ride time. Automated reminders for equipment maintenance. Tracks chain km wear, monthly service to-dos, etc.
• Bike Fast Fit — iPhone app for doing bike-fit measurements from your phone. Not comparable to a real fit, but a cheap starting point.
• Park Tool Repair Help — the repair section of the famous bike-tool maker. A free resource walking through nearly every repair and maintenance job step by step, with videos.
• Gear Calculator — a web tool to compute your gear combinations, gear ratios and speed/cadence relationships. Handy when choosing or upgrading a drivetrain.

Bike Touring & Lodging

• Warmshowers — lodging app for bike tourists. Sign up and choose either I’m a bike tourist looking for a place to stay or I can host bike tourists. Set preferences, host cyclists who message you, or send requests to be hosted. Not pay-for-play; pure volunteer model.
• iOverlander — originally for the overland community (vehicle-based unstructured camping). People share both paid and free campsites they’ve discovered, with water/electricity/cell coverage status. Very useful for bike tourists.
• Park4Night — originally made for campervanners but also used by bike tourists; shares lodging, camping, water and fountain spots.

Weather

• Windy — primarily a weather app, but its hourly wind-direction and temperature forecasts make it very useful on a ride. Predict when and where the wind will hit on your tour. iPhone and Android apps available.
• Ventusky — like Windy, presents wind, temperature and precipitation forecasts on visual, animated maps.