These are the best free bike apps

Last updated on June 28, 2025.

ISPO.com has compiled the best FREE bike apps for Android and iOS - reliable, practical and ready to use. The tools help to optimize processes, reduce costs and make your offer even more attractive to customers. For further insights into the world of sports and outdoor, it's worth visiting ISPO 2025 in Munich - the industry meeting place for trends, exchange and future prospects. Be there - 30. NOV. - 02 DEC.

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• Practical tips: how to find the right bike app
• Apps for first aid and emergencies
• Apps for navigation
• Apps for training
• Apps for bike fitting
• Other apps for the bike
• Conclusion: Good biking apps

• The data volume can be very high, especially with navigation apps or video tutorials. It is therefore advisable to download apps via Wi-Fi before starting the tour.
  
• Before every tour, you should check whether all the maps you need are already installed. Away from civilization, downloads are often expensive, slow or not possible at all without a network.
  
• Depending on the thickness and material, cell phone covers can impair GPS reception.
  
• Active location services, Bluetooth and a permanently switched-on display consume a lot of energy. If the smartphone is used as a navigation device for a long time, unnecessary functions should be deactivated - and a power bank is a must. Alternatively: a dynamo with a USB port.

With these tips, you can offer your customers a better experience. How exactly? If maps and apps are downloaded to your rental bike devices in advance, navigation will work even without a network - even in remote areas. This reduces the number of complaints, increases satisfaction and makes your service more reliable. A clear competitive advantage.

First Aid RFC

In the event of a cycling accident, the Red Cross and Crescent Society app provides step-by-step instructions on first aid, wound care and emergency numbers. The emergency information for many countries is already pre-installed - a reliable tool for cyclists on the road. Even without an acute emergency, the app is informative and helpful.

It is worthwhile for companies in the cycling industry to integrate this app into their own offering: it increases customer safety, strengthens trust and demonstrates responsibility - a clear competitive advantage.

Komoot

Komoot is more than just an app - it is the most popular route planning and navigation platform for outdoor enthusiasts. The large community is constantly creating new tour suggestions - including precise directions and difficulty levels. The app brings online planning directly to your bike, but also works independently of the web. It is very precise and stable, some functions are subject to a fee.

Komoot offers great opportunities for companies: Bike stores, tour providers or fitness brands can cooperate with Komoot, create their own routes, present their services to a large outdoor community and integrate the app directly into their offering - for stronger customer loyalty and greater reach.

Bike Citizens

This navigation app was specially developed for urban cyclists. The route guidance is optimized for city traffic and takes into account danger spots and temporary closures. The bigger the city, the more powerful the app - and the portfolio is constantly growing.

Another plus point: Bike Citizens provides valuable data for cities, bike fleet providers and infrastructure planning - for better mobility solutions, more efficient fleet management and more satisfied users.

ViewRanger

This app is actually aimed at hikers, but is also ideal for cyclists. Using GPS and a camera, it recognizes landscape points such as peaks or lakes and superimposes their names onto the image using augmented reality (AR). This makes orientation easier and provides a special experience factor. Destination points can be selected directly in the image - including terrain guidance.

Outdoor tourism companies can use ViewRanger to offer guided tours with interactive navigation, landmark information and exciting technology - a real differentiator.

Falk Maps & Route Planner

The best navigation app for cycle tourists. As with Falk navigation devices, maps, routes, POIs and accommodation are equipped with lots of additional information. Offline functions are limited, but hotel links and train connections are directly integrated.

Tourist offices, bike rental companies and travel platforms can use them to improve their service: Simplify planning, integrate booking - and impress as a full-service provider.

Bikemap

Over 4.5 million routes in more than 100 countries - Bikemap is a huge route portal for mountain bikes, road bikes, e-bikes and pedelecs. According to user surveys, it is superior to Google Maps. The premium version (€29/year) offers offline navigation and expert support.

Tour providers benefit from the database for individual routes, retailers can organize community rides and manufacturers can integrate Bikemap into e-bike systems for more product value and a better user experience.

Strava

Currently the standard app for all cycling enthusiasts. It records ride and training data, and the heart rate can also be integrated. Strava is both a database and a competition platform: users can create KOMs (King of the Mountain) - route sections for which there are public rankings of the fastest rides. Personal best performances can be shared and analyzed via social media.

For cycling event organizers and fitness brands, Strava offers an ideal platform for activating communities, promoting challenges and evaluating performance data. This data can later be used for targeted campaigns, better event design and deeper customer engagement - for more reach, relevance and brand loyalty.

Exercise Bike Workout

This app does not replace a personal trainer, but in conjunction with a heart rate monitor it supports individual or programmed training sessions on an exercise bike. It calculates training zones, displays intensity and remaining time per interval - and evaluates the training afterwards. Particularly motivating: the logging of the units, especially in the cold season.

Fitness studios can integrate Exercise Bike Workout into their program to offer structured, data-supported workouts. This helps with training planning, increases motivation and even allows employees to monitor progress remotely - for a modern, technology-driven training experience that engages members and appeals to new target groups.

Interval Timer HIIT

A practical app for anyone who plans their own intervals or implements training plans from a coach - especially in the area of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). This method relies on fast, intensive changes in intensity. The app automatically adopts all time specifications and clearly displays the countdown phases.

Fitness clubs can use Interval Timer HIIT to make group classes more dynamic and digital. Trainers can easily keep track of complex processes, members stay motivated - and potential new customers are attracted by the modern, energetic training concept.

Saddle Adjust

Small cause, big effect: an incorrectly adjusted saddle can quickly spoil the fun of riding. With Saddle Adjust and a smartphone with a position sensor, you can avoid major mistakes. Simply place the device on the saddle, answer a few short questions about your bike and riding style - and the app will guide you step by step to your individual saddle height.

This is a real benefit for bike stores and rental companies: saddle adjustments can be made quickly and easily, complaints about seat comfort are reduced and returns are minimized. At the same time, employees learn faster - for a consistent service that impresses customers and builds long-term loyalty.

Bicycle Gear Calculator

Modern bikes often have 30 or more gears - with sometimes heavily overlapping gear ratios. This app calculates which gear ratio is active in which gear and shows how many meters are covered per crank revolution. Ideal for anyone who wants to understand their setup or convert it themselves.

Workshops and dealers can use the Bicycle Gear Calculator to make precise recommendations. This makes it possible to clearly explain the effects of a change - perfect for upselling and for strengthening advisory skills.

The Foot Fit Calculator

The app helps sporty riders with clipless pedals (similar to ski bindings) to adjust their foot position correctly. The smartphone's camera and tilt sensor take care of the measurement - a second person is required to assist.

For specialist bike retailers and fitness studios, the app offers an easy introduction to bike fitting. No special tools required, little training needed - but great benefits: More convenience for customers, a professional appearance and strong customer loyalty.

Bike 3D Configurator

A tool for MTB enthusiasts. An individual dream bike can be put together from hundreds of components in a virtual space - including color selection. Suspension travel and damper movements can be simulated, and the bike can even be viewed in your own room using AR.

Bike manufacturers can use the configurator to sell individual designs more quickly and map customer wishes directly. Warehouse planning also benefits: What customers build virtually can be stocked more specifically in real life.

Kahaki Sprocket Tool

Replacing spokes or spoking an entire wheel? Sounds complicated to many. It's much easier with the app: after entering the rim and hub dimensions and selecting the spoking pattern, the app calculates the correct spoke length and provides assembly instructions. A truing stand is a useful addition.

For workshops, this means simplified training, error-free service and consistently high quality - a solid basis for returning customers.

GPS Speedometer

The ideal speedometer app for anyone who simply wants to know how fast, how far or how long they are riding - without any map display, route history or training data. It provides the most important riding data in a clear, reduced display.

Bike dealers can offer the GPS Speedometer app to their customers as an uncomplicated solution. The app brings cycling enthusiasts back to the store time and time again, simplifies customer service and adds a practical tool to the range that immediately impresses.

Bike bonus

Finding the daily commute to work difficult? The Radbonus app makes it fun: track kilometers and collect rewards such as vouchers or small bonuses - just like Payback. Ride more, get more! An easy way for companies to motivate employees to cycle: Set up challenges, award rewards and create a healthier, more sustainable working environment along the way.

Tour de France 2019 Vuelta Édition

The perfect cycling game for the rest day - free of charge despite the official Tour license. As in other career games, you put together your own team, train, change personnel and determine the tactics for each stage. The game is entertaining and provides a playful insight into the inner workings of a cycling team. Although it lacks the real riders and teams of expensive PC games, it is still an exciting pastime.

For bike stores, it's more than just a game: the team can use the app to train racing strategies and understand the basics - perfect for taking customer conversations to a new level. This creates expertise with a fun factor that not only promotes sales, but also strengthens passion for cycling.

These were the best free apps for bikes and e-bikes - ideal for planning suitable routes, targeted training and adjusting the saddle for more efficient riding. For companies in the bicycle industry, these tools offer real added value: they improve customer service, enable personalized riding experiences and strengthen the positioning as an innovative brand in the market.