Bikemap: Cycling Tracker & GPS

What Bikemap covers for cyclists

Bikemap is a cycling app that combines route planning, navigation and ride recording. The developer, Bikemap GmbH, names city bikes, e-bikes, road bikes and mountain bikes as the types it is built for.

According to the listing, the main draw is a route library. The developer says it holds millions of cycling routes worldwide, including bike paths, bicycle tours and MTB trails. Users can also share their own routes with other Bikemap users.

Ride recording and offline use sit alongside the route library. The same app covers finding a route, following it on the road and logging the ride afterwards.

Finding, planning and sharing routes

Route search starts from a location. Results can be filtered by route length and bicycle type, the listing says. A rider can narrow the list to routes suited to a city bike or a mountain bike.

The Loop Planner builds customised loops, so a rider does not have to plan a circuit by hand, the developer says. Routes can also be planned on a PC at bikemap.net, and the listing says they sync to the phone app.

Users can browse the most popular bike routes, bicycle paths and MTB trails near them. They can also share their own routes with the Bikemap community.

Navigating with and without a connection

Navigation works online or offline. Before a tour, a rider downloads the map for the area, and the listing says navigation then runs without an internet connection. The developer also says offline mode gives longer battery life.

The interactive map shows information about the planned route. Premium adds turn-by-turn navigation with voice prompts for all routes, which the listing says is especially useful on city bikes.

Self-guided navigation follows the rider's location along the route rather than giving turn prompts, and the developer positions it for off-road sections. Routing for a chosen bike type favours cycle paths, according to the listing.

Map styles and places along the way

The listing mentions a choice of map types. Separately, under Premium, it lists eight special cycling maps: 3D, Night, OpenCycleMap, OpenStreetMap, Satellite, Atlas, Outdoors and Landscape.

Map content for cyclists marks toilets, bike parking, restaurants and water points. Points of interest include bike repair shops, bicycle parking and e-bike charging stations. The developer describes the map content as thousands of items.

The listing says these places are meant to be found during a ride, not only before one.

Recording rides and reading the stats

The app records each ride and can act as a bike computer on a smartphone or tablet. The listing describes its speedometer and odometer functions.

The ride view shows speed, distance, duration, altitude and estimated arrival time. Premium lets a rider choose which statistics stay in view at all times.

On Wear OS, a tile on the watch starts a route recording and activates the cycling tracker, according to the developer.

Exporting routes and the Premium trial

Routes can be exported as GPX or KML files. The listing says Premium users can export as many routes and MTB trails as they want, and that all routes can be downloaded as GPX.

Premium is sold as a membership. The developer says all Premium benefits can be tried for free, and that membership is managed in Play Store settings.