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Top 10 Recommended Cycling Apps of 2023

 In today's digital world, there's a wide range of innovative apps designed to enhance your riding adventures. Whether you're a commuter, a cruiser enthusiast, or someone seeking an extra boost with an e-bike kit, these apps are here to revolutionize your two-wheeled journeys.

From finding the best routes for your commuter e-bike to exploring off-road trails with the best electric bikes, and even monitoring battery levels, these top ten cycling apps have got you covered.

So, let's discover the perfect app to accompany your bikes with motor adventures!

 

1. Bafang Go - for connecting with electric bikes

The Bafang Go app is exclusively designed for the Bafang electric motor drive system and aims to pair with electric bikes equipped with the Bafang motor.

With this application, you can view real-time riding data, and health data such as heart rate and calorie consumption, and also supports navigation turn and traffic prompt data, while recording your basic riding data such as mileage, time, and speed. This is a more convenient and intelligent APP for connecting with electric bikes.

If you want to learn more, check out our Frey Evolve review.

 

2. Trailforks - a guide for mountain biking

Trailforks is an application designed specifically for mountain bike enthusiasts. It is the world's largest mountain bike route platform, providing detailed information including maps, routes, rating evaluations, comments, and pictures.

The application covers hundreds of destinations and tens of thousands of kilometers of cycling routes and trails around the world and provides the functionality for users to upload and share their own cycling routes.

Through Trailforks, users can easily find the best cycling routes that suit their skills and interests, and can record, plan and share their cycling experiences in the application. 

The application also provides global event information and status reports, as well as many other practical features such as interaction with other riders and comments. Whether you are looking for new mountain biking routes or want to interact with mountain bike enthusiasts around the world, Trailforks is an excellent choice.

 

3. MTB Project - for mountain bike trail guides

 

MTB Project is an app specifically designed for mountain biking enthusiasts. Users can find mountain bike trails all over the world through the app, with detailed information including distance, elevation, difficulty rating, maps, and photos. In addition, users can search for local mountain bike trails and use GPS navigation to find the starting point of a trail.

MTB Project is similar to Trailforks in terms of functionality, both of which provide users with mountain bike trail guides. However, according to user feedback, the UI page of MTB Project is more comfortable and clean, while Trailforks requires some technical skills. 

Moreover, Trailforks usually has many routes and user feedback comments, while MTB Project is better at connecting multiple routes to form a loop, with user feedback mainly in the form of photos and videos. Overall, MTB Project is more suitable for route planning, while Trailforks is more suitable for use during cycling, so both can be used together.

 

4. Strava - for tracking cycling routes

 

Strava is an application that integrates over 30 types of sports to track your fitness data. It can record users' activity routes, speed, distance, heart rate, and other metrics, and provide data analysis and social features for users.

For example, users can follow other users on the app, compete with them, and share and comment on their activities. Strava also offers many features such as virtual challenges, clubs, training plans, and predictive analytics. Overall, this is a social-focused application that brings together many outdoor sports enthusiasts. Many MTB enthusiasts combine it with MTB Project and Trailforks.

 

5. Map My Ride - for tracking cycling routes

This is a sports tracking application designed specifically for cycling enthusiasts developed by MapMyFitness. It can record your cycling activities, including distance, time, speed, and calories burned. It also provides multiple route planning functions, allowing you to choose routes based on your preferences and destination. Users can share their cycling routes on social media, as well as communicate and compete with other users.

In addition, it can be synced with other fitness devices and applications, such as heart rate monitors and MyFitnessPal, to comprehensively record your fitness data.

 

6. MyFitnessPal - for tracking calories

 

MyFitnessPal can be used to track the nutrition intake and progress toward weight loss goals for fitness enthusiasts. It contains an extensive database, including millions of foods and drinks, as well as various types of exercise and body measurement indicators.

Users can track their calorie intake, nutrient intake, and eating habits by scanning barcodes or manually entering food and drink items. In terms of exercise, users can choose different types of activities and record their exercise data, such as running cycling, or strength training.

If you want to lose weight and stay fit through cycling, this app is perfect for you.

 

7. Google Maps - for route planning

 

As the most widely used navigation app globally, Google Maps provides information on maps, satellite images, traffic conditions, public transportation, restaurants, hotels, and stores worldwide. If you don't want to install too many specialized apps on your phone and want to find your way while traveling, all you need is Google Maps. It can help you plan routes, search for locations, view traffic conditions, explore new places, and more, making it easy to find what you need while on the go.

 

8. Elite HRV - for heart rate variability and other body data

Elite HRV is an application that accurately monitors a user's heart rate variability (HRV) to track their stress and fitness levels. HRV refers to the variation in time between successive heartbeats and is commonly considered an indicator of autonomic nervous system health. 

Elite HRV can measure and record HRV data by connecting with various heart rate monitoring devices such as Polar, Garmin, and Apple Watch. Users can view their HRV trends and reports within the app and use the training and advice provided to improve their health. In addition to HRV, Elite HRV also offers many other health and fitness-related features, such as meditation, breathing exercises, and yoga recommendations.

 

9. First Aid: American Red Cross - for emergencies

In addition to route planning, journey tracking, and body data recording, it is also important to be prepared for emergencies. First Aid is the official American Red Cross app for emergencies, providing professional first aid advice and solutions through videos, interactive quizzes, and simple step-by-step guidance in case of sudden situations encountered during your cycling journey. What's more comforting is that this app is not only free but also ad-free, truly considering your life safety.

 

10. Relive - for generating 3D routes

If you want to review your cycling routes and share your dynamic routes on social media, Relive is an especially useful application. It can track your route and generate 3D video stories, recording key data and locations, take photos during your cycling, and create more realistic videos, adding a different story to your cycling experience.

👇Let's see how it works in the Frey M600 journey:

 

Again, We sincerely hope you can Free Ride & Enjoy Yourself!

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