Ride with GPS

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R49] 1/5 · US Can’t navigate: Have always been able to follow navigation without having to pay. Got started on a sponsored race and found out I had to pay in order to use the navigation. This put me at risk and in danger in the middle of a ride to have to try to figure out how to pay or get lost or worse.
2. [R75] 1/5 · US Useless: Literally a brick without subscription. No navigation or planning is possible
3. [R17] 1/5 · US USE CAUTION on off-road routes!: Just because a route is posted, doesn’t mean it is a valid route. Route hazards, water access, and trail conditions may not be visible unless you pay for a subscription. Routes posted without reviews or comments should be avoided.
4. [R22] 3/5 · US Needs Update: The Home Screen looks like it was designed a decade ago. The cost seems high for the features provided
5. [R26] 1/5 · US Ouch $$$$$: Too expensive for me
6. [R310] 3/5 · GB Somewhat limited for a subscription-based app: Considering that the asking price is around £60/year for full access to the app, I’m a little disappointed with my trial. There are a few bugs - km changed to miles and back again multiple times for no reason, offline maps still needed some mobile signal on occasion. There was no option to view some pieces of info in metric and others in imperial (e
7. [R53] 5/5 · US Make it cheaper please: Good but too expensive!!
8. [R51] 1/5 · US promised free trial, but charged me immediately: The sign-up screen promised a seven day free trial, but then they immediately charged me.
9. [R113] 1/5 · US Subscription: Downloaded to follow someone’s route for one evening and forgot to cancel the free trial and lost sixty bucks
10. [R151] 1/5 · US Beware: I canceled this before the trial period ended but was charged anyway. And conveniently for the app, the contact link via email within the app is broken. A disappointing experience.
11. [R45] 1/5 · US Terrible UX: I hate that this app is a necessary evil. The UX is terrible. Dark patterns where you go to do something and find out you have to upgrade to get it.
12. [R89] 1/5 · US Clunky app: I like that I can navigate a safe route and share routes. But this app is difficult to use and counterintuitive. It is hard to make it stop recording. It is hard to plan routes. It seems like it needs to be redesigned from the ground up. Now it is more difficult to use because pop-up upsell ads constantly appear and are hard to dismiss without accidentally subscribing. I find this app
13. [R16] 5/5 · US Way better than Strava: Ride with GPS has been excellent. The route planning, mapping, and navigation tools are far better than what I’ve been able to do with Strava, especially for real outdoor riding, gravel routes, and planning bigger rides. The customer service has also been great. They actually respond and help solve problems, which makes a big difference. Dylan’s tutorials are excellent too
14. [R18] 5/5 · US So good: Wouldn’t leave my house with making a quick and easy route that avoids traffic and google map errors. Always make it an adventure taking the gravel and back alley routes.
15. [R33] 5/5 · US Best routing software: RWGPS is incomparable. It is the best routing Software on the planet with the feature set that no one can match. The complete ecosystem of the app and the web-based routing tool, especially with a paid membership is indispensable for a serious route crafter. I’ve tried other tools, and none can compete, especially for complex routing situations.
16. [R39] 5/5 · US So much better than a Garmin: I just completed a seven hour pre-mapped ride using Ride with GPS. Ride with GPS is such a better experience than Garmin. It gives you term by term prompts just like Garmin and you actually get to see where you are just like you would when you a map app for directions when driving. It’s also just a much easier interface truly like you’re using an app versus Garmin,
17. [R10] 5/5 · US Please don’t miss this! It’s a must!: What an incredible experience! We rented e-bikes and took a GPS-guided tour through our phones that was designed by the owner, Ryan. The entire tour was extremely well thought out and was worth every penny. The rental location is somewhat hidden and looks small from the outside, but don’t let that fool you or drive past it. This is truly a hidden gem. From th
18. [R11] 5/5 · US Make the ride more enjoyable!: Using this app made our bike ride in Acadia more enjoyable. Easy to use with preloaded trails and audible directions so no stopping to read paper map.
19. [R20] 5/5 · US Great Tool: Ride with GPS is a fantastic way to find rides. Whether at home or traveling I have found rides that fit my needs and are enjoyable.
20. [R57] 5/5 · US LOVE LOVE LOVE!!: By far the best riding app in the App Store. I ride my e-bike everywhere, and this app has helped me discover places and views I probably would have never seen in my life otherwise. It has truly been a life changer for both my riding experience and my mental health, giving me the opportunity to get outside, explore, and find peace.
21. [R23] 5/5 · US Ride w/ GPS in the Low Country: Nice tool to have as a road cyclist on back roads less traveled. Cant get lost ~ just follow your marked trail back to car.
22. [R29] 5/5 · US Great app to navigate by: Ride w/ GPS is just about flawless when it comes to staying on track on a gravel race or adventure ride.
23. [R273] 3/5 · GB Could be excellent but has fundamental flaws: In general, and for very simple actions, this is a good app. It reliably tracks rides and provides good turn-by-turn route following instructions. BUT it has one major flaw, which renders it pretty much useless in my book. The problem lies in the ‘Explore’ function, where you search for nearby routes. This feature is downright awful. Let’s say you a
24. [R44] 5/5 · US Great app: Works like it should, they update regularly and add new features. Easy to use and easy on the battery.
25. [R58] 5/5 · US We’ve used RWGPS for years: All of our club routes are on RWGPS. It’s easy to download to wherever GPS you use and keeps everyone on the same page. Tech support has been outstanding the few times we’ve needed it.
26. [R24] 1/5 · US Bad tracking and late notifications: App does not accurately map tracks and notifies you of turns after you pass the waypoint. Rode over and extra mile for difficult MTB trails due to bad tracking
27. [R34] 3/5 · US Should have more Intelligence: Ride With GPS is my go to app for bike ride navigation. Generally works well. But it will send you in the wrong direction on a figure 8 course. The app doesn’t have built in intelligence to understand whether you are coming or going and it will send you on the return leg rather than sending you in the mapped ride direction. This should be an easy fix but this bug has
28. [R9] 3/5 · US Frequent Apple Watch issues: The app frequently failed to record heart rate data from my watch. This has been an ongoing issue for over a year..
29. [R12] 1/5 · US Doesn’t actually sync with Wahoo: Doesn’t sync with My Elemnt. Keeps putting me in a loop appwise despite my signing up for a membership. Then online my membership is not showing. Terrible. PS my device DID ack connect new app RWGPS and STILL could not send route to device. WTF. Now I have to download GPX. What friggin year is this, 1999?
30. [R110] 1/5 · US Can’t authorize wahoo: Endless ! Error.
31. [R258] 3/5 · GB Garmin: Finding it hard to sync with Garmin devices. When it does sync, the route is pretty extraordinary and I spend most of my time “off course”. This could be as much a problem with Garmin but it should be easier.
32. [R7] 4/5 · US Lousy instructions: You people need serious help with intuitiveness
33. [R15] 1/5 · US Confusing: Confusing to end a ride even for my tech savvy son. If it starts OUT that way what other frustrating stuff have your IT folks put in it?
34. [R25] 1/5 · US Mobile app: The mobile app on phone is clunky and doesn’t easily give points of destination accurately. Also not intuitive in using. I have been using RideGPS for a few years now but mostly on the laptop which is better than the mobile phone version.
35. [R14] 2/5 · US Not what I would like!: The basic app is all I want or need. My biggest disappointment is that I can’t consistently save my rides! The app won’t see my home WiFi. As a result, the ride doesn’t get recorded. This seems to be happening more often. It’s happened twice this month.
36. [R87] 1/5 · US Still no dark mode…: A decade later, another update later and still no native dark mode support and the app still has the iOS UI from a decade ago. Here’s for hoping the next release update…
37. [R531] 3/5 · CA Needs health app integration: It's a great app but really needs to be integrated with the iOS health app!
38. [R41] 5/5 · US Better than Strava: All my friends told me to download Strava. It took 10 minutes, messing with the app to realize that it is not user-friendly at all and to get the real benefit from it you have to pay for the subscription. Took me two minutes on this app to realize how much easier to use it is.
39. [R50] 5/5 · US Nailed it!: I tried a LOT of bike computer/navigation apps, evaluating what they did well against their annoying quirks and limitations. I had pretty much given up hope of finding what I really wanted and resigned myself to figuring out which trade-offs I’d have to live with, when I discovered to my absolute delight that Ride With GPS fits the bill perfectly! Way to go!! 👍👍👍