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Head-to-head

Trailforks vs Ride with GPS

Trailforks 4.7★ · Free + IAP 55
Winner Ride with GPS
Ride with GPS 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70

Choose Ride with GPS for a more reliable navigation experience.

Full reviews: Trailforks · Ride with GPS

Ride with GPS edges out Trailforks with better overall reliability and user experience, particularly for navigation. While both apps offer free versions, users have reported more consistent functionality and customer support with Ride with GPS compared to the paywall frustrations of Trailforks.

Head to head

features edge: Ride with GPSR2R4R19R89
Trailforks Trailforks offers a wide range of trail maps and community-generated content, but many features are locked behind a paywall, leading to frustration among free users who feel limited.
Ride with GPS Ride with GPS provides robust route planning and navigation tools, but some users find it lacking in certain features and intuitiveness.
ease of use edge: Ride with GPSR12R39R64R118
Trailforks Users find Trailforks' interface non-intuitive and buggy, with many reporting crashes and difficulties in navigation.
Ride with GPS Ride with GPS has been criticized for its clunky interface and occasional navigation issues, but overall users report a smoother experience compared to Trailforks.
reliability edge: Ride with GPSR6R52R97R100
Trailforks Trailforks has a significant number of reviews citing bugs and crashes, particularly after updates, leading to a frustrating user experience.
Ride with GPS Ride with GPS users report issues like inaccurate tracking and app crashes, but generally find it more reliable than Trailforks.
price/value edge: Ride with GPSR24R25R91R105
Trailforks Trailforks is seen as expensive for the limited features available in the free version, with many users feeling forced to pay for Pro to access basic functionalities.
Ride with GPS Ride with GPS also faces criticism for its pricing, but users feel they receive better value for the features provided compared to Trailforks.
support edge: Ride with GPSR54R56R89
Trailforks Trailforks users report poor customer support and difficulty in resolving issues, especially when the app fails to function.
Ride with GPS Ride with GPS users have noted that customer service is responsive and helpful, making it easier to resolve problems.
Pick Trailforks if

you are primarily interested in mountain biking trails and are willing to pay for premium access.

Pick Ride with GPS if

you want a more reliable navigation experience and better customer support.

Evidence note: The reviews for Trailforks are heavily skewed towards users frustrated with the paywall and app functionality, while Ride with GPS has a more balanced range of experiences, but still faces criticism.

Frequently asked

Is Trailforks free?
Trailforks offers a free version, but many features are locked behind a $54/year subscription, leading to frustration for users who feel limited without paying.

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. [R2] Trailforks 4/5 · US I wish you could do more without the pro: Better than the other apps, but I wish you could do more without the pro and not pay a lot of money every single year but it’s right. The free ones are also good.
  2. [R4] Trailforks 1/5 · US Pay to play: This app is entirely inaccessible without buying pro. Dont download this unless youve already spent the 60 dollars on traiforks pro
  3. [R19] Trailforks 1/5 · US Useless without a paid subscription: I used the app for years and contributed to trail logs etc. When they started charging I thought, ok, paid for a subscription for a year. It wasn’t that worth it considering the information is crowdsourced and the app is never updated and buggy. It expired and I’m so disappointed with the free version. They make it totally useless. Can’t see any details and a p
  4. [R89] Ride with GPS 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
  5. [R12] Trailforks 3/5 · US Good map/Bad interface: Ride went fine, it followed my progress, but it didn't save easily, shows my ride in a weird spot, and just generally has a non-intuitive interface.
  6. [R39] Trailforks 3/5 · GB Review: Really good App- BUT it has crashed whilst ‘loading ride’ it seems to trying to load all the rides on the map. So please fix because it is a great app, but unusable at the moment!
  7. [R64] Ride with GPS 1/5 · US Hot Garbage: Worst gps app I’ve ever used. Doesn’t even get my current location correct. And don’t get me started with the annoying pop-ups asking me to subscribe.
  8. [R118] Ride with GPS 1/5 · US Mobile route planning: Terrible to worse
  9. [R6] Trailforks 3/5 · US Force Closing: I don’t use this very often, and for some insane reason I pay for this thing. I was just trying to look at some trail centers in the app and it kept force closing. I also pay for Strava premium which I’ve already canceled, but my subscription runs through July. Don’t make me go back to them.
  10. [R52] Trailforks 1/5 · US Buggy: Shadow of its former self. The app was so much better with no bugs prior to them charging for the app. Now it’s constantly buggy with the discover and feed icons frozen in the middle of the screen or it closes unexpectedly. If you zoom in too closely, you can’t click on each riding zone which you could always do years ago without endless bugs and icons disappearing.
  11. [R97] Ride with GPS 1/5 · US Rarely works: When it works, it’s great. Unfortunately, it rarely works.
  12. [R100] Ride with GPS 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.
  13. [R24] Trailforks 3/5 · GB Was a great app!: 50% increase in price is over the top. £25 for app on previous years now jumps to £37 a year. Your greed just lost you a subscriber.
  14. [R25] Trailforks 2/5 · US I don’t want to pay for premium: Hard to use unless you pay for premium. The big banner blocking half the screen and not being able to information about a trail on the free version makes this app useless for anyone who doesn’t want the *fork* over $60 a year.
  15. [R91] Ride with GPS 1/5 · US Ouch $$$$$: Too expensive for me
  16. [R105] Ride with GPS 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
  17. [R54] Trailforks 1/5 · US 0 customer support: This is indeed my favorite mtb app out there, I've been using it for years. It's great, until you have a problem! Recently my app stopped working and saying "user has been deactivated" when I try to login. I have tried everything to login or reset my account, even tried to set up a new account which gave me a different error. I have reached out multiple times on 2 separate oc
  18. [R56] Trailforks 2/5 · US Waste of time: So for some reason this app randomly completely blocks you out. Won't let you login won't let you reset your password. If you contact customer service you're jumping through 1 million hoops. you can't even seeing anything without paying for the app. Don't waste your time

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store