Cyclers: Bike Route Planner

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4.8of 5 · store
321ratings on the App Store
34reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

People value the planner for routing them through quiet streets, back lanes and cut-throughs away from busy traffic, and for suggesting routes they'd never have made themselves, plus you can drop waypoints at a gas station or shop for a rest stop. It breaks down on route quality and reliability. Several independent riders report it led them onto impassable overgrown trails, private property and a cattle pen, and it also gets distances wrong, freezes mid-ride losing data, fails to save rides and throws server errors.

What people use it for

City cyclists who want a planner for quiet routes around familiar areas, not blind navigation through unknown terrain.

What reviews praise

Routes through quiet streets and neighborhoods away from traffic, waypoints at a gas station or shop, finds new routes you'd never plan yourself, regular updates, battery-saving OLED mode, clean interface

What reviews complain about

Routes lead onto impassable overgrown trails, private property and dangerous spots, inaccurate distances, freezes mid-ride and loses data, fails to save rides, server errors, voice directions go silent, many features locked behind a paid subscription

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

Instead decided to try the app choosing the easy route, minimum climbs and paved. The app took me through muddy overgrown wooden paths