Alternatives to Bikerouter
A browser-based bicycle route planner built on BRouter with many routing profiles and GPX export. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Bikerouter
A browser-based bicycle route planner built on BRouter with many routing profiles and GPX export.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Bikerouter.
BRouter
An offline OpenStreetMap routing engine with configurable profiles, aimed mainly at bike routing.
BRouter is the open-source engine Bikerouter is built on, running offline on Android with configurable profiles that can plug into other map apps.
cycle.travel
A cycle route planner that favours quiet lanes, cycleways and traffic-free paths.
cycle.travel adds Android and iOS apps and favours quiet lanes and cycleways, with suggested circular and multi-day routes, but offers fewer routing profiles for different bike types.
Ride with GPS
A cycling route planner and navigation app with a large shared route library.
Ride with GPS adds turn-by-turn phone navigation and route sync to Garmin, Wahoo and Hammerhead devices, with some features requiring a paid subscription.
Komoot
Route planner and outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and mountain biking with community routes.
Komoot adds sport-specific routing with turn-by-turn navigation in mobile apps and a community route library, but requires an account and some features are paid.
gpx.studio
A free online editor for viewing, creating and editing GPX files with route planning tools.
gpx.studio is a free browser planner that also trims, splits and merges GPX tracks, though it focuses on GPX rather than several import formats.
Plotaroute
A web route planner for walks, runs and bike rides with auto-routing and GPS export.
Plotaroute is a web planner with automatic suggestions, route tracing tools and export to Garmin and Wahoo, with some features limited to paid members.
CycleStreets
A cycle journey planner and cycling photo map for the UK, built on OpenStreetMap data.
CycleStreets offers cycling-focused planning on the web and in iOS and Android apps, but concentrates on the UK and is still in beta.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
myWindsock
A web tool that forecasts wind and weather along cycling routes and analyses rides.
RouteConverter
An open-source Java desktop tool for converting and editing GPS routes, tracks and waypoints.
GPS Visualizer
A free online tool that turns GPS files, addresses and coordinates into maps, profiles and converted files.
openrouteservice
An open-source routing, isochrone and geocoding service built on OpenStreetMap data, usable online or self-hosted.
