Alternatives to Ride with GPS
A cycling route planner and navigation app with a large shared route library. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Ride with GPS
A cycling route planner and navigation app with a large shared route library.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Ride with GPS.
Komoot
Route planner and outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and mountain biking with community routes.
Komoot plans sport-specific routes for cycling and hiking with turn-by-turn navigation and a community route library, though it requires an account and some features are paid.
Bikemap
A cycling route planner and bike computer app with a large library of community-shared routes.
Bikemap offers a web and app route planner with a large community route library and offline maps, but turn-by-turn navigation requires Premium.
cycle.travel
A cycle route planner that favours quiet lanes, cycleways and traffic-free paths.
cycle.travel is free and routes along quiet lanes and cycleways with GPX export for bike computers, but it has fewer social features and targets touring rather than training.
Plotaroute
A web route planner for walks, runs and bike rides with auto-routing and GPS export.
Plotaroute is a web planner for walks, runs and rides with Garmin and Wahoo export, but it has no phone navigation app listed and needs an internet connection.
RouteYou
Web platform for finding, planning and downloading cycling, walking and motorcycle routes for GPS devices.
RouteYou provides cycling, walking and motorcycle routes to download to GPS devices on the web, but it carries personalised ads and has no listed phone navigation.
Mapy.com
Map service with world search, hiking and cycling trails, city maps and route planning.
Mapy.com adds marked hiking and cycling trails and route planning across web and apps, with trail detail strongest in Europe and some paid features.
Cyclemeter
A phone-based bike computer and workout tracker for cycling, running, walking and hiking.
Cyclemeter works as a phone bike computer with turn-by-turn navigation on planned routes and no account needed, but it has no desktop or web planner.
Wikiloc
A trail-sharing platform and mobile app for finding, recording and following outdoor routes with GPS.
Wikiloc covers around 80 outdoor activities with tens of millions of shared trails and free offline maps, though several navigation features require Premium.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Ride with GPS as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Bikerouter
A browser-based bicycle route planner built on BRouter with many routing profiles and GPX export.
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.
CycleStreets
A cycle journey planner and cycling photo map for the UK, built on OpenStreetMap data.
Ride with GPS adds a detailed web planner, phone voice navigation and route sync to Garmin, Wahoo and Hammerhead devices, with some features paid.
Footpath Route Planner
A mobile route planner where you draw a path with your finger to measure distance and elevation.
Ride with GPS provides web planning and turn-by-turn phone navigation with device sync, but is focused on cycling rather than running or hiking.
gpx.studio
A free online editor for viewing, creating and editing GPX files with route planning tools.
Ride with GPS offers a detailed web route planner plus phone navigation and device sync, but it is cycling-focused with some paid features.
OpenRunner
A route planner for hiking, running and cycling, with a web editor and mobile app.
Ride with GPS provides a detailed web planner and phone navigation with device sync, but focuses on cycling rather than hiking or running.
Trailforks
A crowd-sourced map of mountain bike trails with trail conditions and ratings from riders.
Ride with GPS focuses on cycling route planning with a large shared route library and device sync, rather than a mountain bike trail condition map.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
BRouter
An offline OpenStreetMap routing engine with configurable profiles, aimed mainly at bike routing.
myWindsock
A web tool that forecasts wind and weather along cycling routes and analyses rides.
VeloViewer
A web app that analyses and visualises your Strava activity data with goals and maps.
Bryton Active
Companion app and website for Bryton GPS bike computers, covering activity tracking, training plans and route planning.
