Life's too short to ride busy roads! cycle.travel is the app that finds you a route on quiet lanes and traffic-free cycleways.
Turn-by-turn directions and offline maps are 100% free - no need to "go premium". Trusted by thousands as a route-planning website, it's now an app for the first time.
Plan a cross-city commute, an afternoon ride, or a two-month touring holiday. cycle.travel finds your route in seconds to select the quietest, most scenic roads. Put your phone on your handlebars and let cycle.travel guide you.
cycle.travel is 100% independent, developed by one cyclist to plan the sort of routes I love. Become a supporter to help development of the app, and get extra maps such as Ordnance Survey, IGN France and OpenCycleMap!
"Essential for bicycling nomads" - The Guardian. "Fantastic" - Alastair Humphreys, author of Microadventures. "Better than all the other cycling route planners" - Jack Thurston, author of Lost Lanes. "A really good tool that I use a lot" - Will Norman, London's Cycling & Walking Commissioner.
(You can become a supporter within the app! This helps me develop it and keeps the servers running, plus gives you extra maps and other features. If you choose to do so, a purchase of the value you select will be applied to your Apple account on confirmation; subscriptions renew each month unless cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel any time from your standard account settings, or by choosing "Account status" within the app. The privacy policy is at https://cycle.travel/about/privacy and the terms of use are at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ .)
I’ve being using the App Store since the iPhone 3G - I think I could count how many times I’ve given an app 5 stars and this is one of those rare times.When I was looking for a free app to route my bike rides, I didn’t think I would find an app that does everything I want it to do for free, but I did. The routing is much better than Google maps (keeps you off the road as much as possible or on quite roads) the maps are super clear and smooth to use, to top it off you can click and find local hotels or campsites to stay at so the worry for long distance pre planing is kinda nonexistent, or at-least it’s a nice feature to fall back on if you’re ever caught short. I’m thankful that the devs decided to make this app for free without ads or anything annoying! If they do have a paid version, I’m very much enticed to pay for it - if this is a free app then one could only expect good thinks from this dev team
My preferred cycle route making service
Maximo Parc
This is by far the most approachable cycling app I have used, doesn’t bother with the extraneous distractions, just makes making great routes easy. Tip: can be useful to use the browser version on mobile to have more options, the app seems focused on following the route, if you want to edit routes the mobile browser version is very intuitive and convenient.
Can’t plan a route from home
Hoghton
I downloaded the app based on fantastic reviews. App looks and feels great, but I’m sure I’m missing something. Click on Plan, select where from and where to. Buttons below are get route and plan return. Clicking on either does absolutely nothing. If I then just use the where to field next to pls , I select a destination, but the route shown starts miles away from where I am when at home. Or, I can plan a route from home but the route ends miles away from my destination. Clearly I’m doing some wrong here, but close to giving up
The best!
Jo, Poundbury, Dorset
I discovered this app and website last year and used it to cycle from home to Switzerland with my tent. The navigation is clear and easy to use. I’m normally a road cyclist but the app seduced me onto tracks and forest trails which I loved. Easy to revert to tarmac when I wanted to. All of the information regarding accommodation and campsites was up to date and so useful in planning day to day. I’ve recommended it to so many cycling friends.
Show off your routes with a new shareable map image. Get more accurate arrival times - the ETA now takes elevation into account. Choose if you want your routes to start automatically or only when you say so. Open GPX files with multiple tracks. Plus lots of little improvements, battery life refinements, and bug fixes.
Version 2.4
The developer, Editions Systeme D, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Provider
Editions Systeme D Ltd
Size
53.9 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.