Biketo: Automatic Ride Tracker

With its slick interface, hassle-free operation and Health app connectivity I had high hopes for Biketo but it fails at its most important job - recording bike rides accurately. It usually only kicks in after at least a few hundred meters but sometimes whole rides go unnoticed. Apparently it’s partly due to the way iOS tracks location changes. It is definitely possible to make a tracking app for cycling that works. Moves and Human apps were, and now Ride App is capable of high accuracy. Sadly, the Biketo developer doesn’t seem to have looked for other solutions to overcome its weakness, so after four years of just tinkering the app is as useless as it it ever was.

…och väl värd 5 stjärnor. Åtminstone fram tills för ett år sedan, numer fungerar den bara ytterst sporadiskt, och utvecklaren verkar ha lämnat den vind för våg. Synd! (Funktionsmässigt är den egentligen nere på 1 stjärna nu, men jag är nostalgiskt frikostig med 3.)

Älskar idén, simpelt och bra. Har dock problem med att den har lite svårt att skilja på gång/cykel/bil. Mina resor styckas upp i korta snuttar och jag får sällan en sammanhängande resa.

Went out for a ride in the freezing cold just to try the app out. Automatically picked up my ride without issues. Can’t want until real bike season starts to start using it for real to track my progress. The automatic feature is great compared to other manual apps and love that you easily see the weekly streak. Thanks!

I downloaded this in order to auto detect commutes by bike in the background. Unfortunately, I can’t get it to do that. At all. This is on an iPhone 8, activity in background, GPS and data at all times are enabled. Version 2020.12