iBiker Cycling & Heart Trainer

I wrote a review a few years ago that the app had updated and wasn’t working for me anymore BUT that changed. A few updates later, I’m still here and iBiker is one of the few apps (of the many I have) I have used for many years. Keeps me motivated to get out there and exercise!

For as popular as biking is, there is a dearth of functional biking apps. Some are so complicated as to make them nearly useless. Others are so limited that it is difficult to find anything useful in them. IBiker is among the best. iBiker comes as close as any biking apps I've used that allows me to customize its functions to provide data important to me . My needs are pretty fundamental. I want to know my heart rate, how far I've gone, how long I've been riding and a map showing my route. Some functions are a little overly complicated. For instance, the connection between my Apple Watch and iPhone seems to get confused when starting a ride. Pressing "Start" on the watch results in an error on the iPhone saying the sensor couldn't be connected. Conversely, starting a ride with my iPhone causes my Watch to go into pause mode. Monkeying around with both devices will eventually get them synced and working properly. The iPhone display is bright and read easily. Customization is easy and gives numerous options. The added bonus is that there are a plethora of other excise types from which to choose. I'm off to the gym to try a few of them out using iBiker! (I would love to beta test this app to help quash some of its bugs and to recommend improvements in the UI.)

I have been using ibiker for 4 years now, and there is nothing better out there that captures what I am looking for and allows me to set my dash board the WAY I WANT TO!! (Simple while Riding, just the feedback I want, then analysis later, after the ride) I wanted to give a shout out to technical support, especially Chris! I use my iPhone mostly and always for ibiker. I recently lost that phone with 4 years of rides/routes/data on it, and the email account to recover my login is no longer active! (Couldn't remember the password anyway....) I reached out to the ibiker guys with a different email, through the app that I re-downloaded, and they got right back to me! I provided some background of the name of my account and the location of the last known rides, and Chris was able to find my account, reset the password for me and get it back to me! All of the sudden, I have all of my custom pages again that I like to use, and more importantly, my Riding history!! (I go different places for work, and like to find new routes, and once I have that, I can go back through my history and find the route when I visit there again) Chris, Thanks again for the rapid response, you guys are the best!! Ken

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A couple of months ago the updated version of iBiker started crashing every time I launch it. I restart the iPhone and have removed and reinstalled the app but it still crashes when I launch it each time. There have been at least 2 more updates but those versions of iBiker do the same — crashing every time I start the app. So, I give up. It was a great app and I used it all the time. But, if it won’t run, there is no point in keeping it on my phone. It’s time to delete iBiker app, permanently. Good bye iBiker. I liked you when you worked and am sad that you no longer launch without crashing.

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Ibiker recently did an update. After the with a free trial of 10 minutes of use for my sensors. After 10 minutes all sensors lost connection. I had previously paid for the upgraded version that allowed the sensors to connect for the entire ride. Even though time remains on my yearly purchase, iBiker simply wiped the remaining time out and kept the payment. So the new version will rip you off, keep your money, and want an additional payment. Poor business practices. DO NOT UPDATE. You will have to pay again if you want your sensors to work. Be forewarned!