cycle.travel’s mobile app – available for iPhone and Android – is the companion to this website. Use it to navigate along the route you’ve planned, or simply as a quick and easy route-finder when you’re out on your bike.

What’s the difference between the website and the app?

They’re designed to complement each other!

Use the website when you’re planning a ride, researching a holiday or browsing through cycle routes.

Use the app for directions when you’re on your bike, or for quick-and-easy routing across town.

How do I use the app?

Across the bottom of the app screen, you’ll see a set of buttons. Click the Settings icon at the right. You’ll see Help in the menu that appears. This is your quick-start guide to the essential features.

This manual, here on the cycle.travel website, goes into more detail. Click the section headings near the top of the page to browse the pages.

Any essential tips?

The bottom panel can be dragged up and down. Drag it up to see buttons and the elevation graph. Drag it down to leave more space for the map.

The speedometer doubles as your pause/stop button! Tap it to pause a ride. Your ride will resume when you restart. Tap it again to stop, and clear the route.

The arrow button on the map gets you back to your current location if you’ve panned away.

Is it free?

Yes! Unlike most apps, turn-by-turn directions, offline maps, and international coverage are all free with cycle.travel. You don’t need to pay to “go premium” or “unlock regions”.

cycle.travel is created by one cycling developer (that’s me, aka Richard), and the mapping and routing servers do cost quite a lot to run. So if you enjoy the rides that cycle.travel plans for you, I’d love it if you were to become a supporter for a few pounds/euros/dollars a month. This helps me keep the servers running, and means I can spend more time building new features for the app and website.

To say thanks, supporters get extra features including:

• Extra clear Wayfarer map style, with strong colours for roads and paths
• Map library with maps including Ordnance Survey, IGN France, and OpenCycleMap
• Contours and hill-shading on the map
• Sketch mode – draw your route in seconds by just dragging your finger*
• Find points of interest – look for cafes, pubs, bike shops, toilets, drinking water and more (and it works offline!)
• Tappable icons – tap symbols on the map for more details

* This isn’t yet available in the Android version.