Cardo Connect vs Geovelo - Bike GPS & Stats Usage & Stats

Discover Geovelo, the free and ad-free app for all your bike journeys. - Secure routes with a unique world-class route calculator. - Customized routes based on your bike type (standard, electric, shared, etc.) and preferred route type (fastest or safest). - Personalized statistics on your activities and their impact. - Automatic detection and recording of your bike journeys. - Civic-minded operation that assists cities in improving their bike infrastructure. - Mapping of bike parking facilities and bike lanes. - Collective and individual challenges. - Catalog of bike routes and rides. - Weather alerts. - Dedicated Wear OS app for easy ride tracking. In Detail: • CUSTOMIZED ROUTES & GPS The app adapts to your bike type, speed, and preferred route type. Geovelo prioritizes bike lanes, cycle paths, and low-traffic roads for your comfort, safety, and peace of mind. Geovelo includes real-time guidance with map, full-screen, and compass modes, along with voice guidance and notifications. • STATISTICS & AUTOMATIC RECORDING Simply ride with the Geovelo app installed, and your journeys are automatically detected and recorded. You can review them within the app. Please note that you'll need to grant location access when the app is closed or in the background for this feature to work. • A VIRTUOUS CITIZEN APP Data generated from journeys recorded with the Geovelo app are anonymized and used solely to analyze and improve bike-friendliness in partner cities. • BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIKE PARKING With its comprehensive mapping, Geovelo also allows you to quickly find bike infrastructure, parking facilities, and bike racks nearby. • COMMUNITIES & CHALLENGES Connect with other cyclists in your city or workplace and take part in regular activity challenges. Ride your bike every day or cover the most kilometers to aim for the top of your community leaderboard. • BIKE ROUTES & RIDES The app also features bike routes such as La Vélodyssée, Via Rhôna, La Loire à Vélo, La Scandibérique, La Flow Vélo, Le Canal des deux Mers à Vélo, La Vélo Francette, La Véloscénie, L'Avenue Verte London-Paris, and many more. It also offers numerous rides to explore the heritage and its riches. • CONTRIBUTIONS & REPORTING Enhance the mapping of parking facilities and infrastructure through our connection with OpenStreetMap, a community mapping project, and help fellow cyclists by reporting issues or dangerous routes. • MANY PRACTICAL TOOLS Weather alerts for your favorite routes (to advise you on departure times based on weather conditions), simplified address search, and more. • SHARED BIKES Geovelo displays real-time availability for shared bikes, including Bordeaux V3, Vélolib, Vélo'+, Donkey Republic, V'Lille, Velam, VéloCité, Villo, Velo2, Cristolib, Vélo'V, Le vélo, VéloCité, VélOstan'lib, Bicloo, Cy'clic, VélôToulouse, LE vélo STAR, PBSC, PubliBike V1, Yélo, Optymo, C.vélo, Vélib', Vélocéa, Velopop', and more. • Permissions Location: Necessary for displaying your GPS location and proper navigation. Background Location: To save your bike journey locations, speeds, and statistics, access to your location when the app is closed is necessary for activity detection and manual recording features to work. • Regular updates to continually improve Geovelo and add new features. • Follow us on social media, and if you like Geovelo, please rate and share it with others!