Bike & Run Tracker - Cadence 4+

I’ve used this app for over 2 years now and needed to write this… This app is amazing, connects to all my cadence, speed, power, heart rate, and varia sensors perfectly, I never have an issue. I started out trying every cycling app I could find in the App Store, and battled them all out to find the best. Cadence was far ahead of the rest, which either lacked features or were hard to read during rides. I’ve since tried all those apps again recently this summer and again confirmed how much better cadence is over anything else. Compared to the best dedicated bike computers, my iphone screen is brighter and bigger than any device from garmin, hammerhead, or wahoo, and the cadence app utilizes it fully to be a bike computer years ahead of anything else on the market. Get the pro version and save yourself the money you would have spent on even a base model bike computer. Full integration with apple health and Strava syncs my rides, navigation for new routes is helpful and very visible. The only thing that would be cool to start seeing is Dexcom and/or Libre integration to track blood sugar and nutrition during rides as this is starting to become a helpful feature in the cycling market.

HELPFUL TIP: When you switch to this app, definitely get a Mous cell phone case with the bike mount, and a matte glass screen protector (I got mine from Zagg) for an amazing bike computer experience with minimal glare and a secure fit to your bike.

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful and thorough review, much appreciated!

For starters and to be fair, I have been a Garmin user for over 10 years. I currently have the 1030 model. There are many things to like about it, but it has a lot of shortcomings. I was very skeptical that I might enjoy this Cadence app. However it does quite a bit more than I was expecting. It is very easy to use and is shockingly customizable.
One of the things about the Garmin head units that I don’t like is that the screens are very small, low resolution and hard to navigate (laggy). They are nothing like a modern day smart phone. I am now using this app on my iPhone 14 Pro it is so easy to navigate and to see. However, the only real downside is battery life. I will be using a top tube bag that has a battery in it if I need to plug it in.
I have several bikes inside that all have Garmin mounts. I bought a cheap phone case and added a Garmin mount to it and will just throw my phone in that case when I ride.
In the end, I’m really enjoying this app and better experience for tracking my rise. Oh, and I still can’t import those rides to Garmin so I can add that to all the history that I currently have.

Thank you so much for the review, happy to hear you're enjoying Cadence! :)

My racing days are over. I wanted this app just for the cadence to keep my knees healthy for tennis. It worked gr8 a couple times; then the ad I needed to watch (for the free version) WOULDN’T GO AWAY. I tried everything—deleting, uploading, throwing my phone—I couldn’t close the game ads. After a particularly frustrating session, I reviewed the app and gave it a 1. It was easy to download, fix my settings, customize, and navigate; but if I couldn’t actually use it, what’s the point?🤷‍♀️
WELL, Ryan answered me immediately and spent the weekend coming up with possible solutions, and finally fixing it (at least, so far so good!) in communication with the server. AMAZING customer service, technical help, and respect for his users. I’d like to upgrade my 1 ⭐️rating to a 5 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️rating!!!!
I bought a Garmin cadence sensor 2 and was told by the retailer it wouldn’t work with Cadence app, and I needed to invest in an expensive interface. Not so—it now works gr8.
Thank you, Ryan!

Update 2/24/21: I'm glad we got it figured out! Thanks so much for updating your review, much appreciated!

Original Response: Hey 53hoofer, I'm really sorry, that's super frustrating =/

I have virtually no control over how those ads work, they're served entirely by Google, and unfortunately they're sometimes absolutely infuriating to close because the X shows up nearly off the screen.

Any chance you could email me some screenshots, or tell me which advertisers they are? It might be possible to ban specific ads if I know what to search for.

Apologies for the terrible experience.

Ryan
support@getcadence.app