Best drive tracking apps for car and motorcycle (2026)

Short answer

If you want your drives recorded automatically and turned into statistics and a shareable card, pick Rovia, Enroad, Wheelz or Open Road. If instead you want to plan a route in advance and get turn-by-turn guidance on the way, pick REVER, Scenic or calimoto; if crash detection matters most on a motorcycle, pick Detecht. These two groups do different jobs and are usually not alternatives to each other: the first tells you what you did once you are back, the second gets you onto the road. Below is what each one does well and where it falls short.

Source: public Apple App Store data (US storefront), 13 September 2026. Ratings are store averages and change over time.

How this list was put together

Release dates, ratings and rating counts come from Apple's public App Store data. Features come from each app's own store description — nothing here is guessed or repeated second-hand. Cycling and running apps (Strava, Cyclemeter, Ride with GPS, Bikemap) are deliberately left out: they show up constantly in "drive tracking" searches but they are not built for cars and motorcycles.

Recording and statistics apps

Enroad (formerly TripRank)

Previously known as TripRank. Launched in 2026 and has already passed 6,000 ratings at a 4.8 average, the highest on this list. It detects and records trips automatically and generates a shareable image when a trip ends. Advanced statistics require an Enroad Pro subscription. Currently English only.

Wheelz

Released in June 2026, 3,236 ratings at a 4.7 average. As the name suggests it is a social drive tracker: with location permission granted it detects movement and opens and closes the trip in the background, with no manual start or stop. You add vehicles with make, model and year and your history stays tied to the car. It is the only app here that publishes its prices in the listing: $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month, $49.99 a year. It also states that its leaderboards carry no speed metrics. Requires iOS 18 and is English only.

Open Road

Also a 2026 release. It invests in the visual side: a live driving HUD, an animated route trail and garage statistics. Supports 29 languages. Requires iOS 18 or later.

Rovy

Very new and very small: 7 ratings. It has interesting extras such as G-force measurement and Apple Watch heart-rate tracking, but it requires iOS 26, so it will not run on older devices. It is frequently confused with Rovia because of the name; they are separate apps from separate teams.

Rovia

Our app. It records a drive with one tap or by automatic detection, capturing route, distance, duration, average and top speed, and elevation. On top of that there is a heatmap of the roads you drive most, a garage where you add your cars and motorcycles with photos, a friends feed, a live map during active drives and a weekly distance leaderboard. No ads and no third-party ad SDKs. The free tier covers recording and statistics; Rovia PRO adds speed analysis, monthly and yearly stats, unlimited history and unlimited vehicles.

Weaknesses, plainly: it does not navigate — Rovia is a recording and sharing tool, not a route-guidance app. It runs on iPhone only; there is no Android version. It launched in September 2026, so the community is still small and there are no App Store ratings yet. The interface is available in English and Turkish.

Route planning and navigation apps

REVER

The established name in the category. Live since 2015, with more than 16,000 ratings and a 4.7 average. It describes itself as a GPS app and community for motorcycle, snowmobile and off-road riders. It offers a hand-picked route library, three routing engines (an off-road planner, a twisty-routing engine and A-to-B guidance) and ride recording.

Strength: the route archive and the size of the community. Weakness: the free tier is limited and serious use needs a subscription; the interface is also heavy if all you want is a record of your ride.

Scenic

Live since 2016, more than 7,000 ratings, 4.7 average. It finds curvy and scenic roads automatically, imports GPX, works offline and supports CarPlay. It records rides and keeps stats as well, but its centre of gravity is planning.

calimoto

German, live since 2018. Its headline claim is a routing algorithm that makes a route as curvy as possible. Worldwide offline maps and CarPlay come with the Premium subscription. Built for motorcycle touring; heavier than most people need for everyday driving.

Detecht

A Swedish motorcycle app. What sets it apart is safety: it offers crash detection and emergency alerts, alongside route planning and recording. A sensible choice if you ride alone and want a safety net.

Which one should you pick?

• Planning a long motorcycle tour and need directions. REVER, Scenic or calimoto. If offline maps are non-negotiable, calimoto or Scenic.
• Riding alone and safety comes first. Detecht.
• You just want your drives logged with proper stats. Rovia, Enroad, Wheelz or Open Road — see the detailed comparison of the three.
• You want to compare and share with friends. Rovia or Wheelz.
• You are on Android. Several apps here have Android versions; Rovia is iOS only for now.

Four things to check before you install

Reading the low-rated reviews across this category, the complaints cluster into a few themes. Whichever app you pick, check these first:

1. What is actually in the free tier? The single most common complaint is a feature people assumed was basic turning out to sit behind a subscription. Read the subscription paragraph of the store listing to the end.
2. Does background recording survive? If location permission is not set to "Always", iOS can stop the recording. Do a short test drive before your first long one.
3. Battery drain. Continuous GPS drains a phone fast. Plan a charging source for long rides.
4. Where does your data go? Location data is sensitive. Check the privacy policy for who it is shared with and whether you can delete your account.

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