ArcRoute focuses on the ride itself, for iPhone riders from Britain to the Balkans: the riding time under every curviness step, Czech closures routed around, and a heatmap of every road you have ridden. All of it in English or Czech.
What each app does today, and what is free. Cardo Ride is the app called RISER until April 2026. Every Cardo Ride fact has its source under the table.
| Feature | ArcRouteeverything in the subscription | Cardo Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Curvy routing | Yesfour steps, a riding time under each | Yespaidcurvy and super curvy roads, with PRO |
| Round trips | Yes50 to 400 km or 1 to 8 hours | Yesa round trip from where you are |
| Voice guidance | YesEnglish and Czech, screen locked | Yesfreeprompts through your headset or intercom |
| Skipping stops you passed | Yeson its own, once a stop is behind you | Not verifieda Skip Waypoint button; whether it skips on its own is not documented |
| Czech | Yesapp, voice and website | Noten languages, Czech not among them |
| Offline maps | Partlya saved ride runs without signal; no map downloads | Yespaidmap areas to download, with PRO |
| Ride recording | Yesautomatic, with speed, elevation and estimated lean saved for a ride view to come | Yesfreea roadbook with photos and statistics |
| Ride heatmap | Yeshow often you rode each road, snapped to it | No |
| GPX import | Yessnapped to roads, or the line as drawn | Yesin the web route planner |
| GPX export | No | Yesfreerecorded rides |
| Road closures | PartlyCzechia, official data, routed around | No |
| CarPlay and Android Auto | No | YespaidCarPlay, and Android Auto since August 2026, with PRO |
| Android and a web planner | No | Yesfreeweb route planner, free |
| Shared routes and group rides | No | Yesfree and paidgroups, getaways and challenges; group rides with PRO |
| Where it routes | Partly27 countries, from Britain and Ireland to the Balkans, Iberia and Morocco | Yesthe whole world |
Three things ArcRoute is built around. Each has its own page if you want more.
Four steps from Direct to Wild, and the riding time under each one.
When ArcRoute plans a route, and every time it recalculates one on the road, it steers around closed roads in Czechia.
Record the season and watch your roads light up, brightest where you ride most.
With Cardo Ride you plan, record and navigate for free and pay for curvy roads, offline maps and CarPlay. It offers a trial and does not publish how long it runs. ArcRoute has no free version, and new riders try everything free first. App Store prices, VAT included.
| Plan | ArcRoute | Cardo Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | None | Planning, recording and turn-by-turn navigation |
| Cheapest plan | €6.99 a monthCZK 149 a month | €8.99 a monthCZK 229 a month |
| A year | €44.99CZK 999 | €29.99CZK 779 |
| Free trial | 14 days | Yes, length not published |
App Store prices, VAT included: the crowns from the Czech store, the euros from the German one. Each store has its own price list, so the crowns and the euros do not follow the exchange rate.
Plan a loop, ride it, and watch it land on your map. Keep Cardo Ride while you decide.
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The support page has the rest, from sign-in to subscriptions.
Yes. Cardo bought RISER in 2023 and renamed the app Cardo Ride in April 2026; accounts and recorded rides moved over with the update.
No. ArcRoute is one subscription with every feature in it, and new riders try it free first. The price table above has both apps side by side.
Yes. ArcRoute speaks its turns into your helmet over Bluetooth, in English or Czech, through whatever headset the phone is paired with, a Cardo included.
Yes, as GPX files. Cardo Ride exports your rides as GPX; ArcRoute imports the file, snaps it to the roads and guides you along it with voice.
Yes. The app, the voice in your helmet and the website come in Czech and English. Cardo Ride’s app comes in ten languages, and Czech is not one of them.
Partly. A saved ride runs from the phone, turns and voice included, but planning and rerouting need a connection, and the map shows only what the phone has already loaded. Downloadable offline maps are not there yet; Cardo Ride has them with PRO.
Then Cardo Ride is the one to choose today. ArcRoute is built natively for iPhone, and there is no Android version planned right now.
No. ArcRoute guides you with the phone on the bars or in your pocket and speaks into your helmet over Bluetooth, in English or Czech. Cardo Ride supports CarPlay and Android Auto with PRO.
In Czechia, yes: ArcRoute reads the official closure data, plans around it and shows the closures on the map. Outside Czechia it does not know about closures. Road closures are not among Cardo Ride’s features.
In twenty-seven countries: Britain and Ireland, the Benelux, France and Italy, Spain, Portugal and Andorra, from Germany and Poland down to Albania, and Morocco. The coverage page shows each one with its roads. Cardo Ride routes worldwide.
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