Ride with GPS navigation on iphone

Hey Nick,

Full disclosure, I work at Ride with GPS. Saw this comment and wanted to chime in, while a "dimming" feature isn't technically available, with Handlebar mode you can let your phone go to sleep, and our app will still speak the audio cues to you, in addition to flashing an alert above your lock screen. On Android it's great, we get to flash the entire map + cue above the lock screen. On iOS, Apple unfortunately does not allow us to do this and we can only produce a visual cue+info without the map. This recent tech tip video gives you a peak at setting this up and what it looks like on your phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfW0jRnGSt8&list=PLh4UEKmlT6_EUKYMjVddaD...

I've never had an Apple phone but OSM on Android (OSMAnd) can turn the screen on and off for turns, and every Android phone I've had has had the option to turn off the lock.

OSM also uses downloaded maps, so you can put the phone in flight mode to preserve the battery still further. Just upload your GPX file to it. It does voice prompts too, and can track your ride in a file you can upload to Strava later (in case you don't want have that running on your phone too).

But... I'm not sure it works so well on Apple devices though - I've read in the past that it didn't. Still, it's a free download with 7 free map download (get the whole-country one) so might be worth a try.

I think you're stuck with this.  I've had the same issue with both Strava and Map my Ride - though rarely use either for this purpose.   My best solution for this has been to use Google Navigation and rely on the voice prompts.  Not 100% sucessful but does the job.

TBH you probably need a GPS Cycle computer with Navigation as it fixes both the navigation and battery life issues..  Bryton get good reviews as a budget options in the £100 range.  Lezyne's a little bit more but less than Garmin/Wahoo's.   Ebay a second hand one for best value.   Im a Lezyne fan for cost/capabilities but it can be clunky.

Have a look at seller Tri-Sport Resort on Ebay if you are in the UK.  Thats CRC/Wiggles returns sale.  Got my last Mega XL GPS Lezyne from there for < £100 and it was brand new.