Originally Posted by canklecat

The Elemnt Bolt is designed to share ride data to Strava, live or after the ride, so it shouldn't be necessary to run Strava simultaneously. But it can also do live segments with premium customers.

I use Wahoo Fitness, Cyclemeter (iPhone only) and Strava. A few times I've run all three simultaneously to compare data. They're all pretty close so now I run only Cyclemeter or Wahoo Fitness and later upload the data to Strava. Saves battery drain compared with running two or three apps that all do pretty much the same thing.

All record pretty much the same data, but each differs in display while running. Cyclemeter displays the most info while riding; Wahoo Fitness the least, but it offers the largest and most easily visible display on my smallish iPhone 4s screen; Strava is somewhere between the two in accessible data while riding.

Cyclemeter and Wahoo Fitness both can upload to Strava, but can't share with each other. Wahoo Fitness is free and designed to work with Wahoo devices, but runs alone just fine on my iPhone.

I haven't tried Ride With GPS for awhile and need to revisit it to try turn by turn navigation. At the time I first tried it I was only interested in recording rides to review later.

My iPhone doesn't have a data plan so it's a standalone GPS device while I'm out riding, away from wifi. The other apps I use are OSM and Maps if I get lost and need a hint. Usually I'm happy to just wander around until I find my way again. Occasionally I'll use a compass and slope gauge to compare results of climbs against existing mapped data for hilly routes.

And I'll use the camera to snap pix or video for easier embedding with Strava. But I've begun carrying a weatherproof Olympus Tough camera so I don't rely on the iPhone alone for photos as much.