Let's start off with one that most certainly has been created with petrol heads in mind. The possibility to track your rides and share them with whoever you want, record speed, mileage and lean angle – and even to discover brand new routes: Eat Sleep Ride is the app which has about everything a biker could wish for and more.

The app even allows photo sharing and live tracking, which means friends and family can find out exactly where you are on your ride – if you would want that, of course. Organizing a bbq with your motorcycle club or planning to attend a touring event? Make sure to share it on the app to spread the word and meet like-minded bikers.

The real fun part is hidden in the 'challenge'-section of the app, where you can show off your skills, and climb your way up a leader board – which in the end might just win you prizes. Cool, innit? In-app purchases include the Crashlight-option, which can detect a motorcycle crash and will alert specified contacts and emergency services with your location via text and email. Might well be worth the extra euros, dollars or yens.

Available on: iOS & Android
Price: Free (Crashlight is a paid option)
Eat Sleep Ride

When you're riding your bike, you don't always have the time to worry about the travel memories you would like to tell your grandchildren about. No worries, enter the Polarsteps app: you just schedule your upcoming trips and the app will do its magic. It checks your location from time to time, and plots the results on a colorful map where your mates and next of kin can follow your adventures in realtime.

As you approve the checkpoints Polarsteps suggests – the so-called ‘steps’ – and add your own photos, the travel log populates itself. The app also offers a wide range of statistics, such as trip duration, countries visited and distance traveled. When your trip is finished, a personal Travel Book is generated with the push of a button: photos, texts, travel statistics and details such as weather and altitude are neatly visualized for each location visited.

And the best thing about it is the tracking technology doesn't even drain your battery - acclaimed usage of a mere 4 percent a day. Where can we click that like button?

Available on: iOS & Android
Price: Free (but Travel Books cost a few bucks)

Yes, you've hit 100k and more kilometers on your bike, crossed seventeen countries on it and survived typhoons, hailstorms and more than one flood. Maybe even grinded your knees until you could smell the melting hair on your legs.

But can you also clearly remember the last time you've checked your tyre pressure? Or when you've last changed your oil? If this has got you scratching your beard, AUTOist might just become your new best friend, as this maintenance tracking app will make sure you’re always up-to-date before heading out on a ride so you’re not going to get caught short. The app allows you to store all your important information about your motorcycle including MOT date (if needed), service date, tyre check, filter replacements, fluid changes and a lot more.

Service coming up? No need to worry, as the app will alert you as it records how many kilometers or miles the bike has done. Even if you have more than one baby in the shed you're safe, as it can store multiple bikes and even your car – in case you ever use that glorified shopping cart - with their respective service history.

Available on: Android
Price: Free (but comes with ads)

Admit it, nothing – not even an unexpected visit from your mother-in-law and her sneaky, fur-coated chihuahua – we bikers hate more than getting home soaking wet after being hosed by a rainstorm. Even when forecast might've predicted radiant sunshine a day before, a lot can change in a few hours time.

Just download Dark Sky Weather, and you'll now down to the minute – and with tremendous accuracy how much rain you are going to get, which side of your helmet is going to get wet first and with a bit of luck which body parts will stay dry. No, seriously, the app tells you all you need to know about the upcoming weather in the blink of an eye.

Dark Sky Weather uses state-of-the-art technology to predict when it will rain or snow, down to the minute, at your exact location: it delivers hyperlocal forecasts, not just for your city or state, but right where you're standing. Precise down-to-the-minute notifications alert you whenever rain or snow is about to start.

Available on: iOS & Android
Price:

No matter what we do to prevent them: motorcycle accidents happen. Not a very pleasant matter to think about when the sun ’s out and your getting ready to twist that key and throttle - but you might as well do so.

By installing the First Aid app of the Red Cross on your mobile phone for example. Not only does it offer a one button emergency call, but it houses a lot of expert advice for emergencies in your hand: with videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice - from broken bones, over head injuries to heart attacks - it’s never been easier to know first aid for when it really matters. All of the content can be preloaded, so you don’t have to worry about reception or internet connection at any time.

Available on: iOS & Android
Price: Free

Do you use other apps while traveling? Let us know and we'll be happy to share with the community!

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