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DirtWatts vs Biketerra for mountain bikers

Biketerra is the closest app to DirtWatts: it runs in the browser, has a free tier forever, and lets you ride almost any route you upload. It is built around roads and open routes. DirtWatts goes deep instead of wide: fewer trails, each rebuilt from lidar with its surface and a physics model fitted on dirt.

Prices and features checked October 2026. US list prices.

Choose Biketerra if…

You want to ride your own GPX routes anywhere in the world
You want free online events
You need an iPhone or Android app

Choose DirtWatts if…

You want singletrack that is cut into the hillside the way the real trail is
You want grades from 1 m lidar, sampled every metre along the trail
You want surfaces that change how hard the trail rides

Or ride both

$129.98a year for Biketerra and DirtWatts

Keep Biketerra for road days. DirtWatts adds the trails for $4.17 a month, billed yearly, or start on the free tier.

Head to head

DirtWatts and Biketerra, side by side

Yes
Partly
Coming soon
No
Not advertised

DirtWatts compared with Biketerra
Feature	DirtWatts	Biketerra
Price (US)	$4.99 a month or $49.99 a year	$7.99 a month or $79.99 a year
Free option	Free tier: two featured trails, rotated monthly	Free forever: 6 featured routes, 5 uploads, public events
What you ride	Real US mountain bike trails, rebuilt one by one	3D routes built from real-world map data
MTB singletrack	Every trail is singletrack or dirt, from Park City to Moab, Sedona, Bend and Durango	Not advertised
Elevation source	USGS 1 m bare-earth lidar	Real-world elevation data
Surface changes resistance	Yes: each trail section carries its surface, so hardpack rolls faster than loose dirt	Not advertised
Ride your own routes	Coming soon: one US trail request a month, baked from lidar	Yes: GPX, TCX or FIT, unlimited on the paid plan
Group rides and racing	Leaderboards and climb segments coming soon; group rides on the roadmap	Yes: free public events, clubs, hosting on the paid plan
Structured workouts	No. You ride trails	Yes
Runs on	Chrome or Edge on Windows, macOS and ChromeOS. Desktop app on the roadmap	Chrome, Edge or Brave, plus apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android

What Biketerra does better

Ride almost any route on Earth from your own GPX, TCX or FIT
Free public events, plus clubs and hosting on the paid plan
Native apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android
Over 50,000 km of public routes on the paid plan

What only DirtWatts does

Real US singletrack, cut into the hillside the way the real trail is
Grades from USGS 1 m bare-earth lidar, not a GPS track
Trail surfaces that change resistance: hardpack rolls faster than loose dirt
A rider model fitted to a real power-meter ride on dirt, with thinner air at altitude
A free tier, and $49.99 a year for the full library

DirtWatts and Biketerra: questions

Can I ride mountain bike trails on Biketerra?

Biketerra builds 3D routes from map data and will draw any route you upload, but it doesn't advertise trail surfaces or an MTB physics model. DirtWatts is built only for mountain bike trails: lidar terrain, surfaces that change resistance, and a rider model fitted on dirt.

Both run in the browser. What is different?

Both use Web Bluetooth in Chrome or Edge, so neither needs an install on a computer. Biketerra covers a huge range of routes. DirtWatts rebuilds a smaller library of real trails by hand, from lidar.

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