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DirtWatts vs Kinomap for mountain bikers
Kinomap has one of the largest video libraries around, filmed by its riders, and covers cycling, running and rowing. You can find mountain bike videos, but quality and grade data depend on whoever filmed them. DirtWatts rebuilds a smaller set of real trails in 3D from lidar, so every trail has clean grades and you ride your own line.
Prices and features checked October 2026. US list prices.
Choose Kinomap if…
- You want the widest choice of real places on video
- You also row or run indoors
- You like to film and share your own routes
Choose DirtWatts if…
- You want consistent quality, trail to trail
- You want lidar grades instead of a filming rider's GPS
- You want a free tier with no time limit
Or ride both
$139.98a year for Kinomap and DirtWatts
Keep Kinomap 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 Kinomap, side by side
- Yes
- Partly
- Coming soon
- No
- Not advertised
| Feature | DirtWatts | Kinomap |
|---|---|---|
| Price (US) | $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year | $11.99 a month or $89.99 a year |
| Free option | Free tier: two featured trails, rotated monthly | 14-day trial |
| What you ride | Real US mountain bike trails, rebuilt one by one | 40,000+ geotagged videos filmed by riders |
| MTB singletrack | Every trail is singletrack or dirt, from Park City to Moab, Sedona, Bend and Durango | Some rider-filmed mountain bike videos |
| Elevation source | USGS 1 m bare-earth lidar | GPS from the filmed ride |
| 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: upload your own video and GPS track |
| Group rides and racing | Leaderboards and climb segments coming soon; group rides on the roadmap | Not advertised |
| Structured workouts | No. You ride trails | Yes |
| Runs on | Chrome or Edge on Windows, macOS and ChromeOS. Desktop app on the roadmap | iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV |
Strengths
What Kinomap does better
- Over 40,000 videos from around the world
- Running and rowing as well as cycling
- Upload your own video and GPS track
- Apps for phones, tablets and TVs
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 Kinomap: questions
Does Kinomap have mountain bike videos?
Yes. Kinomap's riders have filmed some mountain bike routes. Picture quality and grade data vary with the camera and GPS that filmed each one. DirtWatts trails are all rebuilt from 1 m lidar.
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