Question 1

What is the difference between BikeCare and ProBikeGarage?

Accepted Answer

ProBikeGarage tracks wear through four metrics — distance, moving time, elapsed time and number of rides — and alerts you when a service interval you set yourself is reached. BikeCare additionally weights wet weather, surface and elevation gain, brings a tyre pressure calculator with tyre width front and rear, tyre system and the ISO/ETRTO ceiling for hookless rims, stores chain care intervals for each lubrication method, and works out cost per year and per kilometre. ProBikeGarage, in turn, has been on the market far longer, has a large predefined bike catalogue and allows several setups per bike. As at 19 July 2026.

Question 2

Is ProBikeGarage enough to track component wear?

Accepted Answer

For distance- and time-based service intervals, yes. The documented basis is four metrics — distance, moving time, elapsed time and number of rides — plus alerts when your interval is reached, a catalogue of 47,000+ bikes from 60+ brands with predefined intervals, and several setups per bike. What the public provider pages do not set out is any weighting by conditions (wet, surface, elevation gain) or by measured power, and no tyre pressure calculator is listed there (as at 19 July 2026). If those are what you are after, that is the gap BikeCare is built to fill.

Question 3

What languages are BikeCare and ProBikeGarage available in?

Accepted Answer

The ProBikeGarage app is localised into eight languages according to Apple's lookup API, German among them; the provider's website, help centre and blog are in English only. BikeCare runs in English and German, app and website alike, and support is answered by the developer directly. One thing worth knowing before you sign up: BikeCare works in kilometres throughout — there is no imperial unit setting.

Question 4

How much does ProBikeGarage cost compared with BikeCare?

Accepted Answer

With ProBikeGarage the price depends on the platform (as at 19 July 2026): in the German App Store the download costs €3.99, with optional Premium at €2.99 a month or €29.99 a year. In the Play Store the install is free and in-app purchases are stated as €3.19 to €26.99 per item. The provider's website quotes 2.99 US dollars a month and 24.99 US dollars a year, subject to a currency caveat. Core maintenance tracking at ProBikeGarage is free; Premium covers attachments up to 10 GB, deeper usage insights, priority support and a daily rather than weekly full Strava sync. BikeCare is free for up to two bikes; the optional Pro subscription unlocks AI auto-setup, the Copilot chat and the monthly report.

Question 5

Does ProBikeGarage take rain, surface and elevation gain into account when calculating wear?

Accepted Answer

No such weighting is set out on the public provider pages. The website, help centre, blog and both store descriptions name only distance, moving time, elapsed time and number of rides as the basis for service intervals (as at 19 July 2026). BikeCare weights these things explicitly: wet weather and surface raise the wear on chain, cassette and chainring, and elevation gain raises the wear on brake pads and rotors.

Question 6

Is BikeCare a good alternative to ProBikeGarage?

Accepted Answer

For road, gravel and MTB riders who want tyre pressure, chain care per lubrication method, condition-dependent wear and cost per kilometre worked out precisely, yes. If instead you need a large predefined bike catalogue, several setups per bike, or file attachments in the service log, ProBikeGarage is the better home. For a sense of how current things are: as at 19 July 2026 the ProBikeGarage store listings carry 28 and 29 July 2025 respectively as their last update.

Question 7

Do I need a Strava account for BikeCare?

Accepted Answer

For rides to be imported automatically, yes. BikeCare syncs through Strava only, by webhook right after the ride. If you already connect your Garmin or Wahoo to Strava — as most people do — nothing else is needed. If you deliberately ride without Strava, you should know about this limitation up front. ProBikeGarage's primary sources likewise name Strava as its sync source, combining real-time updates with a scheduled full sync: weekly, or daily on the Premium plan.

Question 8

Who develops BikeCare and where is the data held?

Accepted Answer

BikeCare is built by a single developer in Germany, the data sits on EU servers, the legal notice gives an address that can be served with legal documents, and support enquiries are answered by the developer himself. ProBikeGarage is distributed by Tappr Labs LLC according to the App Store listing, a US legal form; its privacy policy expressly grants GDPR rights to all users worldwide, but names neither a server location nor a cloud provider. That is a difference in how much the sources state, not a judgement about data security.

Feature	BikeCareBikeCare	PBGProBikeGarage
Remaining life per component	yes	partly
Remaining life forecast per component (chain, tyres, brake pads, cassette) yesBikeCare BikeCare shows a remaining life in kilometres and days for chain, tyres, brake pads, cassette and 20+ further parts. partlyProBikeGarage ProBikeGarage compares the distance ridden against an interval that the user sets themselves.
Weighted by conditions	yes	not stated
Wear weighted by conditions (wet, surface, elevation gain) yesBikeCare In BikeCare, wet weather, surface and elevation gain feed into the remaining life as factors. not statedProBikeGarage For ProBikeGarage — distance, moving time, elapsed time and number of rides are documented — weighting by conditions is not stated on the provider's own pages.
Weighted by power output	yes	not stated
Wear weighted by the power actually put out yesBikeCare Chain, cassette and chainring are additionally weighted by the work done: 200 km out of the saddle uphill loads the drivetrain harder than 200 km rolling along the flat. The calculation runs on kilojoules per kilometre and only counts power actually MEASURED by a power meter — Strava's estimates are deliberately left out because they ignore wind and drafting. Without a power meter the calculation stays unchanged.
Tyre pressure calculator	yes	not stated
Tyre pressure calculator (front/rear width, tube/tubeless/hookless, ETRTO limit) yesBikeCare BikeCare derives the pressure from system weight, front and rear tyre width and the tyre system, and on hookless rims caps it hard at the ISO/ETRTO maximum. not statedProBikeGarage A tyre pressure calculator is not stated on ProBikeGarage's own pages.
AI assistant and bike setup	yes	not stated
AI assistant and AI bike setup yesBikeCare AI auto-setup creates the bike from make and model including its parts list (live web search), the Copilot answers questions about your specific bike, and there is a monthly AI report. The AI parts recommendation with checked shop links is free (40 requests a month); the remaining AI features belong to Pro.
Chain care per lube method	yes	partly
Chain care intervals per lubrication method (hot wax, drip wax, dry lube, wet lube) yesBikeCare BikeCare stores its own interval for each method. partlyProBikeGarage ProBikeGarage addresses chain waxing explicitly in a blog post of its own, but the intervals are set by the user ("based on the mileage or time intervals you set").
Costs per year and per km	yes	not stated
Cost analysis per year and per kilometre yesBikeCare BikeCare converts the recorded costs into a figure per year and per kilometre ridden, per bike and across all bikes. not statedProBikeGarage For ProBikeGarage, price comparison for spare parts and logging workshop visits are documented; a structured cost field with an analysis is not.
Service book and export	yes	partly
Service book with costs and warranty, export as CSV and PDF yesBikeCare BikeCare exports the complete service book as CSV and as PDF. partlyProBikeGarage ProBikeGarage keeps a documented maintenance history with attachments of up to 10 GB on the Premium subscription; a CSV or PDF export is not stated.
Push and email reminders	yes	partly
Push and email reminders with separately adjustable frequency yesBikeCare In BikeCare the push frequency and the email digest are configurable independently of each other, and reminders can be snoozed individually. partlyProBikeGarage For ProBikeGarage, maintenance alerts are documented; email reminders and an adjustable frequency are not.
Friends, challenges, ranking	yes	not stated
Friend comparison, challenges and leaderboard yesBikeCare In BikeCare this is voluntary and switched off by default. Private groups with their own challenges are available.
Sync sources	partly	partly
Where the rides come from (sync sources) partlyBikeCare This is where BikeCare is weakest: it syncs via Strava only, by webhook shortly after the upload. Without a Strava account there is no automatic import. partlyProBikeGarage In its primary sources, ProBikeGarage likewise names Strava as its only sync source.
Operating hours as metric	yes	yes
Operating hours as an interval metric of its own (suspension fork, shock) yesBikeCare For fork and shock, operating hours are the technically correct yardstick — Fox and RockShox publish their service intervals in exactly that unit. BikeCare keeps them as a metric of its own alongside kilometres and calendar time, preset to 50 h for fork and shock and 100 h for the dropper post. yesProBikeGarage ProBikeGarage works with moving time and elapsed time.
EU provider, GDPR, EU servers	yes	not stated
EU provider under the GDPR, servers in Germany, public legal notice yesBikeCare BikeCare is developed in Germany and the data sits on EU servers; the legal notice gives a full postal address at which the provider can be served. not statedProBikeGarage According to the App Store, the seller of ProBikeGarage is Tappr Labs LLC, a US legal entity with no stated server location.

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