EatSleepRIDE shut down — what to use instead
EatSleepRIDE stopped its service on 27 September 2024 and removed its apps from the App Store and Google Play. Because ESR kept rides on its own servers, the first step is to export anything you can while the app still opens.
Riders have moved to route apps like REVER and Calimoto, and to Roveri, an iOS riding journal that keeps every ride on your own device and in your iCloud — so a ride you record outlives the app that recorded it.
What happened
EatSleepRIDE’s founder posted a notice that the service was ending: “As of this Friday, September 27th, 2024, we’ve decided to stop services.” The same notice added, “This is not the end. Stay tuned for what’s next by joining the mailing list.” Since then the ESR apps have been removed from the App Store and Google Play. You can read the full message on the EatSleepRIDE site.
Can you still get your rides out?
EatSleepRIDE kept rides on its own servers, so the ordinary way to reach them stopped when the service did. If you exported any rides to GPX while the app worked, keep those files — a GPX holds the route, timestamps, and elevation, and any modern riding or mapping app can read it back in. If the app still opens on your phone, export everything you can now, while that door is open.
The durable lesson
There is one thing worth carrying out of this. When your rides live on a company’s server, that company becomes a silent dependency of your own memory — if it stops, your history can go with it. It is why some riders now prefer apps that keep rides where the rider holds them. Roveri is one: it stores every ride on your own iPhone and in your private iCloud, and needs no account to record, so a ride you take stays yours to keep even if the app that recorded it is gone years from now.
Roveri runs on iPhone (iOS 18.6 or later) and is free to download, with an optional Pro tier. If you are rebuilding your riding history, read the full, code-verified fact sheet on the Roveri press page, or get Roveri on the App Store.
