Bait and switch once again
Used to Love it : The. They billed me for it!
The data that Points uses comes from two sources; Google and YOU! The User of the app!
So all of my suggestions for Shortcuts to be used on the app was done by me, the user! And now that I have given information on new paths and routes and suggestions, they begin charging money for how I made the app better….
And other people did the same thing as I did too.
Pointz you had a good thing going. Sure, I would love to pay you for the app! But a monthly or annual subscription payment? No, thank you.
Deleting this app off of my phone.
Great idea, but not subscription worthy yet
The routing is pretty good compared to other apps, but slow. It requires crowdsourcing to get better, but there will never be enough users if there is no free option. I added some data to improve the routing, but there’s no point anymore unless I pay a $60 subscription.
I would love to give 5 stars but too buggy
Interesting but doesn’t work, not colorblind friendly
Also, the tutorial for the layers button pops up out of nowhere. There are three different tutorials: the onboarding, the one you can skip, then the layers button. Hopefully that can be cleaned ip so when I press “skip tutorial”, it can work for all three of those.
Unparalleled safety options
My only gripe is sometimes the app will launch on its own. You know how when you’re navigating somewhere, iOS will give you a blue bubble over your clock in your status bar indicating you’re on route via gps? Pointz does that even if you have forced the app closed. It does this even if you aren’t on your bike. It’s a little creepy. I only want to use this app if I have deliberately opened it. I emailed the developer about it a week ago and still haven’t heard anything.
My quick fix, even though it isn't ideal, is to uninstall the app when I’m not using it.
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your experience, and thank you for writing in! We're thrilled to hear that you find Pointz's safety options helpful, and apologies for the app's unexpected launching in the background. We've removed this in the latest update that will go out soon (3.0.0). For now, you can go to 'Location permissions' from the Settings app and change Pointz's location permissions to only when using app. Also, if that doesn't work, please email me at trisha@bikepointz.com
Awesome with more to do
Response from developer
Thank you for letting us know about the slider (glad it's helpful for you!) and sharing about the data. We're working on doing a full data refresh currently, and will be repeating this every couple of weeks. We would love to get your thoughts on our processes and hear any more ideas or feedback you have - please reach out to hi@bikepointz.com. Happy riding!
Very useful for biking
In terms of features that can make it even better, I think it’d be nice to mark where there are unprotected bike lanes and shared lanes. Even though they’re not as great as protected lanes, I’d rather ride in them than a regular street.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for sharing this, and I'm so happy that bike parking and the bike-friendliness ratings are helpful. We currently show details about sharrows or unprotected lanes if you long-press on a colored street on the map, but we can work on making those easier to access and see on the map! Great ideas, and feel free to share any more thoughts with me at trisha@bikepointz :)
Best bike route app for transportation!
It relies on OpenStreetMap data, so if I ever see a street safety score that seems wrong, or a missing trail, I can just go edit OpenStreetMap and eventually Pointz will refresh with that new data.
Now we need to increase the user base so that Google Maps and Apple Maps will start feeling the heat, and feel pressure to improve their bike routes!
Response from developer
Thanks Beacon, We're thrilled to hear that you find our app snappy, easy to use, and helpful for planning your bike routes. We're currently refreshing our app data with OSM and will be doing it every few weeks. Feel free to reach out to trisha@bikepointz.com if you have any other feedback or ideas!
A lot of potential but not quite usable.
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your experience with the app! We appreciate your positive feedback regarding the slider feature and the exploration it enables. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the repeated turn announcements - we have fixed the problems in our most recent version. Let us know what you think, and feel free to reach out at hi@bikepointz.com
