Great for route planning when touring
I have been looking for a decent way of creating routes on a mobile device with offline maps for some time and this is the best i have found. It is easy to use and adjust on the trail. Planning needs internet access but from that point on everything is offline which is ideal for touring abroad.
We recently used Komoot for an 8-day in Montenegro and it was brilliant. The app found some great little back roads and only once tried to send us down a track that didn’t exist. Other than that, it did everything we asked of it. We used the iphone app for navigating (rather than transferring to a Garmin device) and it was easy to follow directions. The elevation profile was particularly useful while riding. However, it does use a lot of phone battery power to have the screen on for many hours and so i would suggest having a battery pack with you.
Overall I would highly recommend this app and think the full unlocked map version is excellent value. I’m less convinced by the community aspect as it currently stands but for route planning and directions on the road it is fantastic!
We recently used Komoot for an 8-day in Montenegro and it was brilliant. The app found some great little back roads and only once tried to send us down a track that didn’t exist. Other than that, it did everything we asked of it. We used the iphone app for navigating (rather than transferring to a Garmin device) and it was easy to follow directions. The elevation profile was particularly useful while riding. However, it does use a lot of phone battery power to have the screen on for many hours and so i would suggest having a battery pack with you.
Overall I would highly recommend this app and think the full unlocked map version is excellent value. I’m less convinced by the community aspect as it currently stands but for route planning and directions on the road it is fantastic!
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The Dogs B***ocks
I’d been using my smartphone as a sat nav for the ebike I got for my 70th birthday. This was mostly ok but not quite what I wanted so I invested in dedicated cycle GPS unit. I did a bit of online research and Komoot looked like the app I needed for route planning. I’m not interested in statistics as all I wanted was something to plan my route and then transfer that to the unit so was able to disable those options. This it does easily and my Wahoo Elemnt then auto loads the route from its own app. I find the route planning a bit of a pain as I like to pootle about all the little side roads that are mostly traffic free but if you put in a destination and a round trip option I’m presented with a route I don’t want. Once I figured out how to use the waypoint option that seems to sort out the problem.
Overall I’m very pleased with the app and have bought the full package although it’s unlikely I’ll ever cycle outside the UK.
Overall I’m very pleased with the app and have bought the full package although it’s unlikely I’ll ever cycle outside the UK.
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Excelente app
Very nice and useful app I like it a lot
Valuable routing tool while bikepacking italy
We were trying to draw routes on the phone in another app, getting very frustrated, then we tried Komoot. What a revelation! We set the start point, end point, and whatever we want to see on the way, and it works out a great route. It has shown us some amazing back roads we never would have found ourselves. Love it.
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Shouldn’t require account.
Decided to try the app as it looked interesting, but immediately deleted it because it requires you to create an account. In these times of site hacking, this shouldn’t be mandatory. I’m not interested in syncing across devices, so why do I need an account?
Not always easy
Difficult to get from where to destination, always wants to come back to where I live . Slowly getting to figure it out
Wow, Thanks!!!
This is an awesome app compared to the others I’ve tried. I installed the app on my iPhone and iPad, and, made a route on the iPad in ten minutes. I went to my iPhone, opened the app, clicked on my route (yes, it was listed there without me having to synchronize or transfer), turned on my Bluetooth earphones, and listened to turn-by-turn voice navigation on my bicycle ride. I generally use georeferenced Avenza maps for my OHV dirt biking in the woods. Adding the OHV trails mapping and mode option would make this app “6” stars! Thanks again for this one!
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GREAT NAVIGATIONAL APP
I downloaded the free version in Australia. The Komoot app has been exceptional with the ability to download GPS files, plan your own routes and navigate with both text and verbal ‘turn by turn’ commands. I purchased maps of the world for a very reasonable price ($28). My only grievance is their customer service. I have sent a number of messages and not received any replies. Other than that I have been extremely happy with the product.
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Unsafe routing for bikes
Usually I use ride with gps for offline bike route planning, but I'll be going on a long tour and won't have access to a computer so I thought I'd try Komoot for bike route planning on the go. So far I've found it does not choose bike friendly roads, in fact it routed me on a busy road with two lanes of traffic in each direction, no shoulder, and not even any sidewalks. Their help suggested I could improve routing by editing osm map data, which I did for this street, but I found even after my changes, Komoot continues to route on this unsafe road. I contacted support since even Google maps provides better bike-safe routing for this particular route and asked for an explanation, since as an app specializing in bike routing I would expect they'd do better. Their response: "Hi, our system is always looking for the fastest connection between your waypoints, allowed for the chosen sport. You can then customize this suggestion. On your PC you can display the Open Cycle Map to plan with cycle paths.
" So, no apology for risking my life on a dangerous road or recognition that the fastest route between two points may not be desirable for a bike. Very disappointing, especially since I already paid for their maps.
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Komoot is awesome
Works on my computer, phone, iPad seamlessly. Importing a route is simple, I just drag and drop. Editing is easy too. Click on a waypoint and tap remove to get rid of it; click anywhere on a map to include that location on the route. The maps are excellent, as good as Google’s are for cycling. My only suggestion to the developers is to add a an easy way to let them know when there is actually no passable road there! One comes across them occasionally.... love this app and website!
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