Potential but Limited
It crashes too many times and if you have a poor signal it just means you don’t use it for return journeys which kind of makes it redundant for me.
I switched off the renewal subscription on my devices on to find it renewed because I hadn’t switched it off on the website login! Wasn’t impressed by that. Reached out but was told no refund. I’ve been trying to get my monies worth for year two subscription but in all honesty, I want to use it but it really just feels dated for only have one route suggestion and then you have to pray that when you reach the destination that you have a signal to “complete and replan” your journey back home without it just crashing.
What a shame but hope these guys keep on pushing it forward.
Navigating is questionable
The first ride was a 120klm loop on twisty roads and no dirt roads. So when I arrived at the 70klm mark it wanted to take me on a 40klm dirt road! I had to double back to another town about 20klm back. This area had no mobile coverage at all.
2nd attempt today and 110klm loop with no motorways or toll roads! Guess what it took me onto the motorway/toll road for 35klm?
Real problem if you actually rely on the algorithm to not take you on the roads you’ve explicitly told it too.
More work needed I don’t think I’ll be subscribing
Phenomenal!!
Would be AMAZING to be able to adjust the windiness mid trip. Only complaint. Otherwise, money extremely well spent.
Almost perfect enough
I’d recommend checking your route and ‘via points’ carefully however, to avoid pointless trips up farm tracks and around town centres. This wasn’t the app’s fault, but my fat fingers.
A couple of bits of constructive criticism/feedback.
We needed to get home pretty urgently, so plotted the fastest route back.
However, after a fuel stop the route decided to change itself and before I’d realised, the route had changed from a 130 mile journey, to 179 and we were yet again on a farmer’s track to nowhere.
I then had to reset the route back to the fastest, but it still cost us an extra 20 minutes.
Another thing was when we were navigating through the network of Manchester’s motorways.
Exit or lane information would be a brilliant feature, so missing exits wouldn’t happen like it did with us.
Being instructed to turn left in 100 metres doesn’t help when you’ve passed the slip road that you needed.
Switching over to the likes of *Goggle Maps didn’t help either, as it doesn’t cater for bikes and tries to avoid built up traffic, which we all know doesn’t necessarily apply to bikes.
If Calimoto could improve the motorway exit notifications, then it’d be pretty unbeatable for bike navigation.
Response from developer
Hi there, Thank you very much for your detailed review and for taking the time to share your experience after your tour! 😊 We're delighted to hear that calimoto was mostly brilliant and that you enjoyed using it. We also really appreciate your constructive feedback. The unexpected route recalculation after your fuel stop and the lack of clearer motorway exit and lane guidance are valuable points, and we'll make sure to pass them on to our development team for consideration. Feedback like yours helps us identify where we can improve the navigation experience, especially in more demanding situations such as motorway junctions and route recalculations. Thanks again for riding with calimoto. We hope to accompany you on many more great tours—and hopefully earn that fifth star in the future! 🏍️ Ride safe! 🏍️
Not the adventure I want
The route planning idea is great, but if there was an option to avoid narrow single-track roads, it certainly didn’t seem to work for me. Until that improves, I can’t give it more than two stars.
Update: I did try the fast “Fast” routing setting and that was the day it tried to send me down a single road that was basically a farm track. I went out numerous times trying different setting but every time I took me down some single track lane where you have to pray there’s a passing point if you meet other traffic as being on a motorbike means reversing is extremely difficult.
Response from developer
Hey BBridge, thanks for taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry to hear your rides included roads that clearly weren’t what you were looking for. If you haven’t already, it may be worth trying the “Fast” routing profile, as “Twisty” is our default and can sometimes favour smaller, more winding roads. We’re also continuously refining our routing algorithm, and we’ll gladly pass your feedback on to the team. We hope you’ll give calimoto another try in the future. 🏍️
