Poor in Europe
It doesn’t seem to account for road width, so guides along very narrow slow lanes when a better road with a centre line is available. In the US with wide roads this may not be an issue but it certainly is across Europe.
Stephen Hawking fans only
Awful experience. The idea is great but it’s very poor in navigation, re-routes and the voice navigation is a 90’s version of Stephen Hawking - I just can’t listen to it. Deleting
When you pause a ride it does not return
When you pause a ride you cannot in pause it. I had to remove the app and then reload it to unfreeze it!
I and riding in Europe with a friend. We up loaded the same source GPX files and everyday the route on my app was different to my friends
Over 5 days of riding we have constantly been diverted in to urban developments away from rural riding!! Do not use this app as it has not been fully developed
I and riding in Europe with a friend. We up loaded the same source GPX files and everyday the route on my app was different to my friends
Over 5 days of riding we have constantly been diverted in to urban developments away from rural riding!! Do not use this app as it has not been fully developed
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No return to planned rides button
When you load a ride it stays there. There is no option to load another ride until you have ridden the loaded ride?? What is all that about?
Better than Rever
The app will take a little time to figure out how it works, but once you do you’ll be able to plan routes quite quickly. The customer service is over email and VERY responsive. This is probably the aspect that sets it apart. Hands-down better than Rever and the other options. Great company, nice app, happy with the purchase.
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Just not as good as less costly options
I got a subscription as a deal with a CarPlay unit I bought. It wasn’t really worth the £5 I paid for it. Certainly not worth the full price. I don’t know how they do business, perhaps it’s through trapping buyers that buy it at a special rate into renewal without warning, and then refusing to stop the subscription, even if you stop it on the same day as it renews. Crooks. Avoid like the plague. If the app was any good they would need to use these tactics. Despite saying I can contact them, they still create a subscription trap. Hollow words!
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Mediocre at best
Some of the route planning functionality is handy, but can be a bit hit and miss route wise. The navigation is poor and as a premium only option is expensive and poorly executed. Particularly unhelpful if you rely on the audio prompts only without a map display while riding. For example “continue straight ahead” or “turn left” may be the same thing depending on road layout. Plan your routes yourself and stick with Google Maps for navigation.
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Route generation poor
Takes you down bumpy narrow single track roads, regardless of what setting you apply. Tried this app a few times now and experimented with every option and it still takes you down poorly surfaced farm roads just because they look curvy on a map. How this yet to be fixed yet is beyond belief, I’ve tried it multiple times since release to same avail.
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Useless app very buggy
Well had high hopes for this, subscribed to the app and went on holiday, the app was very buggy and consistently routed us incorrectly to find the nearest petrol station - it sent us 20 miles in the wrong direction when it had several garages within 1 mile of our location. Then upon me adding all the photos of the trip within the app it crashes upon saving the end of the ride and now the app I locked up and calimoto cannot recover the ride or end it sucessfully. So have lost all the photos and after the first day of a 7 day adventure and nothing can be done other than delete the app and lose the photos. Won’t be using this again after the expirience. Will try a different app that does work I guess 🤷🏼♂️
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Auto-Renewal
I used the App on a trip to Spain 2 years ago. I found it OK, nothing beyond that. I noted last week that the subscription had been auto-renewed. This despite no notification from Calimoto. They are refusing to refund the amount, despite the account and App not having been used in 14 months.
Great app and back up service.
A wonderful app for planning exciting rides. Very innovative and easy to use. Also great after sales service.
will sign you up regardless
had this app for 5 seconds bc i don’t pay for stuff like this when i can find an app that’s actually free. why do i wake up at 6am to an email that i have 9 days left on my subscription. i would NEVER pay for a subscription to an app. i’m looking everywhere to cancel it before they take my money & the only way i can get it to cancel is to delete my whole account (that’s fine i literally don’t use this and they’re trying to take my money) thing is i don’t even know if that worked & who knows if i’ll get charged regardless. even if you don’t want to use it they will try to take your money. do not download unless you want to go thru that horrendous hassle of trying to unsubscribe from a subscription you NEVER asked for!!!
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Spamming notifications
Taking off a star for every spam notification I get this month. I’m already paying for it; the more you piss me off, the more likely I stop doing so.
You’re on your own
First, even the free trial makes you authorize payment prior to signing up. Considering they have no customer service access through the app or online, it is hard to trust that you can cancel prior to the deadline e if needed. Next you cannot set routes online, you need to do everything in the app so since there is little to no help available it is too time consuming to figure the app out on your own compared to other available apps
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Potential but Limited
Bought for the first time a year ago. Didn’t get on with the A to B route planning as only gave one option. Round trip was expensive and great for local rides and new territory when out on tour.
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.
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.
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Great routes
Used for a couple of years now and really like the variety of routes and ability to keep away from motorway and busy A roads, occasionally puts u on a ‘track’ but otherwise 👍
Good app,
I really enjoyed using Calimoto while it was included with my CHIGEE AIO-6 LTE purchase. Unfortunately, my experience with customer support has completely changed my opinion.
My subscription renewed automatically after one year, and I contacted support immediately after noticing the charge. I hadn’t intended to continue the subscription and requested a goodwill refund within days of the renewal.
Despite explaining the situation, and despite not intending to use the renewed subscription, my request was rejected with what appeared to be a standard copy-and-paste response.
The app itself is good and for the 12 month I used was great, but customer service and flexibility towards loyal users were very disappointing. I expected much better.
My subscription renewed automatically after one year, and I contacted support immediately after noticing the charge. I hadn’t intended to continue the subscription and requested a goodwill refund within days of the renewal.
Despite explaining the situation, and despite not intending to use the renewed subscription, my request was rejected with what appeared to be a standard copy-and-paste response.
The app itself is good and for the 12 month I used was great, but customer service and flexibility towards loyal users were very disappointing. I expected much better.
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Navigating is questionable
Ok so using the app first time this week on 2 separate rides.
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
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
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The essential biker app
Plan a point to point route, pick a route already in the app or set a loop just brilliant
Phenomenal!!
Honestly such a great app! Works in US and Europe so far, prolly everywhere. No idea how they get the “windiness” data but “No highway” seems to be my fave for fast swoopy roads. Winding is a bit much tbh… takes you through a lot of slow towns.
Would be AMAZING to be able to adjust the windiness mid trip. Only complaint. Otherwise, money extremely well spent.
Would be AMAZING to be able to adjust the windiness mid trip. Only complaint. Otherwise, money extremely well spent.
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