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.
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. 🏍️
Not good
No Night time driving mode pity.
Not happy
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.
Mittlerweile die beste Navi-App für’s Motorrad - mit Eigenheit
Was ich auf jeden Fall, wie gesagt, für eine Verbesserung halten würde, wäre gesperrte Straßen gar nicht erst in die Tourenplanung mit einzubeziehen, statt das optional einschalten zu müssen. Die Anzeige ist hervorragend, auch wenn das Handy sich durch Hitze mal abgedunkelt hat, kann man durch die großen Elemente immer noch alles erkennen. Was ich mir noch wünschen würde, wäre die Möglichkeit, statt nur zwei Informationen im rechten Bereich derer vier anzeigen lassen zu können. Aber ohne dass die Anzeige der Abbiegehinweise dadurch kleiner wird, denn das ist sehr gut so wie es ist.
Response from developer
Hey Z.Brannigan – Danke für dein tolles Update und deine langjährige Begleitung! Freut uns riesig, dass calimoto für dich inzwischen zur ersten Wahl geworden ist. Was die Sperrungen angeht, arbeiten wir weiter an besseren Daten und häufigeren Updates – danke fürs Dranbleiben und Mitdenken! 🏍️🙌
Needs A Lot of Work
Additionally, because the app doesn't understand that you are sitting at a red light or a stop sign, it will aggressively urge you to turn while you are stuck waiting in the middle of an intersection. To make matters worse, if you happen to miss a turn, it completely deletes your next via point. You almost have to ignore the audio directions entirely and just look at the map. This is a major design flaw and is highly dangerous.
The second issue—also stemming from the app’s inability to recognize intersections with lights and stop signs—is that it frequently routes you onto major roadways where you end up sitting in traffic for unrealistic lengths of time.
If you still decide to use this app, you have to manually verify your routes based on your own local knowledge to determine if a route is actually efficient. I will not be using this app in any unfamiliar areas; you simply never know if it is going to put you on a heavily congested main road with lights at every intersection or a wide-open country road.
Response from developer
Hey, thanks for taking the time to leave such detailed feedback. We appreciate it, even though we’re sorry to hear about your experience. We’ll pass your comments about the navigation guidance, intersection handling, and routing behaviour on to our team. Feedback like yours helps us identify where we can improve, and we’re continuously working to make calimoto more reliable with every update. 🏍️
Good app needs some improvements
disappointment
Exceptional route planning app
Dated; but has potential (and a bunch of issues I can’t get past)
When I started planning my first ride, I found that the feature required a subscription. That wasn’t a problem for me, so I signed up for the free trial and headed out.
Unfortunately, less than 10 minutes into the ride, I’d already decided to cancel. A few issues stood out:
• The navigation voice sounds incredibly dated and robotic. It genuinely felt like using a GPS from the early 2000s.
• The speedometer is almost useless. Riders know motorcycle speedometers are often inaccurate, which is why I usually rely on Waze’s GPS speed reading. Calimoto includes a GPS speedometer, but it rounds to the nearest 5 mph, making it far less useful than it should be.
• The map refresh rate and navigation responsiveness are poor. I missed several turns because the map felt like it was lagging behind my actual position. Waze dynamically zooms in at lower speeds so junctions and exits are easy to see. Calimoto stays zoomed out, and by the time the map updates, you’ve often already passed the turn.
The route generation itself seemed promising, I would have probably only used it to generate round trips and still be happy to pay the subscription fee, but the navigation experience wasn’t good enough for me to justify the cost.
Response from developer
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed review. We really appreciate constructive feedback like this, even when the experience wasn't what you hoped for. We're sorry to hear that the navigation experience let you down. Your comments about the voice guidance, GPS speed display, map responsiveness and zoom behavior are all valuable and have been shared by other riders as well. Feedback like yours helps us identify where we need to improve. We're glad to hear that the round-trip generation and route planning showed potential. If you'd like to help us investigate the navigation issues further, feel free to contact us at support@calimoto.com with details about your device and setup. Thanks again for giving calimoto a try, and safe riding! 🏍️✌️
Mittlerweile die beste Navi-App für’s Motorrad
Was ich auf jeden Fall für eine Verbesserung halten würde, wäre gesperrte Straßen gar nicht erst in die Tourenplanung mit einzubeziehen, statt das optional einschalten zu müssen. Die Anzeige ist hervorragend, auch wenn das Handy sich durch Hitze mal abgedunkelt hat, kann man durch die großen Elemente immer noch alles erkennen. Was ich mir noch wünschen würde, wäre die Möglichkeit, statt nur zwei Informationen im rechten Bereich derer vier anzeigen lassen zu können. Aber ohne dass die Anzeige der Abbiegehinweise dadurch kleiner wird, denn das ist sehr gut so wie es ist.
Response from developer
Hey Z.Brannigan – Danke für dein tolles Update und deine langjährige Begleitung! Freut uns riesig, dass calimoto für dich inzwischen zur ersten Wahl geworden ist. Was die Sperrungen angeht, arbeiten wir weiter an besseren Daten und häufigeren Updates – danke fürs Dranbleiben und Mitdenken! 🏍️🙌
Good but needs a work.
Some annoying issues included no option to control volume via CarPlay (google maps has this), taking random side roads as ‘twisty’ roads which leave and rejoin the main road which is pretty pointless and after a while a general lack of trust of the apps route algorithm; it felt like we were being pulled off fast winding roads to go down slow green lanes - something which may be more unique to the UK vs the US or Europe but worth considering for any UK based riders.
There is also no way to see time to next waypoint in CarPlay - just total time remaining. When you have a full multiple day tour planned this is really annoying as you cannot easily see how much rinsing or miles are left for that day.
In the end I resorted back to using google maps which was a shame. I’m sure they’ll get there but I won’t be renewing the free trial just yet.
Response from developer
Hi Ben, Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback after your Wales tour. We’re glad to hear you found the desktop route planning useful. We're sorry that the CarPlay experience didn't meet your expectations. Your comments about volume controls, waypoint information, route choices on UK roads, and the overall CarPlay usability are very valuable. Feedback like this helps us understand where we need to improve. If you'd be willing to share a few example routes or additional details via support@calimoto.com, we'd love to take a closer look and pass them on to our product team. Thanks again, and we hope you'll consider giving calimoto another try in the future. 🏍️✌️
Potential is there
Awesome app!!!
So far no good.
Great app, would like a few more features
Would love a few enhancements: 1) the map could be more detailed when zooming(stores, gas stations, seems like zooming doesn’t show these things). 2) while in guidance mode, after starting a route, the view of the route is too small, obscured by a large black box with a direction indicator, I’d love to have different views to cycle through or to disable some screen elements with voice commands. 3) Difficult to operate with gloves
Response from developer
Hi Eva, Thanks a lot for the awesome review and for taking the time to share such detailed feedback 😊🏍️ Really happy to hear you’re enjoying both the route generator and the web planner combination. That’s exactly the kind of experience we want calimoto to offer 👍 Your suggestions are also super valuable: • more detailed map information when zooming • customizable guidance UI / different navigation views • voice-controlled UI elements • and better glove usability Especially the feedback about the navigation overlay taking too much space and the difficulty of operating the app with gloves makes a lot of sense from a real riding perspective. I’ll definitely pass your suggestions on to the team 😊 A lot of improvements and new features come directly from recurring rider feedback like yours. Thanks again for your support and enjoy your next rides with calimoto ✌️ Best regards, claire
Getting better but poor support
It does take time to get used to its peculiarities.
I do sadly find support is very poor. It generally takes days to get a response and then the response is often generic, inappropriate or simply irrelevant. Support staff need better training and need to respond on a much more timely basis.
