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This app is incredible...Simple to use with excellent features to plan ...I'm always on it when travelling ..tried others but always come back to this one 👍
Fantastic app
The only app you’ll need. Pro upgrade well worth it
Unreliable?
Downloaded the app. Quickly realised you need a paid version to use planning. Oh well. So looked at 3 CRT notices.
All three stated the issue was “On-Going” but when checking the CRT website with link provided the works were completed. That seems quite unreliable information. Enough to question whether I would want to use it (and pay) to plan a journey
All three stated the issue was “On-Going” but when checking the CRT website with link provided the works were completed. That seems quite unreliable information. Enough to question whether I would want to use it (and pay) to plan a journey
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Great Canal App
Easy to use worker how long it’s gonna take you to get your next destination I only go day by day cause I’m not in a rush I find it so helpful. I would recommend it to anybody who loves the canals.
A Must-Have for Anyone on the Inland Waterways
Canals.UK has become my go-to app whenever I’m planning a route along the inland waterways. It’s incredibly handy and makes organising my journeys so much easier. I also really appreciate that you can adjust the settings — I’ve been able to give myself a bit more time for getting through locks, which makes the timings far more accurate for me.
I did notice an issue where the app wasn’t showing swing bridges on my route. I emailed to let them know, and within a couple of hours they got back to me to say the problem had already been fixed on their database. Brilliant customer service!
Whether I’m moving regularly or just checking what’s ahead, this app is always the first thing I open. Highly recommend it to anyone cruising the canals!
I did notice an issue where the app wasn’t showing swing bridges on my route. I emailed to let them know, and within a couple of hours they got back to me to say the problem had already been fixed on their database. Brilliant customer service!
Whether I’m moving regularly or just checking what’s ahead, this app is always the first thing I open. Highly recommend it to anyone cruising the canals!
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Good but could be even better
This is a great app for planning routes, giving detailed information including number of locks, where facilities are, etc. It picks up your location very easily so it’s quick to find exactly where you so you can plan somewhere to moor up. I am pleased a recent update has allowed you to name the routes you save, as this was something I previously missed. Unfortunately there now seems to be a glitch with saved plans, and I don’t seem to be able to go back in and look at them. I expect this will be fixed quickly though. One change I would like to see is the option to add a ‘via’ point to journey plans. There are some routes the app plots which don’t seem to be the most direct, or have many more locks, so I would like to be able to map out the route I’d prefer. Perhaps this could be an option in settings a bit like sat nav’s have, where you can choose the shortest or quickest routes, etc. Otherwise, this is an app definitely worth having.
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Llangollen
Absolutely fantastic app x used all our way x
Great app
Perfect accompaniment to the book maps. When you can’t remember the number of the bridge or lock that you’ve been through, this app will tell you. Planning a nice countryside mooring? You can look ahead, zoom in on the satellite image and check what the tow path looks like.
Good but not current
Trying to plan a route on pro version. Having paid id rather hoped for current CRT info. My route was ‘blocked’ in the app but CRT website said was cleared 31/5. Today is 4/7! Too long not to have updates on a paid version.
Move it on!
Needs an update system that is more flexible.
Best UK canal app
Loving this app take your time playing with app I’ve upgraded because I just keep founding new bits water levels, how long is gonna take me to get from
A to B? TV signal finder. I could go on and on.
A to B? TV signal finder. I could go on and on.
Best UK canal app out there
Easy to use, very intuitive. Makes planning a trip a breeze.
Caledonian Canal distance wrong
The app says that the distance from Dochgarroch Lock to Tomnahurich Swing Bridge is 318.45 miles when in fact it is only 3.5 miles, out by a factor of 100. It might be better to use Waze to calculate distances.
Not very impressed
Have paid for the pro version twice now, and both times it has still not allowed me to access the upgrade. I was hoping to use this app when we come over to the UK in January and February to cruise the canals with a view to buying our own narrowboat.
Will just have to stick to Nicholson’s
Will just have to stick to Nicholson’s
Great App - Super Helpful for planning and navigating our narrowboat trip!
Amazing app so far!
We’ve used it to map out our whole trip and then we’ve been using it the whole week to navigate down the Llangollen canal!
The only suggested feature add we had was to have it where you could select a start point and end point for the day and then do a start navigation mode to track progress and distance, speed, and time to destination (including estimated arrival time based on speed) in real time as you go.
Otherwise it was great and we used it all the time during our trip!
We’ll definitely be planning another canal trip in the future!
We’ve used it to map out our whole trip and then we’ve been using it the whole week to navigate down the Llangollen canal!
The only suggested feature add we had was to have it where you could select a start point and end point for the day and then do a start navigation mode to track progress and distance, speed, and time to destination (including estimated arrival time based on speed) in real time as you go.
Otherwise it was great and we used it all the time during our trip!
We’ll definitely be planning another canal trip in the future!
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Great app 👍
I’m finding this app very useful 👍still learning how to use it but very happy 👍👍
One of the best, but could be a little better
Very good, information is as accurate as you can get, probably one of the better canal apps I’ve used, however…
It would be nice to be able to tap two or more points along a route and get more information, like distance, locks etc, rather then needing to go through the “canal” menu, which limits you to a single canal - we transitioned through several canals on our journey and was just cumbersome to use.
It would also be nice to be able to search the canal list, for specific locks or bridges, in order to make it quicker and easier to use, but see my previous point.
It’d also be nice to see some kind of route planning option (I think I just heard a developer have a heart attack 😂)
I found the CRT notices a little difficult to use, been our first trip, it wasn’t as useful as I think it could be. Don’t know if there’s a way to filter by current location or manually somehow. There was a incident along our route, but I couldn’t give it listed.
Maybe provide a means to show notices on the map as well 🤷♂️
Again, this is one of better canal apps I’ve used, I’d generally recommend it to others, but with just a little more focus on the UX and making some of the information more readily available on the map would just elevate to the next level. The list information is still important, just the map is more likely going to provide an initial visualisation to the user.
It would be nice to be able to tap two or more points along a route and get more information, like distance, locks etc, rather then needing to go through the “canal” menu, which limits you to a single canal - we transitioned through several canals on our journey and was just cumbersome to use.
It would also be nice to be able to search the canal list, for specific locks or bridges, in order to make it quicker and easier to use, but see my previous point.
It’d also be nice to see some kind of route planning option (I think I just heard a developer have a heart attack 😂)
I found the CRT notices a little difficult to use, been our first trip, it wasn’t as useful as I think it could be. Don’t know if there’s a way to filter by current location or manually somehow. There was a incident along our route, but I couldn’t give it listed.
Maybe provide a means to show notices on the map as well 🤷♂️
Again, this is one of better canal apps I’ve used, I’d generally recommend it to others, but with just a little more focus on the UX and making some of the information more readily available on the map would just elevate to the next level. The list information is still important, just the map is more likely going to provide an initial visualisation to the user.
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Response from developer
Many thanks for taking the time to review the App. There is already a route planner included option fully enabled in the 'Pro' version. There you can show a planned route across several canals and it will tell you how many locks, moveable bridges and canal miles (along with an estimated time). The CRT notices are plotted on the Map as an overlay (select top right (...) menu to select lots of additional information plotted on the Map. The CRT notices can be searched which will filter down to your required location. Searching the canal list for specific locations is a great suggestion and I will pass that one across to our development team. Meanwhile we hope you are enjoying the App ;)
Great for Planning
This is a very good app for planning journeys. The route planner is simple to use and with a little experience you can tune the speed / lock times such that you will get a very reasonable estimate of the route time. However, it is not as good as other apps for showing you progress along your route; it could do with a speed display, a more logical and relevant logging feature, and a better background map. Also, it does like to have the internet, not always available on UK canals!
Despite all my comments, I will be using this app regularly before and during my canal trips.
Despite all my comments, I will be using this app regularly before and during my canal trips.
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Cannot get it to work!
Route planner drop down won’t drop down .Search bar won’t search.
No River Great Ouse navigation
Missing Ouse river navigation which I need the most.
Update 22/09/2023:
Just to clarify: Missing are River Great Ouse River from King's Lynn to Bedford and River Cam from Ely to Cambridge.
Update 22/09/2023:
Just to clarify: Missing are River Great Ouse River from King's Lynn to Bedford and River Cam from Ely to Cambridge.
