Great, but….
However, I find that a lot of the twisty, circular routes end up taking me through town centres, or through places with lots of lights or traffic, which spoils the ride. It would be great if there was some option to avoid cities / town centres :)
Response from developer
Thanks for the great feedback! We're happy our round-trip feature has helped you discover new places! We understand how frustrating it can be when a twisty route takes you through busy towns. We already try to avoid town centres but can be hard once the riders starts the ride close to a town, we will see what we can do to continue improve this. Ride safe! // Niklas at Detecht
Great app for tracking but the social side needs Improvement.
With the social side it just annoys me that you only get 25 notifications and previous ones disappear, so you miss them.
The other real gripe is more of a user issue, I don’t get why people have to select a new ride after doing a few miles, yes they stopped somewhere then carried on, but for the love of god just pause the ride.
In these instances I do not like those silly little rides. More often than not then get removed from my friends list.
Response from developer
Thanks for the detailed feedback! We're glad you're enjoying the ride tracking. We appreciate your comments on speed and elevation accuracy, and understand how frustrating the 25-notification limit can be, and have now made an update to show 99+ based on your request. This will hopefully be live in the coming week with some further improvements as well. We also understand your point about short rides cluttering the route feed. Thanks for sharing and ride safe // Niklas at Detecht
Great concept, but dead local community and onboarding issues
The app has a couple of major issues:
1. Ghost town local feeds: In my area (Canton/Plymouth, MI), there is almost no community activity, making it nearly impossible to find active, safe connections.
2. Broken automated emails: I received a marketing check-in email saying I’ve had the app 'for a while' from an automated onboarding system just a day after downloading, which makes no sense. Email was for a rival app
I love the idea of building a community, but the local user base and automated onboarding systems need serious fixing before it's actually usable
Response from developer
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. We’re sorry the local feed felt inactive in your area, and the email timing definitely doesn’t sound right. We’re continuing to grow the community and improve onboarding. Please contact support@detecht.se with the email details so we can investigate it. // Niklas at Detecht
Route Planning but…quirks
A few things that are quirky.
1. Regardless if you’re turning right or left the turn arrow is always right. This should be directional.
2. The voice volume is low even when set on high. Could be louder.
3. Routes are not aware of road closures or detours.
4. The big box for the next turn is red. It’s distracting as a big red message usually indicates a problem.
Easily baffled
Response from developer
Thanks for the detailed feedback. We’re sorry about the routing issues, if you choose to skip a waypoint, you need to press "Skip next waypoint" button on the main map during navigation to instead route to the next upcoming one. If you have more examples, please send us the routes at support@detecht.se. Thanks for helping us improve Detecht. // Niklas at Detecht
