# ROADS by Porsche Route Planner — user reviews > 235 indexed App Store user reviews of ROADS by Porsche Route Planner by Porsche Cars North America, Inc., rated 3.80/5 from 259 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roads-by-porsche-route-planner/id1438225964/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roads-by-porsche-route-planner/id1438225964.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 134 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 25 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of ROADS by Porsche Route Planner? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great potential - 👍 Meets driving enthusiasts' needs - 👍 Useful for finding scenic routes - 👍 Powerful route generation - 👍 Intuitive interface - 👍 Positive user experience **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs - 🐛 Navigation issues - 🐛 Unreliable GPS tracking - 🐛 Confusing route planning - 🚫 Lack of CarPlay support - 🚫 Missing key features - 🚫 Limited functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes during use - GPS tracking issues - Route planning problems - Unreliable navigation - Account setup difficulties **Most requested features** - Add CarPlay support - Improve route planning and editing - Enhance navigation and GPS tracking - Integrate with Google/Apple Maps - Add more customization options - Improve social/community features ## Newest reviews (17 of 235) ### 2/5 — Unzuverlässig und schlecht zu bedienen *2026-08-23* Coole Idee, aber die Navigation startet manchmal einfach nicht und hat regelmäßig Bugs. Die Bedienung und Interface sind nicht gut umgesetzt ### 3/5 — Map Missing *2026-08-20, version 4.2.0* Map only shows gray, even though they have access to my location. Almost makes it unusable. Worked great in 2023 not sure what happened.. ### 3/5 — Maps *2026-08-10, version 4.2.0* The section that refers to bareways never loads ### 2/5 — Problems with CarPlay *2026-08-02, version 4.1.0* I generally like the routing, but it doesn’t work well with CP in one of my vehicles that has a portrait screen. The map gets squashed into a very small strip on the right and is almost illegible. ### 2/5 — If only it would work properly *2026-07-30, version 4.1.0* Roads has some good features. But too much doesn’t work, particularly the import from Google Maps - works occasionally but usually fails and the developers have not addressed this. Make this reliable please ### 2/5 — Needs offline support *2026-07-17, version 4.1.0* Love this app. Drives in the US often end up with no cellular service and this app needs to enable the ability to download the map data when that happens. I’ve had the app lose the route before and when driving as a group that’s a huge problem. ### 4/5 — Getting there! *2026-06-06, version 4.0.1* Love the app but “Calculate route” doesn’t seem to be working? ### 2/5 — Apple CarPlay compatibility. *2026-04-06, version 4.0.0* I wish the developers would update the app to work with Apple CarPlay. It won’t even show up as an app that can be added or used in the CarPlay settings. ### 4/5 — Great potential! Almost there. *2025-10-24, version 3.9.3* The app itself works quite well, the development team has clearly fixed a lot of the initial issues of the app which is much appreciated. I love meeting up with friends and going on scenic drives near me. Something I noticed which would be a great improvement is upgrading how we create and manage routes created. Right now I can only figure out how to create one tour at a time? There isn’t a clear way to create a blank tour that I can add more routes. To me, routes and tours is a fun way to set up and scrap book future drives. ### 3/5 — Unnecessary animation *2025-08-29, version 3.9.3* The app has unnecessary opening animation that just takes too long. I just want to tap open the app and go. Also wish it could integrate with google maps or apple maps ### 4/5 — Dommage *2025-08-12* Dommage qu’il y a pas un mode qui nous permet de changer de langue comme de mettre en français ### 1/5 — Very buggy *2025-08-04, version 3.9.3* The navigation system is bad in city it makes you take unnecessarily turns and then ends your route before you can even drive a minute ### 3/5 — Great idea but lacking in implementation *2025-07-22, version 3.9.3* The old app recorded your route and then saved it this seems have a very poor editor where you can't edit your route and the import option doesn't seem to work for a standard GPX file. I think the idea is great but it needs more work. I like the improvements in the latest update which reduces the number of crashes…good to know it must also improve my driving! ### 3/5 — Leider kein Querformat *2025-07-11* Im Grundsatz finde ich die App super – auch für „Nicht-Porsche-Fahrer“! Die Erstellung von individuellen Routen mit vielen Wegpunkten ist etwas mühsam. Ein absolutes NoGo ist, dass es offensichtlich keine Navigation im Querformat gibt. In meinem Fahrzeug-Setting ist das leider ein KO Kriterium. Die automatisch erzeugten KI Texte scheinen sich nach der Bearbeitung auch auf Anfrage nicht sinnvoll zu aktualisieren. Das ist aber vergleichsweise unwichtig. ### 4/5 — Good *2025-06-08, version 3.9.2* Very nice job Porsche ### 4/5 — Missing ferry connections *2025-05-08, version 3.9.2* Great app, but planning trips with several short ferry connections along the Norwegian fjords is not supported. Please fix 🙏 ### 1/5 — App is unusable *2025-04-22, version 3.9.1* App basically doesn’t work at all, i had to refresh the app like 5 times just setting up my account since it kept glitching and then finally got everything setup for it to keep loading for almost 20 minutes and then crash and make me restart. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No CarPlay? Could be amazing *2026-08-30, version 4.2.1* Roads used to offer CarPlay. What happened? This app is absolutely amazing! Hands down the best route creation app I have ever used. Totally worthless. Can't use it while driving without CarPlay. Please bring it back! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-08-24, version 4.2.0* I was looking for a route planning app and I had high hopes for this as a Porsche product. The app looks nice but it simply doesn’t work, I must be having some sort of issue with the software. I go to create a route and it won’t show me the route, it won’t let me add waypoints, I can search an address and it only lets me select the road, not a specific point on the road, the map is not visible throughout the planning stage, only when I click through to start the route. It is totally useless, unusable. Obviously I’m having a specific issue but I can’t understand how to fix it. ### 1/5 — No map *2026-08-18, version 4.2.0* The map doesn’t work. You cannot see the plotted route before starting the navigation. It will show you in 3D a moving red dot but again cannot see a line or anything to show the route where your going which is useless because how do I know I wanna drive a route provided if I haven’t a clue where I’m going? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad *2026-08-03, version 4.1.0* Might be useful for turn by turn in car on the phone, but for route planning I prefer a larger screen. ### 1/5 — Roads *2026-05-13, version 4.0.1* The App crashes when I start the route. ### 1/5 — Great app, one caveat *2026-05-02, version 4.0.1* Personally I love this app. It’s helped me find some great routes and you can save them too! The community feature is cute, just wish it was more active. Only downside is that your round trips always start from your current location instead of the address you enter… almost like your input is treated as a suggestion. It would be nice if the app also displayed the speed limit, many navigation apps do. Apart from that, it is a sweet little gem. I will still use it :) I’ve really enjoyed it so far ### 1/5 — Updates despite iPAD O/S version not supported *2026-04-11, version 3.8.6* Rather than warning me that my iPad/OS version is not compatible, ROADS is installed and absolutely unusable. ROADS should have left the prior version in place and supported. All my routes are inaccessible. ### 1/5 — Gave up at login *2026-01-31, version 3.9.7* Can’t log in using either my Apple ID or Porsche ID. Tried several times and gave up. If sign in is this hard I have to assume the entire app is utter garbage. Didn’t want to waste anymore time. ### 1/5 — Crash *2026-01-14, version 3.9.7* Crash every time when initiate a route. Pretty much useless ### 1/5 — Very hard to use and buggy *2025-10-27, version 3.9.3* I like the *idea* of this but this is one of the most frustrating apps I’ve used in years. The UI is incredibly unintuitive, the app crashes or times out constantly, and when you make a route it’s full of inaccurate AI slop descriptions that you can’t edit. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Worked really well *2026-06-16, version 4.1.0* The app was great for a road tour we did at Parade this year, much better than trying to follow a specific route in Google Maps. One critique is that there is no convenient way to reverse a route for a return trip. For the tour I did, there were multiple routes prepared, it was very difficult to get a preferred route for the return trip ### 5/5 — Mehr als nur eine App – pure Begeisterung! *2026-03-31* Mehr als nur eine App – pure Begeisterung! Diese App ist für mich das perfekte Beispiel dafür, wie Technik und Menschlichkeit verschmelzen können. Der Support ist extrem zuvorkommend und nimmt sich wirklich Zeit – eine Seltenheit in der heutigen Zeit. Das Design ist erstklassig und die sportliche Umsetzung macht einfach nur Spaß. Man merkt in jedem Detail, wie viel Herzblut das Team in die Pflege der App steckt. Wer eine App sucht, die nicht nur funktioniert, sondern begeistert, sollte sie sofort herunterladen. Von mir gibt es die maximale Punktzahl (und eigentlich noch einen Daumen obendrauf)! Grüße von einem begeisterten Nutzer **Developer response:** Thank you very, very much for your kind feedback. We are super happy that you like our app. Best wishes from the ROADS team. ### 5/5 — Great experience *2025-10-19, version 3.9.3* Just got my first manual car, a Scion FR-S, and this app has been perfect for finding fun routes to practice and enjoy driving. Works great, and the latest update fixed a lot of the old issues mentioned in reviews ### 5/5 — Cool *2025-02-25* Benutze die App seit ein paar Wochen und bin sehr zufrieden. iPhone und CarPlay laufen gut. Routen sind toll und machen Spaß. Und ich fahre keinen Porsche … **Developer response:** Thank you for the great review! ### 5/5 — You did it *2024-10-17, version 3.7.6* CarPlay is back and works great, did my first cruise last night and it was very fun. It would be nice if the map had more customizations and earlier turn indications. I think there is still room for improvement, but the foundation is finally incredible. ### 5/5 — Download this App Now! *2024-10-05, version 3.7.6* I’m a busy professional, a husband, and an involved father to two teenagers. I rarely write reviews because life keeps me so busy. However, I had to take a few minutes to write about one of the most amazing apps I’ve ever had the pleasure of using. I live in South Florida but was visiting my father in southeastern Connecticut during an early October weekend. With some rare downtime, I decided to take advantage of the scenic drives New England offers in the fall. While searching for an app that could guide me through the best routes, Google directed me to the Roads app. I embarked on an incredible trip from Uncasville, Connecticut, to Litchfield, Connecticut. For two and a half hours, I experienced pure joy. At 50 years old, not much tends to impress me anymore, but this app, and the stunning scenic tour it took me on, genuinely made my heart soar. I only wish I had more time in New England to use this app and explore even more beautiful landscapes. The app is free, but I wouldn’t hesitate to pay $50 if that’s what it took to use it again. Go ahead, download it, and enjoy an amazing drive wherever you are. ### 5/5 — Endlich ein guter Beifahrer *2024-09-29* Mich hat bei Navis immer genervt, dass man nur schnell oder kurz von A nach B kommt. Die haben es endlich geschafft schöne Strecken zu generieren. Das kann weder Google noch TomTom. Weiter so und CarPlay bitte ### 5/5 — What an app *2024-09-28, version 3.7.6* I’ve been looking for something like this all my life as a driving enthusiast. Something that finds those fun, windy, “roads less taken”. With the new update + CarPlay support, I gotta say—hats off to the team on this one. ### 5/5 — Sowas hat der Welt gefehlt *2024-08-22* Also für eine kostenlose App einfach sehr sehr gut. Sowas hab ich schon lange gesucht. Ein Navi, das nicht nur “schnellste Route”, “kürzeste Route” kann. Sondern einfach “schönste Route”. Für Cabrio Ausfahrten einfach genial. Super und Danke Porsche. Da machen die Ausfahrten mit meinem Jaguar einfach viel mehr Spass. Nach so einer tollen App müsst ihr jetzt nur noch kucken, dass ihr Jaguar vom ersten Platz der schönsten Autos verdrängt ;-) ### 5/5 — App funktioniert tadellos *2024-07-23* Die App war auf meinem iPhone SE mit iOS 16.3.1 zunächst nicht einsetzbar. Mit iOS 17.5.1 und ROADS 3.7.0 funktioniert nun alles tadellos. Bin von der Funktionalität begeistert. **Developer response:** Hi HeMe200329! Besteht dieses Problem noch immer? Bitte die App Update und uns ggf. direkt kontaktieren, so dass wir eine Lösung finden können. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*