I'm just about ready to sign up and pay for the premium version of Komoot but thought i'd see if anyone is using anything different that is comparable.
Looking for a platform to design routes to upload to my phone (via an app) that will then navigate me on the open roads and bridleways and also to load and follow third party gpx files.
Thanks.
You don't need a premium account to do that. I have the free account & do all of that, the only thing I've paid for is world maps and that was about £30 for lifetime.
You don’t need a premium account to do that. I have the free account & do all of that, the only thing I’ve paid for is world maps and that was about £30 for lifetime.
That. No need to sign up for premium unless there is a very specific feature that you need. I find it works very nicely and can also use it to send a route to my Garmin
It's more maps i was after, I thought (obviously wrongly) that that was what I got for the full version. Currently limited to routes very local to me, and i want to go farther.
The "World Maps" offer comes up for around £19.99. Might be on some sort of timer (perhaps after you've signed up for the first free map).
I went around this loop a couple of years back and ended up on Komoot with a map upgrade, I think mine was around £20.
It is good but it does use the free sourced map (just like everyone else) and hence in my local area does throw the odd wrongly classified footpath into a route if you let it auto complete something.
I tend to split screen Komoot and my local authority master map of paths / bridleways to make any plans and it works spiffingly!
I certainly haven't found anything better, and after a couple of years for £20 think it is a bargain too!
I tried the premium, which is for multi day tour planning (you dont need it just plan four routes, for four days ;), weather (not worth it), cycle specific map (It wasn't that much different when it first came out but might be different now).
James
I find komoot v intuitive when planning new routes and it seamlessly connects (and exports your planned routes to) e.g. Wahoo roam device. However, having previously paid the 30 quid one off payment for world maps I am sure you could previously access the open cycle map layer without a premium. This is handy when planning new routes as you can 'trace' national cycle routes easily. Of course you can still view these routes separately via opencyclemap if you want to. The only other negative for me was when using the phone app for turn by turn directions, it always seemed to pick up the turn a few moments late which was a bit frustrating. Not a problem when exporting to the wahoo roam, now I've bought one!
It is good but it does use the free sourced map (just like everyone else) and hence in my local area does throw the odd wrongly classified footpath into a route if you let it auto complete something
Learn to update OpenStreetMap and you can fix these anomalies. Komoot seems to update it's copy of OSM every couple of weeks so it doesn't take long to filter through.
I use komoot for rough ideas but usually do the gpx on bikehike.co.uk which then goes on to outdoorsgps.com for navigation. Komoot does a bit of random/weird stuff especially for road riding, I don't trust it for the exact route. The latter two sites both have the proper OS maps so I can make my own decisions.
Mind you even the OS maps have some errors around here too. Some bridleways clearly signposted on the ground are not on the map.
it always seemed to pick up the turn a few moments late
I've had this too, they could do with shortening the instruction as around cities with a lot of turns you sometimes need to slow down to get all the instructions in. Still better than anything else I've tried.
It’s more maps i was after,
There are specific hiking, cycling and MTB maps available to premium subscribers, although I'm still a free user so I've no idea what they're like and whether they're worth the subscription.
Learn to update OpenStreetMap and you can fix these anomalies. Komoot seems to update it’s copy of OSM every couple of weeks so it doesn’t take long to filter through.
That. It's really quite easy although you do need to learn how trails are coded in you neck of the woods. Largely though each country follows a similar coding
Note that the map layers available through the app are more limited than those through the web browser.
