We really like using CycleTravel for our long tours and will continue using it. But I hear about Komoots. What's so special about it??
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We really like using CycleTravel for our long tours and will continue using it. But I hear about Komoots. What's so special about it??
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I stopped using Komoot when I tested it on a local route and it suggested something difficult and dangerous. cycle.travel suggested what I knew to be the best way. This convinced me that not all route algorithms are equal.
As Derek suggests a good way to check it out is to try it out in areas that you know and see what routes it creates.
And the killer - too many times it has lead me to a dead end.
Komoot seem to be very much focused on the social media side of things and seem to be busy sponsoring or promoting events. Perhaps that's why it is so visible.
Perhaps I'm odd but I like my route planner to be good at planning.
When I was in the US I did use Komoot to locate specific addresses - something CT struggled to do (but I believe is better now). After a few attempts I quickly learned to use Komoot to find the address but CT to plot the route
Thanks for the reply about comparisons. We have enjoyed CT and as I said will continue to use it. We reccomend it to other cycle tourers as we see them.
personally, I use both. I prefer cycle.travel: simpler to use and always sends a route that works, and doesn't send me into a motorway. I do wish it would name the towns a bit more though, but that is just a case of zooming, I think.
Any comparison I make will obviously be biased!
Komoot has a staff of 75 and has benefited from German government funding. cycle.travel has a staff of me, and hasn’t. So Komoot has a lot of bells and whistles, better promotion, slick mobile apps, etc. It also does walking routes, I think.
cycle.travel’s focus is solely on route-planning. It doesn’t have as many features as Komoot, but on balance, I reckon cycle.travel will find you a better touring route from A to B than Komoot will between the same two points.
Komoot (like many apps) does also quite aggressively upsell you into buying their ‘Premium’ package, but more of that anon…
Thanks Richard! BTW, how can we contribute$?
This is a very nice thought Kathy which I am sure Richard would appreciate. Here is the link to use for Patreon sponsorship: https://www.patreon.com/join/cycle_travel