Know Your Route

More than anything else, Komoot is a dedicated routing tool. Once you know the region that you want to explore, its clever technology takes over and does the rest. Tell the app what sport you’re going to do, what fitness level you’re looking for and any landmarks you’d like to hit along the way, and it will create an ideal route made just for you.

Many mapping systems only indicate roads and trails, however Komoot goes a step further. The selector considers road surfaces, and can accommodate custom inputs like scenic views, points of interest, restaurants, or other mid-route waypoints. Even better than this, it can actually incorporate a mix of paved and unpaved roads, as well as folds in pathways, bike lanes, and trails to your route upon request.

Each suggested route is accompanied by an elevation profile and can be viewed in a number of different map formats from topographical charts to satellite imagery overlays. Once your on your way, the turn-by-turn voice navigation means that you can be confident that you won’t be losing your way at any point.

If you want to download maps to your phone for offline use, you have to pay per area but it’s not much – the package for the whole world costs just US$29.99 (£21.40) and you get given one offline area for free when you download the app initially. Once you’ve created a route, you can share it with other users. Check out the route we created with our mates at Mpora below.

Get Connected

Our favourite aspect of Komoot is its community, where you can follow other users and their activity.

This is an app where being dedicated to adventures and sharing your knowledge to help other users pays off. Each time you map out a route or add a handy tip or highlight, Komoot rewards you with points. Awards are given to the people who’ve contributed the most to mapping out the local area for their sort and experts can earn “Pioneer” status, which indicates that they’re valuable contributors to the community, and particularly worth following.  

The more that users share their routes and swap tips, the more that the platform becomes a source of inspirational content for all its keen outdoor enthusiasts. With routes already popping up all over the England, Scotland and Wales, we predict that Europe’s most popular outdoor app is going to be taking over the UK very soon.