Definitely practicing using before you get on the road. The beacon functionality is awesome for sharing your live location with loved ones. I am yet to find another app with the beacon and other worth while functionality. I do wish you could control music more easily from the riding screen.
Reviews for Detecht – Motorcycle App & GPS
I read one post where Detecht replied back to the review stating that the app have a free version and a paid version... Well, moments later and I'm still looking for the free version. Seems like the only thing free was the 'registering' part.
Needs a subscription to generate curvy roads.. So it's just Waze with less features. You're literally better off using Waze if you plan to use a free subscription, as it awares you of police.
I got this app purely for crash detection and safety/location tracking. The location tracking is paywalled, but it worked well with very little input on my part and was much appreciated by my loved ones. The crash detection does NOT require a subscription at this time, and thankfully I haven't needed it so far. I don't plan on touching the rest of the app, except for using the weather radar overlay on the map.
this app SUCKS BIG TIME!! i watch my son as he drives and it lags and app doesn't open have to literally repeatedly hit the screen to view his driving can't comment or heart his rides. i sure hope the crash detection is live ..I'd give 0 stars if i could.
if you already have a route saved and then you start another one and you cross the one already saved the mileage is added on. you'd think starting a new one, it wouldn't do that.
Has cool features, and I like the autogeneration of routes with specific distances. Unfortunately, even though I selected no dirt roads, without fail, every route it took me on had at least one dirt road, maybe more. I do live in a more rural area, but if your app advertises it'll avoid dirt roads then I feel like it should follow through.
dangerous in the uk. bendy roads are not byways. no option to select bike type. voice guidance is terrible bear right then turn sharp left. on a two way junction. why not bear left then take left turn. but to try and take you down a byway on a 1000cc road race bike and not a enduro/trial/dirt bike. is very dangerous. not happy at all could have destroyed my bike with this app.
This is basically Google maps combined with Life 360. The ad I decided to check this app out from stated that I could choose the curvy road option but failed to mention it was behind a paywall. if I wanted all the protection options and a curvy road, I'd just choose to use life 360 for safety and plan my route on Google maps.
Unusable for Navigation and Planning. You can't effectively plan routes as there is no option to change road types between nav points. You either have to have the entire route as a single road type, or plan separate legs of a journey as different routes. The navigation is absolutely dreadful. The system consistently fails to reroute navigations or will choose the most ridiculous reroute The app looks really good and seems polished, until you actually try and use it. Which is a shame.