App crashes when I access another app, like camera, texting, Google Maps, phone, etc. App has often been unable to get a GPS fix. App doesn't permit user to zoom out for a larger view of the projected map. I gave up accessing recommended stops as the app requires restarting the navigation which is a tedious process.
While I appreciate that the app keeps you on 66, the app is terrible. When you're following the route and minimize the app to do anything else on your phone, when you return to the app, it's just a blank screen. You have to close, re-open, and re-load your route any time you touch your phone. Huge pain. Also, when I click points of interest along the route, it only works about 10% of the time. I just use it to cross reference with Google maps. Glad I got the app, but it should only be $20.
NOT UP TO DATE.I paid a licensing fee to use this app. The GPS is not accurate and it won't connect most of the time. This is in 5g areas. I'm very disappointed. It's not user friendly and won't let you pick points of interest along the route. It's a shame, because it's a great idea. You can't put any extra stops on the route and it doesn't show you turn by turn directions. I bought a book with a paper map of Route 66 that I'll use in connection with Google maps instead of this. *Waste of money*
My experience has not been positive, I paid the $35 for the year subscription and the location services do not work. the app says my location services are not on, but my location services are on and Google maps is working perfectly. I was really excited because I am a fan of route 66 and I'm trying to drive it today. not going to be able to use this app today. very disappointed
We have just returned riding Route 66 and used Route 66 Navigation. It was great turn by turn navigation and was 99% accurate. We never got lost and stayed on Route 66, almost never hitting a highway unless Route 66 did not exist anymore in that section. It had all the points of interests and it pops up on the screen as you approach them. It gives you 2 routes, an A and B. You can check on which route your points of interest to are. We stayed on Route A most of the days. I had my doubts before starting, but I can really recommend this application. And the price is well worth it compared to renting a pre-programmed GPS.
This app is essential. It is for the most part ok, but has some annoying deficiencies: 1. If you switch to another app, e.g. camera to take a photo, it is prone to locking up & needs to be restarted. 2. POIs under "Navigate" not related to R66 (e.g. dentists, solicitors etc!) Why are they not the same as the R66 POIs under "Menu"? 3. Sometimes refuses to navigate to a POI unless you go back to the main menu and wait for "downloading data" to complete again - repeated license check issue?
We tried using yellow route 66 app. But because we where from another country and used esim it didnt let us use it even tho we paid for 3 weeks. And we weren't able to get a refund:( so we just used the road signs. if youre gonna use it with esim you have to change your google location to America and you are not able to change it back until one year later. and its also not allowed to change it according to google policies.
Having just finished our journey of R66, we found this app invaluable. If you balance the cost of a few £ against the cost of flights/car hire/hotels etc, it's a no brainer! It's not perfect, there were missing attractions flagged up, but R66 is no different from any other road - things change. The navigation had no more problems than our other GPS that we used to find our hotels. We used a mixture of this app and Jerry McClanahan's maps, but personally I couldn't have done R66 without this app
A great app. It made our trip so much more enjoyable. There were some strange logics but otherwise, we were so happy we bought it. This is exactly the way to navigate through small cities and their downtowns if you don't want to use highways. The said-to be-the same option in Google maps (avoid highways) worked way worse. And we had two navigations open just in case and used this app almost 100% of the road
So not worth the money. Maybe if this app was free it would get 2 stars, but the navigation is basically unusable (can't click off your phone or open another screen as it doesn't continue in the background). It also can't recalculate the route very well so we ended up getting very lost a few times trying to use it. Do yourself a favor and just buy a paper map or use a free app instead of wasting your money
