I think the braking data is a little harsh. Doesn’t seem right to go from a 5 star trip down to a 1 star just because of the system determining you braked hard. Things happen, I.e getting cut off by another driver and the hard brake is the only way to avoid it. Don’t think I should get penalized for someone else’s mistake.

This app is designed to make you pay more for your insurance, even though your “agent” will tell you it is a way to save you money. It does this in several ways. Any accident avoidance techniques, like slowing quickly for a yellow light, or for another vehicle entering your lane in front of you, or for a vehicle slowing abruptly in front of you, will cause a “Hard Braking” event against your record. This event will lower your score for weeks until it drops off. A two second event will last for twenty days before it drops off. Additionally, even though you have logged zero distraction events, the summary will still show you have some kind of distractions on your record. There are no indications as to when, but they are contained in your summaries. And if you happen to try and pass a slow moving vehicle on a freeway, you will get a “Speeding” event that will also stay on your record for weeks. So don’t let your agent talk you into this. It is not a benefit for the driver. It is a benefit for the insurance company to justify charging you higher insurance rates.

I drive about 5000 miles a year if I’m lucky. Because of this if I slam on the brakes to avoid a collision or a squirrel or a kid on a bike I’m penalized. And my score drops to 40%-70%. If I drove 100 miles without incident the score goes up. But since I’ve driven 156 miles in two months my score is horrible. It takes a lot of mileage without incident to raise your score. Also note that you need to check this daily, especially if you use your phone as a passenger. You get locked out of noting yourself as a passenger on the app rather quickly. And then your score plummets even more. It’s like having a babysitter/ big brother who you also have to constantly monitor. This app is horrible for low mileage drivers.

Don’t know other safe driving apps, but this one picks the one thing that is out of safe drivers control as you not driving safely the hardest every single time. Hard breakings are mostly caused by other drivers or avoiding unsafe situations. You can have everything else 5 stars, but a slow down into a rough driveway will make your entire trip one star. This is a driveway I drive into almost daily! The app for some reason doesn’t mind you speeding or being distracted so much, both you actually have control over their occurrence. But there is no mercy for any hard breaking; it’s always your fault!!! Maybe it is by designed to screw you!