REVER - Motorcycle GPS & Rides 4+

As a new rider my significant other is of course concerned. I tried all the Motorcycle routing and tracking apps, and none of them had this one killer feature that I’m not sure stands out enough. Safety SMS. Yep, you configure your safety contact and start a ride in the app, they get a text message with a link to your live location. You finish a ride in the app, they get a text message that you arrived at your destination. That feature is amazing. There are other apps out there that you can share your location with, but none I found that auto-trigger an SMS message with a link at the start of a ride, and another SMS message when you are finished. That right there will keep me on Rever.

There’s some things I think they could do to make the app even better though. Speed overlay on the map is one. Right now you have to drop down a panel to see your speed. Would be great to see it as an overlay on the map itself (think Waze). Different color schemes other than that Orange and Black (minor but pretty is everything these days). Lean angles would be cool. Also, a curvy / ultra-curvy route planner (hint, there’s a competitor with it) would be sweet as well. None of the above pushes me away from the product, and it shouldn’t cause you to look elsewhere either. Roadmap of the product though could grow a great app into an amazing one.

Thank you for your great review and kind feedback! We are pleased to hear that you are enjoying the Safety SMS feature. We are working on some of the features you mentioned! For curvy, we have Butler Maps which are roads based on scenery and twisty which is way more valuable when planning a ride. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at support@rever.co

I’ve been using this app for a couple of years now and one thing that really frustrates me is the app freezing. I’ve had a few rides where I have paused for lunch or just a stop and when I select resume, the app has frozen and has to be closed. Once closed, that part of the ride saves, but I have to restart. Naturally, that means the ride is broken up and not continuous. I know I saw somewhere that a resume/continue from previous ride was under consideration for this app. Oh, and one other person in my ride yesterday using this app had hers freeze up also. Yes, my iPhone is up to date. Yes, my REVER app is up to date.

Update: I figured out the freezing problem. The menu at the bottom had slid up and covered the Resume button. I tried several times to slide the menu up, but nothing happened. I thought the App Froze thereby locking the App. The menu needed to slide down to expose the Resume button. Perhaps the Menu should not cove the Resume button while the app in is use.

Thanks for your feedback. This should be resolved with the latest version (6.0.0) released on April 20th, 2022. If you are still having issues please reach out to us at support@rever.co.

When you combine the website interface with the app- it’s pretty good overall. It’s easy to plot out a route on the website. Saving your work makes it accessible on the app. From there you can share it with REVER friends. But the app itself is where the overall package is falling short. It seems disorganized and very messy- like they are trying to pack way too much into it. The navigation is nonsensical and certain functions just don’t work- or they are so over complicated that users give up and assume they don’t work. A specific example is trying to plan a route in the app itself. Even a single waypoint route to a local destination is just … dumb. A good design would have me long press on the map where I want to go then show me my options. Highways , twistier, tolls, whatever. This simple task does not appear possible from within the app. Or - it’s so over complicated that few people are going to bother with it for more than a couple attempts. So REVER is good if you want to make plans in advance, plot them out on your laptop, then just limit the app to the actual ride. Trying to operate solely within the app itself is likely to be extremely frustrating to many people. And I do not mean computer illiterate people.

Hi! Thank you very much for your feedback. Please email us at support@rever.co so we can assist you with the issues you are experiencing and answer any questions you might have. Safe riding!