Scenic Motorcycle Navigation +4

Tried Rever, Harley App, Calimoto, Indian App, Dtecht and several others. I’m not commenting on the social part of all these apps. It’s just not what I needed an app for. I’m commenting on route planning, map quality, poi data, on screen navigation and the ui/ux quality and intuitiveness. Scenic spanks the others. Isn’t that what a navigation app should do? It’s rock solid, does not crash, does not do anything stupid, stores and retrieves from server so it’s sync’d when I set up on an iPad and navigate on a phone. Oh… it has a real iPad app rather than a puny phone screen in the middle of your iPad. So disappointing to have a nice iPad and see a phone sized interface emulated in the middle of your beautiful screen. When you think you want to do something, you can. The “here” maps… whatever that is, have as much detail as you would ever need all through Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, Calgary down through the Western US and into Mexico. In planning 5000 miles of a route it could find every poi for starts, finishes, gas stops, hotels… it’s crazy stupid how hard and how smart somebody (Guido?) is that programmed this. I have a dozen technology patents and I know 1st class A+ software when I see it and this software is a steal. I pray you can rest guilt free at night knowing how little you paid to use it in comparison to the scores of months of labor that went into coding it. It’s really, really good.

Sure there are better options out there for routing and navigating your rides but they’ll cost you $500+. This app combined with a phone mount and power source is just as useful. Route sharing is easy and uses standard GpX files that are fairly universal no matter what system your friends are using. Creating a route within the app is easy and can be done without struggle while eating lunch and shared with everyone immediately. One of my favorite features is to search for already popular rides and edit them to cater to your needs along the route. This is like having a tour guide everywhere you go as many local riders share good routes for you to enjoy when you’re in a new area and for the most part I’ve found them to be some amazing rides I never would’ve found otherwise. I’d recommend anyone give this app a try. Spend an hour or two playing around with it and I’m sure you’ll start to understand how it works and find new rides around your area you probably never knew of. One downside is when your routing preference is set to “extra curvy” it will send you down a lot of dead end roads and it’s especially good at seeking out roundabouts. Not a major issue, just pay attention when letting it plan your route for you and you can fix it in less than 5 minutes using waypoints.

Fifth update: Just downloaded the version 3.5 update and it looks very impressive

Fourth update: Scenic allows me to create folders of routes and of favorite locations, to keep my plans organized. I can save and edit a route and use it at any time. I can join the route at the closest point to where I am. Third update: I now have a library of over 100 routes created and saved in folders by city and state. I use these routes for pleasure drives and longer trips in my Mazda Miata. Unlike other nav apps, with Scenic I can choose the exact route that I want to take. This has become one of my most-used apps! I really appreciate that I can update an existing route with new vias and stops, and that I can save a different variation of the route. The user forum is a great source of information on how to do specific tasks, and specifically how features work. There are configurable "detour" options to control the desired behavior if you miss a Via or a Stop accidentally or on purpose. That was a problem with other apps. I also like that I can import routes from Google via the Web App. The app is very customizable - I just changed the colors to increase visibility of the route. I create, copy, and edit routes on my iPad using its larger screen and then drive them using my iPhone in the car.