# Komoot 8 Hacker News commenters recommended Komoot and 14 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for planning cycling and hiking routes; many say quality held up after the acquisition, while others report locked features and upgrade prompts. ## Why people recommend it - Improved under new ownership (4 comments): "Ive been happy with all the improvements they are making to Komoot do far." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166722)) "Komoot development has stagnated until bending spoons took over ~1y ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021074)) "so far no issues -- has even improved somewhat (was already quite good)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378549)) - Quality held up after acquisition (2 comments): "I have used Komoot extensively for years, for cycling (and more recently hiking), and haven't seen any decrease in quality since the acquisition." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452936)) "As of now my use cases still work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446773)) - Better than competitors like Strava (2 comments): "Komoot is much better than the competition and only slightly premium in terms of cost." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375715)) "Strava isn't better than Komoot on this regard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46711110)) ## What people warn about - Quality and development declined after acquisition (7 comments): "The app quality almost immediately went down the drain after the acquisition by Bending Spoons." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447567)) "They fucked up Komoot so badly that I'm building my own cycling app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448166)) "Since then, there has been no further development of the service." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708815)) - Features locked behind login or subscription (2 comments): "many features which you could previously access without an account are now locked behind a login screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447388)) "I paid for a lifetime license but now they are gating new features behind a subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644729)) - Frequent upgrade prompts and dark patterns (2 comments): "click through multiple upgrade to premium pop ups with tiny exit crosses" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48848071)) "constant nags of prompting for upgrades and dark patterns" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644523)) - Hard to find trips and plan routes (2 comments): "Takes way too many taps to plan a route, search still sucks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46709065)) "It's VERY hard now to find my planned trips" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49166803)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Gaia GPS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gaia-gps.md): 6 recommend - [Plotalong](https://hackerapproved.com/p/plotalong.md): 5 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.komoot.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Komoot", https://hackerapproved.com/p/komoot/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).