Komoot
The most recommended of 3 route planning apps
Recommended for planning cycling and hiking routes; many say quality held up after the acquisition, while others report locked features and upgrade prompts.
Recommended for planning cycling and hiking routes; many say quality held up after the acquisition, while others report locked features and upgrade prompts.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 14
- approval share
- 36%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Improved under new ownership
“Ive been happy with all the improvements they are making to Komoot do far.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal” “Komoot development has stagnated until bending spoons took over ~1y ago”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that's now public” “so far no issues -- has even improved somewhat (was already quite good)”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending Spoons” - Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO”
Quality held up after acquisition
“I have used Komoot extensively for years, for cycling (and more recently hiking), and haven't seen any decrease in quality since the acquisition.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” “As of now my use cases still work”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” Better than competitors like Strava
“Komoot is much better than the competition and only slightly premium in terms of cost.”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending Spoons” “Strava isn't better than Komoot on this regard.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Quality and development declined after acquisition
“The app quality almost immediately went down the drain after the acquisition by Bending Spoons.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” “They fucked up Komoot so badly that I'm building my own cycling app”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” “Since then, there has been no further development of the service.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday” - Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal”
- Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “When Did White-Collar Work Start to Look So Bleak?”
- Comment from 25 Jan 2026 in “Vimeo's Slow Fade: An Engineer's Front-Row Seat to the Fall of a Web Icon”
- Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that's now public”
Features locked behind login or subscription
“many features which you could previously access without an account are now locked behind a login screen”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” “I paid for a lifetime license but now they are gating new features behind a subscription”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Bending Spoons buying Miro for $1.355B” Frequent upgrade prompts and dark patterns
“click through multiple upgrade to premium pop ups with tiny exit crosses”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that's now public” “constant nags of prompting for upgrades and dark patterns”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Bending Spoons buying Miro for $1.355B” Hard to find trips and plan routes
“Takes way too many taps to plan a route, search still sucks”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday” “It's VERY hard now to find my planned trips”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal”
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See all 3 route planning apps, rankedWhat people said
24 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I paid for a lifetime license but now they are gating new features behind a subscription”
“constant nags of prompting for upgrades and dark patterns”
“so far no issues -- has even improved somewhat (was already quite good)”
“Komoot is much better than the competition and only slightly premium in terms of cost.”
“the skyrocketing number of bug reports in the Komoot subreddit”
“It's VERY hard now to find my planned trips”
“Ive been happy with all the improvements they are making to Komoot do far.”
“Komoot development has stagnated until bending spoons took over ~1y ago”
“Komoot was (and still is) a great app for planing your outdoor activities.”
“click through multiple upgrade to premium pop ups with tiny exit crosses”
“They are also enshittifying Komoot and EventBrite.”
“Specific brands have lowered quality, e.g. Pyrex, Komoot”
“komoot got a lot better since it was bought by BS”
“I have used Komoot extensively for years, for cycling (and more recently hiking), and haven't seen any decrease in quality since the acquisition.”
“They fucked up Komoot so badly that I'm building my own cycling app”
“The app quality almost immediately went down the drain after the acquisition by Bending Spoons.”
“many features which you could previously access without an account are now locked behind a login screen”
“I will cancel my long standing Komoot subscription the day enshittification news breaks”
“As of now my use cases still work”
“Some services (e.g. komoot) apparently have good data, or can work around it.”
“They also took over Komoot and did the firings as well.”
“Strava isn't better than Komoot on this regard.”
“Takes way too many taps to plan a route, search still sucks”
“Since then, there has been no further development of the service.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.