Plotalong
Ranked 3 of 3 route planning apps by recommenders
Recommended for planning scenic and motorcycle routes, with saved waypoints and better scenic-road routing than Google Maps. One commenter doubted it suits a 3-4 person RV trip.
Recommended for planning scenic and motorcycle routes, with saved waypoints and better scenic-road routing than Google Maps. One commenter doubted it suits a 3-4 person RV trip.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Good for scenic and motorcycle routes
“it's leagues better than Google maps at sticking to the scenic route”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps” “faster, easier mapping app to plan motorcycle rides”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)”
Other route planning apps people recommend
The two most recommended other route planning apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 route planning apps, rankedWhat people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That solves the saving a route with extra navigation waypoints”
“it's leagues better than Google maps at sticking to the scenic route”
“Its hard to imagine that model working for me (RV road tripper with 3-4 people)”
“I definitely felt the lack of appropriate solutions.”
“Very nice! Does the sharing feature allow live location sharing?”
“faster, easier mapping app to plan motorcycle rides”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.