Route planning app for Android phone

[Essem]

I’ve used an app called InRoute on my iPhone for a few years, UK and Europe. I like it because I can just click multiple places I want to hit and press go. It also has a setting for how twisty you prefer your roads. Unlike typical nav tools - apple or google maps - where you type a single destination and get offered multiple routes the software thinks best. 
 

I’ve now got an Android phone to act as a dedicated nav tool for Mike’s and cycling. But Inroutes is iPhone only. Bugger.

 

A web search brings up dozens of apps, so to avoid trawling through them all does anyone know of an Android app that will let me enter multiple way points as a route rather than a single destination. 
 

thanks

Sean

[dynax]

Try Calimoto.

[Jerry1111]

Locus Maps, Sygic. I think both have some sort of free (but usable) demo.

 

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by Jerry1111

[onesea]

I prefer tomtom 

having tried afew

 

[Essem]

Thanks will try those. Is Tomtom not just a single point nav tool for their dedicated gps device, rather than multi point planning software for phone?  The feature I’m after is that when riding through somewhere like France I can enter about 15-30 points I wish to pass through on a day of ~250 miles, and tell it to set a route with twisty roads. 
 

When riding through France, typically I set off in morning on a route of nice biking roads. If something changes and I just need to get to the end quick, I flip to something like Apple maps which is designed to seek the quickest route A to B but ignores the fun/interest factor.

 

Ideally I’d also like to be able to set something which flagged points of interest based on personal taste (good food, historic etc). Have often thought it would be good to have my phone pop up a message ‘good pie shop 20 miles away’ and I could just press ‘go’.

[onesea]

26 minutes ago, Essem said:

Thanks will try those. Is Tomtom not just a single point nav tool for their dedicated gps device, rather than multi point planning software for phone?  The feature I’m after is that when riding through somewhere like France I can enter about 15-30 points I wish to pass through on a day of ~250 miles, and tell it to set a route with twisty roads. 
 

When riding through France, typically I set off in morning on a route of nice biking roads. If something changes and I just need to get to the end quick, I flip to something like Apple maps which is designed to seek the quickest route A to B but ignores the fun/interest factor.

 

Ideally I’d also like to be able to set something which flagged points of interest based on personal taste (good food, historic etc). Have often thought it would be good to have my phone pop up a message ‘good pie shop 20 miles away’ and I could just press ‘go’.

I don’t think any are that good. 
you can Pre plan on tomtom MyDrive on your computer there is A my drive app as well which is of mixed benefit.   I have not found one that smooth but Tomtom is offline so you can use without phone signal.

Worth a look imho others will mention others Calimoto scores high with some.

[exportmanuk]

Myroute app?  https://www.myrouteapp.com/routelab

[Breezin]

A lot of people recommend Calimoto,  and I used to, but it's gash. They take an age to manually update their maps. I got a refund from the play store after I found a massive howler, which I mentioned in another thread.

Now using BBR or RouteYou along with OSMand for specific detailed planning but hard to beat Google Maps for general navigation.

[Essem]

Thanks all. I liked Inroute because it was so quick to use, just drop pins on map and tell software to join them using twisty roads, easy to modify on the hoof. Shame it’s iPhone only.

 

I’m fine with google maps or similar for an A to B route. It’s the ability to choose twisty roads to join A-B-C-D-E that I’m after. I can always create a gpx and feed to a mapper, but that is a slow old process.

[Essem]

Have found a product called Tourstart, has web and phone app, allows building routes connecting multiple points. Looks to be well developed, so will take the 14 day trial and if it works pay the 20 quid for a years subscription. It lets you download the road map for UK which is good, negates the need for a phone signal. Doesn’t cater for twistiness though, which will mean a longer planning stage.