Does anyone more in sync with thier thinking understand is MRA Routeplanner Next (coming into Beta) going to be an upgrade for existing Gold (or other coloured) subscribers? or will it be a new product they will want people with lifetime subs to re-purchase?
If you watch the video, the owner / developer of MyRoute explains it all very clearly. In brief, here’s my take on the highlights from the video:
Nothing has been taken away from existing users, depending on their current subscription, including those that take advantage of the free (no cost) option. There’s some new and quite nice free ‘stuff’. This bursts the outrage bubble.
There will be some redesigning of what you see when you open the Routeplanner app.
The Routeplanner app will now fully support ‘segments’, something that was previously only available in the Open Street Maps layer. This brings it into line with an app like Kurviger.
Weather will be available, but only through the AI function. Thus will only be available through the optional add-on, for which there is a monthly subscription. Similarly, the AI backed optional add-on includes the ability to submit typed in requests within the app, such as: “Create me a 10 day holiday for me and my six mates going to the Alps. No motorways and stuff to see and do and biker friendly hotels, leaving Thursday…”
There is a redesigning of the user’s route library, with the routes now being displayed en mass, rather than individually. This has been a common asked for improvement, along with ‘collaboration’ with friends. The latter is active in real time.
The POI (point of interest) folders and the qualities of individual POI’s has been totally revamped.
Trip reports are much better created and interlinked with pictures and the like.
Individual tracking is now available for free. Share this with say, your mum, to make sure she knows you are safe.
Group rides tracking is an optional paid for monthly add on. It has a lot of features.
‘Commercial clubs’ has been revamped. This costs, but is probably not too relevant to many single users here.
‘Basic Clubs’ has been revamped, which might well be useful for social events, such as ‘Join my jaunt to the battlefields trip’.
Connection to devices, for example to connect to the MyRoute Navigation app, has been improved.
MyRoute app ‘Studio’ is new and free, with some nice features. It includes the ability to add your videos. In brief, it’s a trip report app.
In short, it’s a total revamp.
You lose nothing. In the main it costs nothing for the upgrades. There are some optional add-ons, which are only available for a monthly subscription. But, if these don’t interest you, just don’t buy the optional subscription.
Watch the video!
PS MyRoute’s separate Navigation app is also being revamped into MyRoute Navigation Next. News on this available at the end of the video.
beta.myrouteapp.com
