Also $4.99 x 12 = $59.88, but first year “only” $59.99.
I’d be careful with komoot. They’ve been operating at a pretty big loss and they were just bought out by a company that has a tendency to rinse a products features for money until everyone leaves. They’ll then sell it on having (in their eyes) hopefully made a profit.
Maybe this will be different, but I doubt it.
That’s bullshit. They were operating profitably (>1 Million in Profit in 2022/2023/2024), they just weren’t scaling much anymore.
The Founders just got greedy and wanted a big payday
Do you have a source for that 1 million in profit? I did find the following article that said their turnover in 23 was €36m but I can’t see a profit figure.
Here’s the article I found: https://www.wiwo.de/technologie/digitale-welt/komoot-wander-app-wird-verkauft-mitarbeiter-geschockt/100115256.html
Regardless of that though, I’m still concerned for its future. I moved all my routes to strava as a precaution.
2020/2021 they made over a Million
https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/ (you have to search for Komoot) It’s an official German Website where companies have to publish once a year some data like turnover and profit.
2023 they made over 2 Million Profit
https://www.lobbyregister.bundestag.de/media/2f/bc/292203/Jahresabschluss-komoot-2023.pdf
And for 2024 there aren’t probably any numbers out yet
Yeah, heard of that news too. I only started getting used to it and bought some map with it, hope they will delay the inevitable.
Export routes from cycle.travel and open them in OsmAnd or Organic Maps or on a GPS device. They do the best routes for cycling and you can navigate in aeroplane mode, saving a tonne of battery and getting zero distractions 👍
I used to love how they didn’t have a subscription model. Just buy the maps once and you’re set.
:-(
I still buy the map and use it as it is, but subscription model and the new owner mean sooner or later it will turn poopy.
Yeah, I’m lucky I got in way before the changes. I think new users are stuck with having to pay for everything? Now I just can’t access the multi-day rides, which is inconvenient if I want to go bikepacking, but the workarounds are fine.
And yeah, they will probably find a way to make older users pay for basic features too.
