Komoot is a route planner for people who would rather draw their own line on the map than follow someone else’s. Tell it you are on a gravel bike, a road bike or on foot, and it works out a route to suit, with surface types, climbs and a list of “Highlights” that other users have recommended along the way. It started in Potsdam in 2010 and now claims around 45 million users.
We like it for its routing brain, which is genuinely good at finding quiet lanes and bridleways between two points, and for its one-off map packs, a rare chance to pay once rather than forever. Here is our Komoot review: what the free account still does, the difference between the World Pack and Premium, and how it stacks up against AllTrails and OS Maps.
Komoot Promo Code: None needed
Best deal: one free region for new users, or the World Pack as a one-off £29.99 (sometimes £19.99 as a welcome offer)
| Offer detail | What you get |
|---|---|
| Promo Code | None needed. Komoot has no standing public promo code |
| Welcome offer | One free single region for first-time users; World Pack welcome offer listed at £19.99 in the App Store |
| Who qualifies | New Komoot accounts; free trials of Premium appear only on some platforms and in some regions |
| Key terms | Maps are one-off purchases; Premium renews automatically at £59.99 a year unless cancelled |
| How to claim | Create an account, pick your free region, and check the shop or checkout for current offers |
Komoot: key facts
- Official website: komoot.com
- Owner: komoot GmbH (owned by Bending Spoons since March 2025)
- Headquarters: Potsdam, Germany
- Founded: 2010
- Ratings: App Store 4.7 (25k ratings, UK App Store); Google Play 4.6 (425k reviews, Google Play UK); Trustpilot 3.7 (2,029 reviews)
- Headline offer: One free single region for new users; World Pack one-off £29.99 (welcome offer £19.99 listed)
- Promo Code: None needed (no standing public promo code)
- Price from: World Pack £29.99 one-off; Premium £59.99 a year
- Free plan or trial: Yes: route planning anywhere on the standard map, plus one free single region for navigation and recording
- Payment methods: Apple App Store, Google Play, Card on komoot.com
- Best features: Sport-aware route planner with surface and climb breakdown; One-off World Pack with offline maps and voice navigation; Route sync to Garmin and other devices, including live sync
Komoot at a glance
- Owner: komoot GmbH, owned by Bending Spoons since March 2025
- Launched: 2010, in Potsdam, Germany
- Platforms: iPhone, Android, web, Apple Watch, plus route sync to Garmin and other devices
- Free plan: yes; route planning anywhere, plus one free region for navigation
- Paid from: one-off map purchases; World Pack £29.99; Premium £59.99 a year
- Offline use: with maps you own or Premium
- Ratings: App Store (UK) 4.7/5 from 25k ratings; Google Play 4.6/5 from 425k reviews; Trustpilot 3.7/5 from 2,029 reviews
Our verdict
Komoot is still the best phone-and-web route planner for mixed cycling and walking, and the World Pack remains one of the fairest deals in outdoor apps. The catch is change: since Bending Spoons bought it, Komoot has trimmed the free offer, nudged new users towards Premium and raised prices. If you plan a lot of rides and walks, buy the World Pack and add Premium only if you need its extras. If you just want a pre-made walk with reviews, AllTrails is simpler.
Pros
- Excellent sport-aware routing for road, gravel, MTB, hiking and running
- World Pack is a one-off purchase covering maps everywhere
- Offline maps and turn-by-turn voice navigation with any map you own
- Strong device sync, including live sync to Garmin and the Bosch e-bike Flow app
- Community Highlights add local tips to your route
- First region free for new accounts
Cons
- Premium has climbed to £59.99 a year
- Offline mode does not reroute you if you go off course
- Free trials of Premium are not always offered
- Big staff cuts after the 2025 takeover, and many long-time users are unhappy
- Support draws heavy criticism on Trustpilot
- App Store privacy label says identifiers are used to track you across other apps
What Komoot does and who it is for
Komoot plans a route from A to B (or a loop) for your chosen sport, then guides you along it with voice directions. Every plan shows distance, climbing, estimated time and a breakdown of surfaces, so you know before you start whether half of it is muddy track.
It is built for people who plan. Three situations where it shines:
- You have a Sunday morning free and want a 60km road loop from home that avoids the A-road. Komoot will usually find the lanes.
- You are cycling from Bristol to Bath for the weekend and want the traffic-free path with a pub stop. Set waypoints, check the surface breakdown and send it to your bike computer.
- A walking holiday in the Dolomites, with days split between huts. Premium’s multi-day planner breaks it into stages and suggests places to stay.
Is Komoot free? Free vs paid features
Partly. Anyone can plan routes anywhere on the standard Komoot map, with basic cycling and hiking overlays. To follow a route with directions or record, though, you need an activated region, and first-time users get one single region of their choice free. That free region covers a city and its surroundings.
Paying comes in two forms:
Maps (one-off). A Single Region, a Region Bundle or the World Pack, each tied to your account for life. Maps include turn-by-turn voice navigation, offline use, lifelong map updates, GPX download and sending routes to devices.
Premium (subscription). Worldwide maps and navigation, plus multi-day route planning, Personal Collections, Live Tracking for friends and family, weather on route, sport-specific map overlays such as surface detail and gradient, 3D maps and a Komoot map on Garmin devices.
One wrinkle from March 2025: new accounts that had not bought or activated a map lost free route syncing to devices. People who activated a map before the end of February 2025 kept it.
Komoot price: plans and the cheapest way to pay
UK App Store prices; dollar and euro figures are conversions for comparison.
| Plan | UK price | US$ equivalent | € equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| First single region | Free | Free | Free |
| World Pack (one-off) | £29.99 | $39.96 | €35.59 |
| World Pack welcome offer | £19.99 | $26.64 | €23.72 |
| Premium, yearly | £59.99 | $79.94 | €71.19 |
| Premium, shorter plans in app | £4.99 and £7.99 | $6.65 and $10.65 | €5.92 and €9.48 |
| Family Plan | £6.99 | $9.31 | €8.30 |
The App Store does not label the length of the shorter Premium and Family plans. When Komoot relaunched its app in September 2025, it sold Premium at €59.99 a year, €6.99 a month on the web and €4.99 a week in the apps. In March 2025, extra regions cost £3.99 and region bundles £8.99.
The cheapest way to pay. For most people, the World Pack. You pay once and get offline maps, voice navigation and device sync anywhere, with no renewal. Add Premium only if you need live tracking, multi-day planning or weather on route. Clubs and device makers sometimes hand out Premium trials: the British Mountaineering Council offered members 90 days free until January 2026.
Features that matter: routing, offline and device sync
Routing. Komoot’s main strength. It weighs surface, gradient and road type for each sport, and the surface breakdown is a lifesaver on a road bike.
Offline maps. Download a route, a region or, with Premium or the World Pack, a custom area. Be aware of the limits: offline, Komoot cannot reroute you, edit routes or run Live Tracking, so download the right route before you leave signal.
Device sync. Send routes to Garmin and other GPS devices, with live sync to Garmin and to Bosch’s Flow e-bike app on selected models. There is also an Apple Watch app.
Highlights. User-recommended spots, from viewpoints to cafés, pinned along routes. They are the social glue of Komoot and often the best part of a new area.
Privacy and safety
Komoot is now owned by Bending Spoons, the Italian company behind WeTransfer, Evernote and Meetup. After the deal in March 2025, BikeRadar reported that up to 85% of roughly 150 staff were let go, and that the founding team, including CEO Markus Hallermann, had left. Komoot itself would not confirm the scale.
The App Store privacy label says identifiers may be used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, and lists health and fitness data, location, contacts and purchases among data linked to you. The Google Play listing says data is encrypted in transit and you can ask for it to be deleted.
On safety, Live Tracking (Premium) lets family follow your position, battery level and estimated arrival, but it needs a data connection. Routes follow mapped paths; they are not checked for conditions, so a bridleway that floods every winter will still appear.
What users say about Komoot
Komoot scores 4.7 out of 5 from 25,000 ratings on the UK App Store and 4.6 from about 425,000 reviews on Google Play. Trustpilot is split, at 3.7 from 2,029 reviews: 40% five-star and 30% one-star.
Fans praise the planner. On Trustpilot in September 2026, Tim T. from Great Britain wrote: “The interface is slick and quick to learn and use.” On Google Play in August 2026, Phillip S. called it “Easy to use App & plan routes, coupled with clear & accurate navigation most of the time.”
The complaints are about money and support. Dice M., on Google Play in August 2026: “I had to register with it before discovering you cannot use it without a paid subscription”. On Trustpilot in September 2026, Marco from Great Britain was blunter: “Support is diabolical and less than useless”.
How to get started with Komoot, and how to cancel
Getting started
- Download Komoot from the App Store or Google Play, or sign up at komoot.com.
- Choose your free region, ideally the area you ride or walk in most.
- Plan a route: pick your sport, set start and end points, and check surfaces and climbing.
- Save the route offline before you set off, and send it to your watch or bike computer if you use one.
Cancelling Premium
- Website: Account Settings, Premium, Cancel subscription.
- Android: cancel in the Google Play Store.
- iPhone: cancel in your Apple subscriptions.
Cancelling stops renewal and you keep Premium to the end of the paid period. Komoot says cancelling does not include a refund; that is a separate request. Map purchases are one-off and never renew.
Komoot vs AllTrails vs OS Maps: which route app suits you
DailyStoke’s take: Komoot for building routes, AllTrails for finding them, OS Maps for British hills.
| Komoot | AllTrails | OS Maps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, one free region | Yes, online only | Yes, limited |
| Paid from | £29.99 one-off (World Pack) | £35.99 a year | £35.99 a year |
| Best for | Planning bike and walking routes | Finding reviewed walks | Britain’s hills and rights of way |
| Offline | Maps you own or Premium | Paid plans | Paid plan |
| App Store (UK) | 4.7 (25k) | 4.8 (66k) | 4.7 (102k) |
Pick Komoot if you cycle, ride gravel or like making your own routes. Pick AllTrails if you want a ready-made walk with fresh reviews; see our AllTrails review. Pick OS Maps if you walk Britain’s hills and want Ordnance Survey detail.
Komoot alternatives
- AllTrails: the biggest library of reviewed walking routes, from £35.99 a year.
- OS Maps: Ordnance Survey’s own app for British walkers, £7.49 a month or £35.99 a year.
- Strava: route builder and heatmaps inside a training app; Premium from £8.99 on the UK App Store.
- Organic Maps: free offline maps with cycle routes and hiking paths, no account needed. See our Organic Maps review.
- Ride with GPS: a favourite of touring cyclists and clubs for detailed route editing.
Komoot FAQs
Is Komoot free?
You can plan routes anywhere free, and new users get one free region for navigation. Other regions, the World Pack or Premium cost money.
How much is Komoot Premium in the UK?
£59.99 a year on the UK App Store, with shorter plans listed at £4.99 and £7.99.
What is the difference between the World Pack and Premium?
The World Pack is a one-off £29.99 for maps and navigation worldwide. Premium is a subscription that adds live tracking, multi-day planning, weather on route, 3D and sport-specific maps.
Can you use Komoot offline?
Yes, with an activated region, the World Pack or Premium. Offline, Komoot cannot reroute or run Live Tracking.
Does Komoot work with Garmin?
Yes. You can send routes to Garmin devices, with live sync, and Premium adds a Komoot map on compatible Garmins.
Is there a Komoot promo code or free trial?
There is no public promo code. Komoot offers Premium trials only on some platforms and in some regions, and clubs occasionally run partner offers.
Who owns Komoot?
Bending Spoons, the Italian company that also owns WeTransfer and Evernote, bought Komoot in March 2025.
How do I cancel Komoot Premium?
On the web under Account Settings, Premium, or through Google Play or Apple, depending on where you paid.
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