RT66 Guide

The navigation is great… when it feels like working. Here’s the issues I had. If you get off course, it stops working. It only gives you directions if you’re on the route. That wasn’t my problem. I’m ok with that. BUT… when you get back on course, it doesn’t always come back. They say you have to wait until you come to a point where direction is needed and then it will start navigating again but this isn’t true. Mine disconnected from me when I parked in St Louis. I walked to the Arch, took some pics, got back to my car and left. I got back on 66 and drove out of town, making several turns over the next few hours and the navigation never came back on. I messaged support and their response was basically “You’re wrong. There’s not a problem.” This happened to me several times during my trip. I messaged support again and they never bothered to respond to me a second time. I learned to just close the app, power off my phone, turn it back on and everything was fine. But when it was working, it was great. My other issue is the Passport. I’d go to a Point of Interest and the app would say “Congratulations. Your Passport has been stamped.”. This happened a bunch of times. Yet I open my passport on the app, and there’s nothing. Just blank pages. My trip is now over but my stats are blank and says I’ve done 0 trips. It honestly feels like an app that’s still under development and most of the features just don’t work yet. I liked it. Definitely didn’t love it.

The app is great when it works. I have had this app for several years and every now and then it updates the information. This time however, since I have not used the app for a few years is not updating as quickly as it used to. I ran the database update and it never updated after hours of saying updating. So I removed the app and installed it again. I get the same thing. It’s a shame it won’t update. This is the only free app for Route 66. Please look into your updating process.

Downloaded this app two years ago to prep for my version - West to East - of this epic road trip. I used it daily to map out, plan and devise all the stops I was planning to make. Almost all the stops were still in existence and either open or at the very least, viewable. Some could have used a bit more description, but I also brought along my iPad Air with which I could really zoom in (using Google maps) to find the true Old Route 66 and Historic Route 66 roadways, which made the trip even more memorable. I really have no complaints about this app, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who may be or wants to or is, planning to drive the Mother Road. You can’t go wrong! I have had no problems logging in or downloading map updates at any time, so perhaps some of the kinks people have mentioned have Ben worked out…