Hi there, this is my first post in this forum.
I support Kurviger since many years with a Tourer subscription, and just lately I have upgraded to Tourer+ in order to use the iOS App as a navigation device. Today I had the first opportunity to have a test ride. I ride a Honda CRF1100L with integrated TFT display which is Apple CarPlay (ACP) compatible. This display has a touch feature which is disabled as soon as the motorcycle is moving. While the bike is moving, I can only navigate using some buttons on the left handlebar. I am using an Apple SE (Debug information iPhone12,8, iOS 18,5).
Okay, I loaded my preferred standard route into the app, which I know very well. The ACP screen prompted me that Kurviger is running on the phone, so I took the phone to change to ACP. Then I heard an announcement in my headhone, then the app crashed. So I started the app on the TFT again and was prompted again to use my phone to have it run on ACP.
After that, the application ran without further crashes. However, the voice announcements were not available anymore. I started Spotify and got some music, so sound is working, but no Kurviger announcements.
Another thing which I have to work out: My route is about 100 km long, it has about ten waypoints. The app would not show me the total riding time and distance, it always showed me the time and distance to the next waypoint.
Okay, let’s talk about the general appearance:
Kurviger has a very nice screen design, the 3D map is very clear, the balance between simplycity and details is spot on. This is a huge advantage, other apps have less clear screen designs.
The position of the arrow in the map always lagged behind some 10 or 20 meter behind my actual position, but that did not cause any problems. I very much enjoyed the autozoom feature, it makes finding the right exit in a roundabout very easy.
I am missing some features:
It should be possible to search for destinations, bookmarks and planned routes without having to use the phone. For comparison: Both Calimoto and Scenic can do that.
I missed a speedometer. Some sort of compass would be nice. Does Kurviger provide information on speed cameras and temporarily closed roads?
I forced the app to reroute by taking a shortcut in my route. Although I was riding on the original route again, Kurviger tried to make me turn around in order to get to the missed waypoint. Is there an option to avoid that? Good thing: I was able to skip the waypoint only using the buttons on my bike, so I did not have to stop or maybe even stop, put off my gloves and get my phone out of my jacket.
I very much look forward to see Kurviger App become better and better. It already looks very promising.
