If you use the outdoor app Komoot, the question arises whether the premium option of the service is worth it. That depends on whether you would use the additional features and whether there are other alternatives.
Whether the additional offer of Komoot Premium is worth it
Komoot Premium costs 4.99 euros per month and is billed annually at 59.99 euros. For this you get some additional features on top of the functionality of the free version. Whether these make sense for you and you need them is a decision you have to make for yourself.
- Turn-by-Turn voice navigation allows you to hear voice prompts and navigate on the display when hiking, cycling or mountain biking.
- With the help of the offline functionality, you can download planned tours or entire regions directly to your device and thus navigate even without mobile Internet.
- You receive weekly updates on all maps from Komoot.
- Komoot is usable with Premium on all your devices. It is available on smartphones, smartwatches and many more GPS devices.
- With the multi-day planner you can also prepare multi-day tours with Komoot.
- Sports-specific maps are specially designed for mountain bikes, bicycles or for hiking.
- Tour Weather informs you about the weather before and during your tour. With live tracking, you can be followed live by family and friends along the way.
- Capture your outdoor memories with your own Collections, where you can save both the tours and their highlights.
- The benefits of Komoot go beyond the app. For example, you get additional discounts on outdoor equipment and premium protection with insurance.
These are the alternatives to Komoot Premium
The alternatives to Komoot Premium are Outdooractive Pro+ and bergfex Pro. Outdooractive Pro+ costs 5 euros per month with a minimum term of 12 months and is billed annually. The cost of bergfex Pro is either 2 euros per month with a minimum term of 12 months or 4 euros per month with a minimum term of 3 months
- Outdooractive Pro+ includes expert maps with professional details from Alpine clubs, the ADFC and more. There is also exclusive premium content from ADAC hiking guides, Schall Verlag and KOMPASS. With 3D planning, you can see your tours and regions from a bird’s eye view with 3D maps. In addition, all the features of the regular Pro subscription are also integrated, such as no advertising, offline maps and tours and information on slope gradients in the terrain.
- Also bergfex Pro allows you to use offline maps, topographic maps and satellite images. Furthermore, there is slope data as well as warnings when leaving the tour and no advertising.
- The decision between Komoot Premium, Outdooractive Pro+ and bergfex Pro depends on your personal needs. bergfex Pro impresses as the cheapest option with particularly detailed information for hiking, Outdooractive Pro+ has particularly many suggestions for tours and 3D functions and Komoot Premium is available on particularly many devices and is best suited for documentation.
