Feature Request: Turn Mapy into the Best Cycling & Gravel Navigation App
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Hello Mapy Team,
First of all, thank you for your excellent work.
I am a Mapy Premium subscriber and I have tested many navigation apps over the years (Google Maps, Komoot and others), but I always come back to Mapy.
The reason is simple:
Mapy understands cyclists.
Its routing is natural, it avoids dangerous roads, it finds beautiful small roads and paths, and when I decide to leave the suggested route to explore something interesting, Mapy recalculates intelligently instead of constantly trying to send me back to the original track.
This makes cycling feel like an adventure instead of simply following a predefined route.
However, I believe Mapy is missing one feature that could make it the reference application for cyclists, gravel riders and mountain bikers.
Activity History
I would love Mapy to automatically record my rides.
Not for sports performance.
Not for training.
Simply to remember where I have been.
For example:
- Complete ride history
- Search by date
- Search by location
- Replay a previous ride
- Total distance by bike
- Personal heat map
- “Roads I have already discovered”
Apple Health integration
It would also be fantastic if rides could automatically synchronize with Apple Health (and Health Connect on Android).
Many cyclists already use these ecosystems, and this would avoid running another GPS application in the background, which significantly increases battery consumption.
Community
One of Mapy’s biggest strengths is the community.
Being able to report flooded paths, fallen trees, closed roads or inaccessible trails is incredibly valuable.
This is something many competing applications still lack.
Why I think this matters
I don’t think Mapy should become another sports application.
Garmin already does sports.
Komoot already does route planning.
Mapy already has something unique:
exploration.
You choose a destination.
You discover new paths.
You change your mind.
Mapy adapts.
This experience is exceptional and deserves an activity history.
Personally, I would happily pay more for Premium if these features were available.
Thank you again for creating such a wonderful navigation application.
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