Type motobit vs calimoto into a search box and most of what comes back does not answer it. Of the sixteen pages I could read on that search and its Kurviger cousin, seven mention Motobit at all, and three of those are Motobit’s own blog. None of the sixteen says that Motobit cannot download maps, not even on Premium. Only Motobit’s own blog mentions that its free navigation stops at 100 km.
I build a motorcycle app, so I read rivals’ pricing pages more than any rider should. On 6 October 2026 I opened all three, with their help centres and store listings. Motobit had rewritten 35 of its 81 English help articles five days earlier.
Three price lists, one day
| Motobit | Calimoto | Kurviger | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigates for free? | Yes, routes up to 100 km | No | Follow mode only, no voice |
| Records rides for free? | Yes, without limits | No | No |
| Paid plan, per year | Premium, €29.99 | Premium, €59.99 | Tourer+, €29.99 |
| Shorter terms | €7.99 a month, €24.99 every six months | €9.99 a week (app only), Season Pass €39.99 for three months | Tourer+ €6.99 a month |
| Free trial | 14 days, yearly plan only | 14 days, yearly plan only | 7 days, card required |
| Offline maps on the paid plan | None | Yes | Yes |
These are the euro prices shown in Italy; other currencies are converted by the stores, and on the UK App Store Motobit’s year is £24.99.
The arithmetic is short. Motobit Premium and Kurviger Tourer+ cost exactly the same, €29.99, and Calimoto’s year is one cent more than double. Calimoto’s Season Pass, three months for €39.99, costs exactly €10 more than a whole year of Motobit. Three weeks of Calimoto at the weekly rate come to €29.97, two cents less than that Motobit year.
Inside Motobit’s own list, the monthly plan wins for up to three months (€23.97), the six-month plan at €24.99 for four to six, and the year beyond that. Twelve months at €7.99 cost €95.88, so the year is 68.7% cheaper, and two six-month periods cost €19.99 more than the year.
Motobit’s free tier: a real navigator on a short leash
Here Motobit differs from the other two. Its free version records every ride without limits, analyses how you took each curve, gives hazard warnings while you track or navigate, and does turn-by-turn navigation. Calimoto’s free tier does none of that on the bike. Kurviger’s draws the line on the map and lets you do the turning.
The leash is in one line of the help centre: planning and turn-by-turn navigation “for routes up to 100 km, with waypoints up to 100 km from your current position”. The second half matters more. Sunday loops from home are free; planning next month’s Alpine trip from your sofa is not, because the waypoints have to be near where you are standing.
Premium removes both limits and adds the “Sport/Touring” routing mode, closed-road avoidance with TomTom data, GPX import and export, lean angle and acceleration analysis, automatic pause, unlimited 3D videos, and Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Two details are easy to miss. GPX import is Premium, so the free tier cannot navigate a route a friend sends you; Calimoto is the reverse, importing for free and navigating nothing. And the Curve Assistant, which warns you before a bend you are taking too fast, is free but only on Android.
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What €29.99 buys at Motobit, and what it does not
Kurviger and Motobit charge the same. They do not sell the same thing.
Motobit’s help centre is blunt: “It’s currently not possible to download maps.” Planning needs a connection because routes are calculated on Motobit’s servers, and so does starting navigation. If the signal drops mid-ride, navigation carries on along the route already calculated, but it cannot recalculate: rerouting after a wrong turn, “Skip next waypoint” and “Bypass road closure” all stop working. Hazard warnings last roughly another 7 km. Tracking keeps going and uploads later.
Kurviger Tourer+ includes offline maps, and its documentation states the limit: “The route calculation requires you to have an internet connection, but the navigation itself does not require an internet connection, when using offline maps.” Calimoto’s Premium page promises offline maps and navigation “even without an internet connection”.
So on a pass with no signal, Kurviger and Calimoto have the map on the phone, and Motobit has only the route it already calculated. Offline maps are on the developer’s list, per its reply to an App Store review, but not in the app today.
What Motobit’s €29.99 buys instead is analysis: lean angle and acceleration plotted point by point on the map, provided the phone is firmly mounted, because a phone in a pocket gives wrong numbers. Calimoto also keeps those statistics for Premium, but Motobit puts the curve-by-curve cornering analysis in the free tier.
Three trials, and the €14.99 you might see
Motobit gives fourteen days, only on the yearly plan, only to new customers “in their first days after creating an account”. The six-month and monthly plans have no trial, and neither do discounted special offers. The App Store’s in-app purchase list in Italy also contains a “Motobit Premium Yearly” at €14.99, which the help centre does not list. If the app offers it to you, treat it as one of those offers, with no trial.
Motobit’s help centre answers the refund question with “Yes, you can request a refund”. On Google Play, Google handles it within 48 hours, and after that Motobit can issue the refund itself; on the App Store, only Apple can. Calimoto also gives fourteen days on the yearly plan, and says a refund of the first payment after the trial is not possible. Kurviger gives seven days and asks for a payment method up front.
Motobit and Calimoto agree on one thing: deleting the account does not cancel the subscription.
CarPlay costs money on all three
Motobit added Android Auto on 24 February 2025 and Apple CarPlay on 3 February 2026, both Premium only. On the car screen you can start a planned route, navigate to an address and hear hazard warnings, but not plan a route or see the hazard banner yet. Calimoto lists CarPlay and Android Auto as Premium. Kurviger’s App Store description lists CarPlay navigation, and navigation in Kurviger is Tourer+.
Why the search results disagree
Most describe an older app. Motobit’s iPhone version only went public on 10 June 2024, and an Aprilia forum thread that ranks on this search is still titled “eine neue Navigationsapp für Android”. A German comparison from April 2026 lists Kurviger as “Android (iOS geplant)”. A 2025 guide that ranks for motobit vs calimoto never mentions Motobit, and says Calimoto’s free version includes voice guidance and ride tracking, which stopped being true in July 2023. Even Motobit’s Google Play description still says Premium plans tours “up to 1000 km in entire Europe”; its help centre says waypoints can be “anywhere in the world”.
Which one, then
- You ride loops from home, under 100 km, and want every ride recorded for free → Motobit’s free tier. Nothing else here navigates and records without a subscription.
- You plan on a laptop, ride from GPX files and cross valleys with no signal → Kurviger Tourer+, €29.99: same price as Motobit, with offline maps.
- You want cornering analysis, hazard warnings and CarPlay, and ride where there is coverage → Motobit Premium, €29.99.
- You want the most polished planner, offline maps and group rides → Calimoto Premium at double the price, or the €39.99 Season Pass for one summer.
What I built, and what it will not do
I make RideLog, and it exists because the navigation apps leave the boring half of owning a motorcycle to someone else:
- It detects rides on its own, from motion sensors and GPS. Motobit records automatically only while it navigates; otherwise you press the red button.
- It logs fuel and works out real cost per kilometre, and it reminds you about servicing, tyres, insurance and road tax.
- It has a route community: share your roads with photos, find rides near you, filter by distance and rating.
- Statistics by day, week, month and year, with PDF and CSV export.
- Nothing leaves the phone. No cloud, no server, works offline. Motobit’s GPX export button appears only after a ride has been uploaded to Motobit’s servers; in RideLog the ride stays on your phone.
The limit matters more than the list: RideLog is not a turn-by-turn navigator and never will be. It runs alongside Motobit, Calimoto or Kurviger. The navigator gets you there, and RideLog remembers what happened, whether or not you renewed.
Download RideLog free, for iPhone and Android, motorcycles and scooters, as many bikes as you own.
If you are still choosing, I compared Kurviger, Calimoto and Scenic and went through what Calimoto costs in 2026. The Calimoto alternatives guide and the best motorcycle apps roundup cover the wider field.
Frequently asked questions
Is Motobit free?
Yes, with limits. The free version records rides without limits, analyses your cornering, gives hazard warnings and navigates turn by turn on routes up to 100 km, with waypoints up to 100 km from where you are. GPX import and export, CarPlay, Android Auto and lean angle analysis need Premium.
How much is Motobit Premium?
€29.99 a year, €24.99 every six months or €7.99 a month, per Motobit’s help centre in October 2026. Only the yearly plan has a 14-day free trial, for new customers.
Motobit vs Calimoto: which is cheaper?
Motobit, by half: €29.99 a year against €59.99 for Calimoto Premium. Calimoto’s three-month Season Pass costs €10 more than a year of Motobit, but Calimoto Premium includes offline maps, which Motobit does not offer on any plan.
Does Motobit work offline?
Partly. It cannot download maps, and planning or starting navigation needs a connection. If the signal drops during a ride, navigation continues on the calculated route without recalculating, hazard warnings last roughly 7 km, and tracking keeps working.
Does Motobit work with CarPlay and Android Auto?
Yes, with Premium: Android Auto since February 2025, Apple CarPlay since February 2026. You can start planned routes and navigate to an address, but route planning is not on the car screen yet.
Is there a Motobit alternative that keeps rides on the phone?
For tracking, yes: RideLog detects rides automatically, logs fuel, cost per kilometre and maintenance, and keeps everything on the phone, free on iPhone and Android. It is not a navigator.
