Anyone who rarely travels to large cities and metropolitan areas will experience some unpleasant surprises when they do visit these regions. Traffic jams are just an inconvenience. If you are traveling with a mobile home, for example, you also have to fear bridges, tunnels or restricted inner-city areas, not to mention the difficult search for a parking space. But cyclists, bikers and public transport users also have to contend with completely different obstacles than drivers.
In this case, special navigation apps that focus on a special target group can help. In the following we therefore give you an overview of recommended special navigation systems for campers, bikers, cyclists and public transport users.
Google Maps left behind: This is currently the best navigation app on the market
For campers: find pitches
Everything revolves around camping routes and pitches: Ordinary navigation systems are often not enough for mobile home owners.
If you are traveling with a mobile home, camper van or van, finding a parking space is particularly important. The park4night app is particularly suitable for this. It lists all possible pitches for the night – from classic campsites to free insider tips in the middle of nature. The app is also useful during the day: for example, on a city trip you will find large parking spaces that are suitable for mobile homes.
Clicking on the respective space opens further details such as price and number of parking spaces. If you want to navigate to the location, just click on the "Itinerary" button and the app will forward you to your preferred navigation app. Thanks to the large community, the database is also huge outside of Germany. Those who own the premium version can even search for services such as drinking water and toilets or activities such as playgrounds and bathing facilities.
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For download: park4night
Park4night Motorhome and Van – Android App 7.0.25
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Park4night Motorhome and Van – Android App 7.0.25
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If you are traveling with a van or mobile home, you will find the right parking space with the free park4night app – even away from campsites.
park4night Motorhome and Van iPhone / iPad App 7.1.5
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park4night Motorhome and Van iPhone / iPad App 7.1.5
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The free park4night app finds parking spaces for your van and mobile home away from expensive campsites.
For bikers: the most beautiful instead of the fastest route
Image: Calimoto/CHIP
Motorcyclists should be particularly interested in driving fun. Google Maps may be the master of the fastest route, but you usually don't drive a really nice route. Quite different with the Calimoto app: Thanks to a special algorithm, it promises bikers to find particularly winding routes with fewer traffic lights.
Especially cool: The app also automatically puts together round trips for you in this way. During the ride, the app guides you comfortably via voice navigation, the special motorcycle map also shows important points such as petrol stations, biker hangouts and mountain passes.
Download: Calimoto
calimoto – Motorbike Offline Navi – Android App 7.0.10
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calimoto – Motorbike Offline Navi – Android App 7.0.10
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The free app Calimoto for Android is a navigation app especially for motorcyclists.
calimoto Motorbike Offline Navi – iPhone App 7.0.4
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calimoto Motorbike Offline Navi – iPhone App 7.0.4
Version 1.2.39
Calimoto is a motorcycle navigation app for the iPhone that wants to score with artificial intelligence.
For cyclists: Optimized route guidance away from roads
Image: Bikemap
A problem similar to that of motorcyclists is also faced by those who start their two-wheeler under their own steam. Navi apps like Google Maps often guide cyclists along main roads, especially in the city – it's not nice, it's usually very dangerous. The Bikemap app does this much better with optimized routing and uses special cycle paths much more frequently.
In addition, bike tours are much easier to organize and carry out with Bikemap. The community shares their favorite routes, which can be filtered according to characteristics such as flat or hilly. The app also knows important waypoints such as charging stations for e-bikes, air pumps or parking spaces for bicycles. Tours can be recorded and saved, including additional information such as duration, speed, altitude and distance.
Download: bike map
Bikemap – bike map & GPS iPhone / iPad app 22.0.2
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Bikemap – bike map & GPS iPhone / iPad app 22.0.2
Version 1.2.39
Find the perfect route for your next bike tour. This is child's play with the Bikemap navigation app for iPhone and iPad.
Bikemap – Your bike map & GPS navigation – Android App 16.3.0
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Bikemap – Your bike map & GPS navigation – Android App 16.3.0
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Bike navigation: Use the free Bikemap Android app to find the perfect route for your next bike tour.
For public transport users: Clever features in local public transport
Image: Citymapper
Subway, bus, S-Bahn, tram or e-scooter: public transport users are often spoiled for choice in the urban jungle. This doesn't make navigation any easier, but you still want to get to your destination as quickly as possible.
Although Google Maps already offers a solid solution for this, public transport users get clever additional features with apps like Citymapper. In an unfamiliar city, for example, it can be worth its weight in gold if your navigation app tells you whether you should get on the subway at the front or the back so that you can transfer to the next train as quickly as possible.
Also important: The app has real-time information. You can therefore always keep an eye on delays or cancellations. If you enter your daily commute, you will even be alerted by push notification in such a case.
Download: City Mapper
Citymapper: driving information for all your public transport – Android App 10.52.0
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Citymapper: driving information for all your public transport – Android App 10.52.0
Version 1.2.39
The free Citymapper Android app takes you to your destination with step-by-step navigation.
Citymapper: All your public transport iPhone/iPad app 10.52.3
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Citymapper: All your public transport iPhone/iPad app 10.52.3
Version 1.2.39
The free Citymapper app navigates you step by step to your destination and provides you with useful route tips along the way.
City mapper
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City mapper
Version 1.2.39
With the free Citymapper web app, you can use public transport to navigate quickly and easily to your destination.
