Alternatives to Plotaroute
A web route planner for walks, runs and bike rides with auto-routing and GPS export. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Plotaroute
A web route planner for walks, runs and bike rides with auto-routing and GPS export.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Plotaroute.
Komoot
Route planner and outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and mountain biking with community routes.
Komoot adds sport-specific route generation and turn-by-turn navigation in Android and iOS apps, but it requires an account and some features are paid.
Ride with GPS
A cycling route planner and navigation app with a large shared route library.
Ride with GPS offers a detailed web planner plus phone navigation and sync to Garmin, Wahoo and Hammerhead, but it is focused on cycling rather than walks and runs.
gpx.studio
A free online editor for viewing, creating and editing GPX files with route planning tools.
gpx.studio is a free browser editor with route planning, trimming, splitting and merging tools, without Plotaroute's shared route library, clubs or paid membership tier.
RouteYou
Web platform for finding, planning and downloading cycling, walking and motorcycle routes for GPS devices.
RouteYou also offers a large library of walking and cycling routes, adds motorcycle routes and printing, but shows personalised ads and tracking cookies from many partners.
Mapy.com
Map service with world search, hiking and cycling trails, city maps and route planning.
Mapy.com combines route planning with marked hiking and cycling trails and has Android and iOS apps, though its trail detail is strongest in Europe.
Bikemap
A cycling route planner and bike computer app with a large library of community-shared routes.
Bikemap has a large library of community cycling routes and offline maps in its apps, but it is cycling-only and turn-by-turn navigation requires Premium.
cycle.travel
A cycle route planner that favours quiet lanes, cycleways and traffic-free paths.
cycle.travel is free and plans routes on quiet lanes and cycleways with GPX export, but it covers cycling only rather than walks and runs.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
GPS Visualizer
A free online tool that turns GPS files, addresses and coordinates into maps, profiles and converted files.
RouteConverter
An open-source Java desktop tool for converting and editing GPS routes, tracks and waypoints.
MapMyRun
A GPS running app for recording routes, activity statistics and training history, with training plans.
BRouter
An offline OpenStreetMap routing engine with configurable profiles, aimed mainly at bike routing.
myWindsock
A web tool that forecasts wind and weather along cycling routes and analyses rides.
