Likeways

All routes report "whoops, too many items," even when the destination is one block from my house. Not nearly ready for prime time. Delete.

I downloaded this based on a glowing article I read. The writer apparently had not used the app - it crashes every time I attempt to generate a route. Sorry, but no cigar.

What the title says - it just doesn't work. Either too many hits/too long a route or no hits at all. And doing the same search using exactly the same setting actually yields different results (how do you even manage that?). No. If you want to get deliciously, helplessly lost in a big city, just do it the old-fashioned way for now.

I like to explore cities on foot, and as the premise of the app states, often map apps like Google and Apple show me the fastest route (which is great) but sometimes I want to take it slow and see interesting stuff. I tried it for my neighborhood and it does a decent job. However, there's much room for improvement: 1) the destination you key in can only be fairly close by. Perhaps due to the algorithm crunching a lot of data, it wasn't able to find me a route if the destination is something like 15 minutes away or more. This needs to increase; 2) in the pull out menu, you can only select one type of interest you want to see. You can't select more than one, so if you are interested in shops and galleries, you have to choose which is more important. Or run the algorithm twice. Options are also somewhat limited, should include things like architecture, historical places, greenery, etc; 3) there's an option to add pins of interest, but doesn't let you click on those pins to find out what they are. The pins are overlaid on Apple Map, which doesn't always have a corresponding label underneath it, so you're none the wiser; 4) calculating the route should be faster, or show a progress bar, so impatient users (aren't we all?) won't think the app is broken and quit before calculations can be completed (I would have if I had not read the instructions on the App Store); 5) instead of relying wholly on 'likes' to generate routes, consider also having an input or rating system in your app? I would think the creator would value highly the views and opinions of users of his app; 6) have an estimated walking time based on the route calculated. I know this will be inaccurate as the whole point of the detour is for you to explore new stuff (who knows how long you'll be stuck staring at the shop window you just discovered?) but it's always nice to know how long this detour will take. Sometimes we really just want to take a new route, and don't mind a longer indirect one, but we also don't want to be late for our next appointment.

When it actually works, it outlines a "path" past the places with the most Facebook likes. No other mapping features. No information at all about the points of interest along the way. Whoops indeed.

All the routes I typed in this app responds to as "whoops, we found too many items the route is too long" - even for routes that are just a few miles. So what is the point of this app if it cannot handle a few POI?

Every time I type in a destination it just says it has found too many places and to try a shorter route. But then I do that and it still doesn’t work.

Great way to wander and discover hidden gems!

I had some extra time one day and tried likeways on the way to a meeting. It was great fun, although I kind of one the area already I found many places a was not aware of. Also I liked the feature that shows the shortest route, so if you run out of time you can jump back onto the shortest route.

I love the concept of this app but would be great if you could see what the pins were by clicking on them! Also, it would be nice to be able to generate a route not specific to either shops or pubs or museums- but just generate a random and interesting walk.