Komoot

Komoot was founded in 2010 and is based in Germany. The app was launched in 2013.^[2]

Komoot partners with various sporting events including Transcontinental Race and Silk Road Race.^[3] It also sponsors various athletes, for example Lael Wilcox^[4] and Jonas Deichmann.^[5]

Komoot was acquired by Bending Spoons in March 2025.^[6] Roughly 85% of the staff was let go within the first two weeks of the acquisition.^[7][8]

The app has both free and paid-for features.^[9] It can create routes for various activities including walking, running, cycling, and mountain biking.^[10] It can report what percentage of a route consists of a given surface (roads, cycle tracks, gravel).^[11]

The app uses OpenStreetMap.^[1]