Polly Track vs Calimoto
Calimoto is a motorcycle navigator built for twisty roads, with a free version and a Premium plan at €59.99 a year. Polly Track is a free motorcycle navigator for road and dirt, currently covering Italy.
At a glance
- Dirt. Calimoto has profiles for fast or twisty roads, with no offroad profile. Polly Track picks dirt by difficulty: Easy, Medium or Hard.
- No signal. In Calimoto offline maps are a Premium feature; official sources do not say whether routes are calculated on the phone with no signal. In Polly Track maps, routing and rerouting work with no signal, in every region.
- Roadbook. Polly Track builds a rally roadbook from the route, with a trip meter, handlebar remote and printable PDF. Calimoto's sources do not mention a roadbook.
- Lean. Both record the ride with lean angle; in Calimoto lean angle is part of Premium.
- In the car. Android Auto: in Calimoto with Premium, in Polly Track for everyone.
- Sharing. In Polly Track, sharing rides and live location comes with version 2.
- Safety and weather. Polly Track has SOS by SMS with your recent track, and weather along the route, for everyone. Calimoto removed weather in April 2024; its official sources do not mention an SOS.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Polly Track | Calimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Dirt routing with a difficulty level | YesEasy, Medium, Hard | Noroad profiles only |
| Offline maps | Yesall 20 Italian regions | PaidPremium |
| Route calculation and rerouting with no signal | Yeson the phone | Not verified |
| Roadbook with tulips | Yesbuilt from the route or a field survey, editable; on screen and PDF | Not verified |
| Roadbook: OpenRally import and export | Yescross-country 1.0.3 | Not verified |
| Handlebar remote | Yesreassignable Bluetooth keys | Not verified |
| Roads closed to motor vehicles, with the reason | YesOpenStreetMap plus regional forest-road lists in some regions | PartlyOpenStreetMap restrictions |
| Closures with authority, act and validity | Yeswhen the source gives them | Not verified |
| Protected areas and Natura 2000 on the map | Yesofficial ISPRA and EEA data | Not verified |
| Seasonal closure warnings | Yesin the summary and while riding, for the ride date | Partlylive closures; avoiding them needs Premium |
| Weather along the route | Yesalong the route, at the time you pass (MET Norway) | Noweather and rain radar removed in April 2024 |
| SOS by SMS with position and recent track | Yesyou send it from the messaging app; nothing automatic | Not verified |
| Crash detection | Trialoff by default; opens the SOS, which you send | Not verified |
| Fuel range and last fuel stop | Yeswarns before stretches with no fuel | Partlyfuel stations as points of interest |
| Warning to be back before dark | Yessunset at arrival, latest time to leave | Not verified |
| Scenic road route (bends, passes, viewpoints) | Yes"Scenic": bends, passes and viewpoints, no motorways | YesFree twisty-roads algorithm |
| Suggested ride in an area, within the hours you have | Yes"Discover an area": ride out, dirt and back; timed loops too | YesRound trip 50 to 500 km from chosen point |
| Multi-day trips with stages and nights | Yes1–3 days, nights where there is somewhere to stay | PartlyMax 3000 km: suggests splitting into stages manually |
| Roads you have never ridden, from your rides | Yes"My roads" and "Prefer new roads"; all on the phone | Not verified |
| Bike profile that changes the route | Yes4 presets or your own: surface, difficulty, motorways | Not verified |
| Photos of places, even with no signal | Yesfree Wikimedia Commons photos in the region pack | Not verified |
| Ride recording with lean angle | Yesestimated with the phone's sensors | Paidlean angle with Premium |
| Tablet layout | YesAndroid tablets and iPad | PartlyiPhone only on iOS |
| Android Auto | Yes | PaidPremium |
| Smartwatch | YesApple Watch | Not verified |
| GPX import and export | YesKML import too | Partlyin-app export with Premium |
| Sharing: tracks, live location, group rides | Coming (v2) | Yeslive location; group rides with Premium |
| Works without an account | Yes | Not verified |
| Every feature free, no ads | Yesno paid version | PaidPremium €59.99/year |
| Android and iPhone | Yes | Yes |
- Yes: included, no payment
- Paid: needs a subscription or purchase
- Partly: partly (see note)
- No: not available, per the official source
- Not verified: not found in official sources
- Coming (v2): planned for version 2
- Trial: included but still being tested in the field; off by default
Checked on 22 October 2026 against each app's official pages and price lists (sources). Other apps change their features and prices over time: if something is out of date, write to supporto@pollytrack.com and we will fix it. "Not verified" means we could not find it stated in official sources.
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