The alpha is open. PitStopper On-the-go is in alpha on Android. To join, join the PitStopper app group with the Google account on your phone, then open the tester page, tap "Become a tester" and install it from the Play Store. During the alpha every feature is free, until 31 December 2026. It's early software, and what you see here will change, partly because of what you tell us.
There are plenty of apps that tell you where to turn. PitStopper On-the-go tells you where to stop.
It's the Android companion to PitStopper: you plan the route and its stops at home, and the app keeps them in your pocket on the day. It's in alpha, which makes this a good moment to ask you what it should become. If you'd rather read than watch, everything in the video is written out below. The questions are at the end.
What it does so far
Plan on the website, send it to your phone. Plan your route on PitStopper, then use Send to Phone: a QR code on screen, scanned by the app, and the project arrives. A multi-day tour comes across in one go, with every day ready to pick from.
It works without a signal. Once a project is loaded, the app needs no connection at all. It shows how far you've come, how much you've climbed, and the next stop on your route, with its distance and which side of the road it's on. On the ride in the video, that's a roadside water tap 1.6 km ahead on the right.
It tells you before you get there. As the next stop comes up, the app gives you a heads-up, out loud or as a notification, and it keeps doing that with the phone locked in your pocket. You don't have to keep checking the screen.
It knows about opening hours. Search for a café and the app shows whether it will still be open when you arrive: "Open, closes 17:00. Arrive around 15:40."
No route? Use Find Nearby. One tap shows what's around you, ahead and behind, on a small radar. It's handy for an unplanned detour or the ride home.
Everything still ahead. "Any fuel left before dark?" Filter the stops still ahead on the route by category, or search them by name.
Walking, cycling, motorbike or campervan. Pick how you're travelling, and the app times its warnings to your speed, so a cyclist hears about the café about 30 seconds out and a campervan driver gets more notice.
Emergency stops, just in case. Hospitals, defibrillators and pharmacies within reach of your route can be saved with the project, so they're there offline too. They come from OpenStreetMap, which can be incomplete, so always call your local emergency number if you need help.
Why it isn't a navigation app
There are lots of good navigation apps, and you probably already have one you trust. Keep it. On-the-go doesn't try to replace it, and it will never tell you to turn left.
It answers a different question: what's coming up, and how far away is it? Navigation apps are good at the next junction. They're much less good at "is there water in the next 20 km?", "where's the last café before the climb, and will it be open?" or "which side of the road is the petrol station?" That's the gap On-the-go is for.
When you do want to go somewhere it shows you, there's a Navigate button that hands the stop to the navigation app you already use.
What we'd like to know
This is where you come in. The app is being shaped now, and I'd much rather build what riders, walkers and tourers actually want than guess. So:
- Is this something you'd use? On a long ride, a walk, a tour in the van? Or would it stay in a folder?
- Are these the right features? Which of the ones above would you use, and which wouldn't you miss?
- What's missing? What do you find yourself wanting on the road that no app gives you?
- What else could it be? If you could change one thing about how it works, what would it be?
Short answers are fine. "I'd use it for X, but only if it did Y" is exactly the kind of thing that helps.
Tell us
Email your thoughts to [email protected]. To join the alpha, join the app group and then become a tester. Every feature is free during the alpha, until 31 December 2026.
There's more about the app, with screenshots, on the PitStopper On-the-go page.
