Routely V1 Reviews

I have to start with saying that I think most insurance companies will be moving in this direction. My biggest frustration is that it does not do a good job telling if I am a passenger or not. I constantly have to go into RoutelyV1 and make changes. It would be great if you could log in as a driver before a drive. Make it so you have to log a certain number of drives a month. The other really big one for me is that speeding. Not that I do speed, but there are a couple places on my drive that says the speed limit is 45, when I am still on the freeway and the speed limit is 60. The other is on the drive to my kids school that is 55 most of the way. Some place in the middle of that it says the speed limit drops to 35 and it does not. I’ll own it if I really am speeding, but it bugs me to do much that I’m getting dinged for something that isn’t true. I wish they had a place on their app to report issues like this. You know click on your event and report an issue. I would change it to a 4 star if that could happen.

Update! Down to one star. So the off ramp counts as a 35 mph zone!!! Are we supposed to slow down while still on the freeway? That seems more dangerous than following the rules of the road. Isn't the point of an off ramp to gradually slow down.
This needs to be fixed.

I really like RoutelyV1 , it works well for me and its easy to use. Sometimes events happen even when they didn't but thats fine. Thats all I’d change, it’s overrall a really nice app!

So I’m a good driver. I don’t go over the posted speed limit and in fact I go 5 mph under the posted speed limit just so I have a safety gap. But most recent I went on RoutelyV1 and I have a Streak of 96. Great but then I click on my recent trip and then RoutelyV1 says I was speeding on the entire ride. Yet thankfully it didn’t clear out my streak bc this is a glitch in RoutelyV1 . Please fix this issue.

Edit: so apparently RoutelyV1 has no clue of what the real posted speed limits are on my roads bc it’s telling me that the speed limits is 25 when the real posted speed limit is 45. I was traveling at a speed of 41. That was just one road speed issue and it’s got the speed limits wrong for other roads but I just wanted to point this out.

1. RoutelyV1 doesn’t take into consideration that someone else in the car could be using your phone while you’re driving.
2. If you work a 9-5 job, you’re screwed from the get go. It scores you on the time of day you drive, so if you have to go to work at a normal time (rush hour) your score gets lowered.
3. If someone pulls out in front of you or suddenly slams their brakes and you stop to avoid hitting them, in either scenario, you’ll be considered to be driving distracted. So, I guess they want you to hit the other car??? If I’m not paying attention then I would probably hit the other car, however, because I DO pay attention I stop. Score drop!

I don’t like how you have to have this running all the time. I feel as though it’s an invasion of privacy. I get where it tracks driving habits to understand how safely you are driving, but I just don’t feel like an insurance company should need to know your every move at all times. We pay our insurance premiums and do our best to stay safe. I don’t feel we should have to prove that to get decent premium cost if we have a decent driving record to begin with. Yes, I’m aware this is optional, but I, along with many I’m sure, have felt obligated to use RoutelyV1 to save money. I’ve had RoutelyV1 a day and it’s not for me. How do I delete it?

Its kills your battery on your phone way faster then normal. I have had RoutelyV1 almost a week and my phone dies about 5 hrs fast then normal. My kids play with my phone when in the car so putting passenger is the only thing to fix that. I’m not going to lose my discount just because my kids are on my phone when we are on the road. I think RoutelyV1 needs some updating and the one who created it needs to think about the fact that people have kids and they play on our phones.

I think when it come to speed on RoutelyV1 it’s not understanding that highway traffic people just go with the flow and drive & truckers are ride behind you hard. A little speed doesn’t hurt but when you track someone’s speed and then report it to the Sherance company their rates go up. But most of your clients don’t really get into any accidents unless it was out of the ordinary

Every single time I get in any car RoutelyV1 thinks I’m the driver, I thought it was supposed to be able to sense whether it not you are actually the driver on its own but I have to switch it myself literally every time because it always thinks I’m driving. Don’t know what RoutelyV1 considers speeding either because the few times I have driven I some how speed everytime going only 5 over. App needs lots of work

Kills battery because it runs constantly in the background. You cannot only have locations on while using. You have to constantly have it on 24/7. Constantly tracks you EVERYWHERE. Also it gave me 4 events for being “distracted”. 2 of the times I received a text and didn’t even look at it. The other 2 times I was at red lights and was changing my music! I would not recommend all state, encompass, or any other insurance company that requires you to use RoutelyV1

I have RoutelyV1 for my insurance company discount and it’s absolutely pointless. I barely drive my own car and I’m in a work vehicle not insured by my company but it records my driving habits all day that I need to go change all the time. I have to change the trip if my wife grabs my phone to use it while driving, change the trips when I’m golfing, and heaven forbid I drive during the day cause the time of day is a no no. I’m embarrassed I have to use RoutelyV1 to get a discount.

So far I feel like RoutelyV1 isn’t really accurate. It recorded me speeding and I wasn’t. I was driving the speed limit of 65 on one highway which is the limit the highway suppose to be. Then on the other highway, the limit was 55 which I was driving. I’m utilizing RoutelyV1 for my insurance discount and I hope that it doesn’t interfere with my discount.

I like this just wish it can be set up so it knows when you are using a headset or heads free Device

Not happy with RoutelyV1 at all, says you are speeding when you are not. Wife touched the phone when I was driving, still said we were distracted. Drove from work the other day down a country road and said I was speeding the entire time even though the speed limit is 55. Only switched insurance companies because my original insurance does not cover my house. Not a fan.

The speed and is definitely messed up I have a lot of roads near my house that is 45–55mphAnd then coming off off rampsI am no tech guru but seems like y’all need to update your Maps a little better with though speed zones all across the US or whoever y’all cover everywhere I’m sure

I wrote a VERY thorough review about how RoutelyV1 illegally records your driving patterns intentionally incorrect to reduce any applicable discounts.

I know this because it has reported that I have driven distracted. That is a physical impossibility, that phone cannot be reached while the vehicle is in operation. My original review also showed the diagnostic where we took RoutelyV1 apart to show where it’s designed to act exactly as I had described but of course, the ad vanished.

I will say this, after showing the proof to the insurance company that sold me the policy, I was able to get a full refund PLUS interest.

RoutelyV1 is a scam. There is no way around it.

We will drive and sometimes it will record a trip and other times not. On one trip driving on highway for 2 hours, it broke the trip into 5 segments. It says I was speeding 64 in a 45 and it wasn’t possible due to traffic. My score goes up and down like a yo-yo even when I have 20-30 Perfect trips.

The map database needs an update. The maps “speed limits” do not always match some of the current posted speed limits. Apparently 25 MPH is the default speed if the system gets confused.

RoutelyV1 is just inconsistent. I have it in the background and when I’m driving and reach my destination it records it, but when I make another trip where I’m the passenger a few minutes later, it combines the two. It makes no sense because it’s two separate trip. There really need to fix this

RoutelyV1(use of which is required by my insurance company for a discount) continuously registers sudden braking events that never happened. Forget letting a passenger in your car using your phone, as you will be dinged for use while driving. FYI latest update.
The intent may be there, but the poor coding is far from being ready.

Downloaded because of a perk with my insurance company. However, it’s obviously flawed. For month of Feb, it shows 6 total “events”, but in my score it shows 7 for a single item. For January, it shows 39 events, but my score has close to 50. Not sure what it is, but that math doesn’t add up.

Even when I’m not driving and in someone else’s car, their driving counts against me. My kids play on my phone sometimes in the car, shows that I’m using my phone while driving. There are minor details that could be fixed

Opened app after downloading and it asked for activation code. Since i never entered an email i clicked help button and it says contact insurance. I deleted app immediately. I just wanted an app to track my miles and routes and other miscellaneous details for my personal use, not to be shared without my knowledge.