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Halta or Komoot?

Komoot and Halta solve different problems. Komoot plots a route and guides you along it, turn by turn. Halta splits a route into achievable stages and shows where to sleep around each one. They complement each other more than they compete.

By Paul Sokol · Updated 17 September 2026 · Where these figures come from

Two different problems

A cycle tour poses two distinct questions: which way to go, and where to stop at night. Komoot answers the first very well. Halta exists because nobody was answering the second.

Komoot and Halta, what each does best.
KomootHalta
Plotting a route by terrainExcellent — road, gravel and MTB profiles, very fine surface dataBasic: a route calculation, or your own GPX
Turn-by-turn navigationExcellent — voice guidance, Garmin and Wahoo exportNone
Offline mapsYes, by region packNo
Splitting into daily stagesMulti-day planner on PremiumThe heart of the product — distance and elevation per stage, adjustable
Finding where to sleep on a stageGeneric points of interest33 086 places, filtered by type, with the real detour to the track
Contacting a hostNoYes — request and messaging built in
CoverageWorldwideFrance, at launch
PriceFree; map packs €3.99–29.99 for life; Premium by subscriptionFree, no commission

What Komoot does better

Plainly: on its own ground Komoot is hard to beat, and Halta does not try.

  • Terrain choice. Komoot knows surface, width and traffic on paths, and adapts the route to the type of bike. That is twenty years of data and community feedback.
  • Navigation. Voice guidance, rerouting, export to a Garmin or Wahoo head unit. Halta does none of it.
  • Offline. Essential in the mountains or abroad, and absent from Halta.
  • Worldwide coverage. Halta stops at the French border; Komoot does not.

What Halta does better

  • The real detour, not the straight line. Halta measures each place's distance to the track, segment by segment. That is what separates “2 km away” from “2 km away, on the other side of the valley”.
  • Four types of accommodation on one map. Campsites, mountain huts, bivouac spots and hosts, filterable — where most tools treat accommodation as one point of interest among many.
  • The stage as the unit of work. Stretch it, cut it, push it back a day, and the accommodation follows.
  • A published method. The 33 086 places, their sources and the matching calculation are documented on the method page.

Using them together

The most effective combination today: plot in Komoot, export the GPX, import it into Halta to split it into stages and find where to sleep, then navigate with Komoot on the bike. See the GPX guide.

Frequently asked questions

Does Halta replace Komoot?

No. Komoot plots routes and guides turn by turn, with offline maps and worldwide coverage; Halta does none of that. Halta splits a route into stages and shows where to sleep around each one.

Does Komoot show where to sleep?

Komoot shows generic points of interest along the track, without separating accommodation types or computing the real detour from your stage. It is not the problem the app sets out to solve.

Is Komoot free?

Komoot is free for basic use. Offline maps are bought as region packs from €3.99, with a world pack at €29.99, for life. A Premium subscription adds live tracking and the multi-day planner.

Can you import a Komoot route into Halta?

Yes. Komoot exports a GPX file; Halta imports it and splits it into daily stages with the distance and elevation of each, then shows the places to sleep around every stage.

Does Halta work outside France?

Not yet. The inventory of 33 086 places is centred on France and spills only into its immediate margins. Routes that leave that area say so on their page and show no count.

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