Yes, there is a free route planner and navigation app built specifically for scooters, mopeds and other low-speed two-wheelers, and it does not ask you to make an account. It is called Urban Rider, it is the app I make, and it exists for one reason: the maps on your phone were drawn for cars, and they treat your scooter like one.
If you have ever asked Google Maps or Apple Maps for a route on a 45 km/h scooter and watched it point you straight at a motorway slip road, you already know the problem. This page explains how a purpose-built scooter route app fixes it, and how to plan your first ride in a couple of minutes.
Why generic map apps fail a scooter or moped
Google Maps and Apple Maps are excellent at driving a car, and that is exactly why they let two-wheel riders down. Two things break the moment you are on a low-speed bike:
- They route you onto roads you cannot legally use. A 25 km/h or 45 km/h vehicle is not allowed on most highways, expressways and fast trunk roads, but a car-first router will send you down them without a second thought.
- They estimate arrival times at car speed. A trip the app says takes twelve minutes at 60 km/h takes far longer on a moped capped at 45, so you leave late and arrive flustered.
Google does offer a two-wheeler mode, but only in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, and even there it is tuned for motorcycle speed rather than the roads a 50cc is allowed to use. For riders in Europe and North America, there is effectively no scooter mode at all. That gap is the whole reason a dedicated moped maps app needs to exist.
How Urban Rider plans your route instead
Urban Rider starts from your vehicle, not from a car. The first time you open it you pick your machine and its speed or engine class, and every route after that respects it:
- Pick your class. Choose a 25 km/h light scooter or e-bike, a 45 km/h scooter, a 50cc (50ccm) moped or a 125cc commuter. Each class has its own routing rulebook because they genuinely are different vehicles.
- Stay on legal roads. For scooter and moped profiles, routes exclude highways and major trunk roads by default, keeping you on streets your class is actually allowed to ride.
- Get honest ETAs. Arrival times use realistic two-wheel speeds, so a 45 km/h scooter is timed at 45 km/h, not at whatever a car would do on the same road.
- Glance, do not stare. The navigation view stays glanceable, showing just the next turn, the distance and your speed, which is all you should read on a handlebar mount.
- Charge with confidence. Riding electric? The app shows charging stops along your route so range stops being a guessing game.
It is free, needs no account, and your route history stays on the device rather than on a server. It is a real native app on both iOS and Android, not a stripped-down web page, which matters when you want a fast scooter route app that works with a phone mount and your watch.
Plan your first route in four steps
- Download Urban Rider free from the App Store or Google Play. No sign-up screen.
- Pick your vehicle and speed class (25 km/h, 45 km/h, 50cc or 125cc) so routing and ETAs match your bike.
- Enter your destination and Urban Rider builds a route that keeps a scooter or moped off highways and major trunk roads.
- Ride with the glanceable navigation view on your handlebar mount, with the next turn also on your wrist.
If you are still weighing up your options, my rider-tested rundown of the best scooter and moped navigation apps compares Urban Rider against Google Maps, Waze, Calimoto and the rest. For the bigger picture on light vehicles, see the micromobility guide, and for getting around town in general there is the urban navigation guide.
An honest word on what this is
Urban Rider is newer and smaller than the giant map apps, and I will not pretend otherwise. It does not have a decade of crowd-sourced traffic data behind it. What it does have is a single, sharp focus: being the navigation app for a 50cc, a 45 km/h scooter, a 125cc or a 25 km/h light vehicle, instead of a car app with two wheels bolted on as an afterthought. For the daily ride to work or across town, that focus is exactly what you want.
Navigation built for your scooter, not a car
Urban Rider routes your moped or scooter onto roads it is actually allowed to ride, avoids highways by default, and gives arrival times at real scooter speed. Free, no account needed.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free route planner for a 45 km/h scooter?
Yes. Urban Rider is a free route planner and navigation app for 45 km/h scooters and mopeds, with no account required. You pick the scooter or moped speed class, and it keeps you on roads that class is allowed to use, excluding highways and major trunk roads by default. Arrival times are calculated at a realistic 45 km/h rather than at car speed.
What is the best free navigation app for a moped or 50cc?
For everyday riding, Urban Rider is the strongest free moped navigation app in 2026 because it is built around two-wheel vehicles rather than cars. Choose a 50cc moped profile and it routes you around motorways and major trunk roads, shows charging stops for electric models, and keeps the navigation view glanceable, down to a single instruction. Google Maps and Apple Maps are free too, but in Europe and North America they route a 50cc exactly like a car.
Does it work for 25 km/h scooters and e-bikes?
Yes. Urban Rider has a low-speed profile for 25 km/h scooters, e-bikes and similar light vehicles. It plans calmer routes on roads that class can legally use and estimates the trip at 25 km/h, so the arrival time is honest. You can switch between 25 km/h, 45 km/h, 50cc and 125cc profiles at any time.
Is the scooter route planner really free?
Yes. Urban Rider is a genuinely free scooter route planner. There is no account to create, no subscription and no paywalled routing. Your route history stays on your own device rather than on a server, and the app is a native download on both iOS and Android.
Stop letting a car app decide where your scooter goes. Download Urban Rider free and plan your next ride on roads your bike is actually built for.