So it's ... Strava... 

So they emailed me back to get feedback so I just asked them how their app differs from strava/map my ride/etc. Below is what he says (if nothing else he seems like a nice guy who is pretty excited about his product):


Emily, 


Thanks for posting about Diverge on your message boards!


That's a great question. We have a lot of really awesome features we want to build into Diverge and in its current form it can be tough to see the difference between us and the other apps. Strava and Map my Ride are more focused on the fitness part of your ride and we are more focused on the navigation aspect. The bread and butter of Diverge is the trail map. If you zoom around you'll start to notice that the detail of the map is much better than any of the other mapping apps. We believe this detail will translate into a much better user experience for riders.


Like the fitness apps we also have a tracker on Diverge which allows us to do three really awesome things. 1) We can show your current track overlaid on the trail map so you can see where you have gone and figure out where you want to go. 2) We keep track of cool stats such as mileage, elevation gain, ascending time and distance. 3) The tracker is also how we build the trail map. It makes it really easy for people to contribute important trail information to the outdoor community. All people have to do, is use the tracker and we take care of the rest to build the trail map. This doesn't mean you can only use the tracker for trails, it can be your go to tracker for morning runs, paddle boarding, skiing and other activities. 


 We are super excited on where Diverge is and even more excited in what we can build into it. We want to make something amazing!


-Riley

So I guess the app is currently like early adopters of Waze: not a lot out there. It has parts of USNWC, a few greenways, and not much else local. Trailforks and mtbproject both had incentive/points programs to get people to map trails to the app. Here, if you record the trail they credit you in the trail details. Also doesn't seem to differentiate between hiking (Crowders Mtn), singletrack, and greenway. Not feeling it.

SirNotAppearing wrote on 09/08/17 at 1:53pm:

+1 for Trailforks