Missing basic features that would make it great again – Polaris® Review

App won’t rotate upside down: My phone (and a lot of others) are mounted upside down on the A-pillar so that that the charge cable goes up, and into the Polaris wire management hole inside the top corner of the roll cage. App used to rotate upside down many versions ago but they put a stop it it. If you mount your phone horizontally and want to use the app in landscape mode you’ll loose nearly all your options. Landscape is nice to get a better lay of the land nearby me, but it restricts so many of the basic options that are available in portrait. When my device is in its holder and I’m running down a trail it’s a pain to pull over and get out of the way, take the device out of its mount turn it vertically just to perform the actions I need then mount it all back up horizontally again. Please fix this, it’s been happening far too long now. Back when this app first came out this was not an issue. For some reason they also removed this feature. Summary: I don’t understand the need to keep us in portrait mode or prevent the app from working upside down. Those are simple things that are easy to fix and improve the user experience. All my buddies have a Polaris and these simple missing features prevent them from wanting to use it — even though the group ride feature is so nice to have. I’m still hoping one day these long standing issues are fixed so we can enjoy this app again. Until then I recommend using a different GPS app for your rides.
Review by JeremyDeal on Polaris®.