Built a Google Maps–native navigation app for the KTM dash — would you pay a subscription for it?

[u/normaltusker]

I've been building a companion app for KTM's connected dash (the 1290/1390 SD, 890/790 Adv, etc. — anything running the KTMConnect TFT nav) that uses Google Maps as the actual routing and map engine instead of the stock Mapbox (in India at least) provider. Turn-by-turn, lane guidance, live traffic, and search all come from Google, projected onto the bike's dash exactly the way the official app does it.

Before I go further I want to gauge whether people would actually use this, because it can't be free — more on that at the end.

What it does today:

• Full turn-by-turn on the dash — turn icons, distance-to-turn, street names, ETA, distance-to-destination — same BLE protocol the official app uses, so it works on the stock cluster
• Google Maps routing with live traffic, so reroutes actually reflect current conditions
• Google Places search — find a destination by name, not just coordinates
• Multi-stop route planning with drag-to-reorder stops
• Save routes and favorites; favorites (Home, Work, and your saved places) show up in the dash's own favorites menu, and picking one on the dash starts navigation from your current location
• Mirrors phone notifications (maps apps, messages) to the dash, with your own guidance always taking priority
• Ride history with GPX export
• Overspeed alerts using the road's actual speed limit
• Handlebar volume controls for voice guidance

Why it's better than the official app for a lot of riders:

• Google Maps data — better POI coverage, better traffic, better search, more current maps in most regions than the stock provider
• Faster, more predictable rerouting
• Route planning that doesn't fight you — real multi-stop editing, reorderable stops, saved routes that persist
• Notification mirroring done sanely — third-party nav apps get suppressed while your Nav SDK is guiding so the dash never shows conflicting turns
• Active development — I'm adding dash features the official app has had for years (recent-destinations list, POI-by-category browsing from the dash, handlebar menu navigation) and shipping fixes fast

The subscription part — being upfront:

This will be subscription-based. Not because I want recurring revenue for its own sake, but because using Google Maps as a native, embedded map and navigation provider is a paid licensing cost to Google — every route calculated, every map tile, every search, every place lookup is billed. A free app can't absorb that at any real user count. The subscription exists to cover the Google platform cost per active rider and keep the lights on for development.

I don't have a price to announce yet. What I need first is a sense of how many people would genuinely sign up for this.

So: if you ride a KTM with the connected dash — would you pay a monthly/annual subscription for Google Maps navigation on your cluster instead of the stock experience? Drop a comment (a simple "yes / maybe / no" + your model helps), and tell me what feature would make it a definite yes.