Life's better at 15 mph.
Navigation for golf carts and LSVs. Slow roads first — 35 mph and under wherever possible, and honest when it isn't. Rides start in Florida and Georgia today; more states as we check their roads.
Free. iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
A nav app that routes on the cart paths.
SlowGo is built for golf carts and low-speed vehicles — the quiet streets, the cut-throughs, the routes regular nav apps don't see.
The short version
SlowGo is a golf cart GPS — a navigation app for golf carts, LSVs, and NEVs that keeps every route on roads posted 35 mph and under wherever possible, and clearly marks the rare faster stretch it can't avoid.
It takes the backroads. The quiet streets. The paths regular nav won't route you down.
Built with cart communities in mind — The Villages, Hilton Head, Peachtree City, and Fire Island. Florida and Georgia are on today — the rest is where we're headed.
No accounts. No tracking. Just maps that respect how you actually ride.
Cars vs. carts
× Regular nav
- "Take the highway"
- "Merge onto I-95"
- "Fastest route"
- Won't route on paths
- Tracks every mile
● SlowGo
- "Take the back road"
- "Cut through the path"
- "Quietest route"
- Prioritizes 35-and-under roads
- Doesn't watch you ride
Tell it where. It picks the slower way.
Three steps. No account, no login. The cart's not in a hurry — the app shouldn't be either.
01 / OPEN
Open the map.
No account, no sign-in. A short first-launch setup — the terms, a few preferences, the safety basics — and then the map loads where you are.
02 / SEARCH
Tap a destination.
The bakery. The dock. The friend two streets over. Search the way you would in any map app.
03 / RIDE
Take the back way.
SlowGo routes you on 35-and-under roads, quiet cut-throughs, and the paths car nav won't send you down.
Three colors. That's the whole system.
Green
Roads posted 35 and under. That's the default, and most rides never leave it.
Amber
Stretches posted 36 to 45. Shown only if you allow them — and when you do, you see exactly how many minutes of it before you go.
NoGo
When there's no reasonable slow way, SlowGo says so. It won't quietly put you on a fast road to make the trip work.
Behind those three colors is a check that has to finish before the Start button will unlock. If someone in your house wants the longer answer — what gets checked, what gets refused, and what the app admits it can't know — it's written out in how SlowGo is built to be careful.
A look inside
Built for places where cart is a way of life.
The Villages first. Florida and Georgia today, then outward as we check more roads.
Where SlowGo works today
SlowGo builds routes from its own speed-limit data, which covers Florida and Georgia today. Elsewhere you can search, browse, and plan a ride — but SlowGo won't start one until we've checked the roads there. We'd rather say "not yet" than guess.
Florida includes The Villages, Sun City Center, Naples, and Ocean Reef. Georgia includes Peachtree City.
The list below is where we're headed, in roughly the order we mean to get there. It isn't where SlowGo works now — we check a state's roads before we turn it on. Want yours next? Tell us where.
The point of all this
The point isn't getting there fast. It's the breeze, the side streets, and the route nobody else knows about.
01 / Pace
The cart's not in a hurry. Neither are you.
02 / Routes
Quietest, not fastest.
03 / Privacy
No accounts. No tracking. No ads.
04 / Care
Made by hand, not by quarter.
It's out. Honestly, when it was right.
We didn't ship a hurried app. The whole point is to slow down. Here's where things stand:
Before launch
Final miles
Measured route testing in The Villages, against real cart trips.
Now
Public launch
iOS, free to start. Florida and Georgia first, The Villages leading, then outward.
Later
Android
Android, and new states as we finish checking their roads.
Things people actually ask.
Short answers. No marketing voice. If something's missing, write us at hello@slowgoapp.com.
Is SlowGo safe?+
It's built to be careful, and to say so when it isn't sure.
Routes are built around roads posted 35 mph and under. Every route is checked against speed data before the Start button unlocks, and if that check can't finish, the button stays locked rather than guessing. Where a road carries no posted limit in the map data, SlowGo says that instead of inventing a number. What it won't do is decide whether a cart is legal on your street, or replace what you can see from the seat. The long version is here: how SlowGo is built to be careful.
Why not just use Google Maps?+
Google Maps is built for cars. It sends you to highways, busy roads, and routes that assume you're going 45+ mph.
SlowGo knows you're on a cart. It routes on the backroads, residential streets, and cart paths — the routes car nav won't send you down. Same destination. Calmer ride.
Will it work in my town?+
Today, if your town is in Florida or Georgia, yes. SlowGo builds routes from its own speed-limit data, and that data covers Florida and Georgia.
Anywhere else, you can open the app, search, browse the map, and plan a ride — but SlowGo won't start one until we've checked the roads in your state. We'd rather say "not yet" than guess at a speed limit and put you somewhere you shouldn't be.
We're adding states one at a time. Tell us your town and we'll write when yours is on.
Do I need an account?+
No account, and nothing to sign in to.
SlowGo doesn't ask for your email, name, or anything else. The first time you open it there's a short setup — the terms, a few preferences about your cart, and the safety basics — and after that you just ride. Route requests are processed on our server and not kept beyond short-lived technical logs. Favorites and history stay on your phone.
How does SlowGo make money?+
SlowGo is free to start. Always.
Later, there'll be optional features for people who want to support development — things like extended trip history, custom voice options, or premium navigation modes. But the core experience — finding cart-friendly routes — stays free.
No ads. No selling your data. Route requests aren't kept beyond short-lived technical logs.
Is this for actual golf, or just golf carts?+
Just carts.
SlowGo is for golf carts, low-speed vehicles (LSVs), neighborhood electric vehicles, and similar slow vehicles being driven on regular streets — not on golf courses.
If you're playing actual golf, your course already has a yardage app. This isn't that.
Android?+
iOS first. Android comes later.
Building one platform well is better than building two platforms okay. After SlowGo's iOS version is solid, Android is next on the roadmap.
Is there a beta I can join?+
There's nothing to wait for — SlowGo is out. Get it on the App Store.
Pre-release builds still go out through TestFlight before they reach the store. When one is running, it's at slowgoapp.com/beta.
Why's it called SlowGo?+
Because slow travel is the point. The cart's not in a hurry. Neither are we.
Who built SlowGo?+
Ron. Eleven years in housing finance, zero years as a professional developer, and one year of nights and weekends building this anyway — with a lot of help from AI tools and a stubborn belief that carts deserve better maps.
Is my data safe?+
No accounts, no ad tracking. Route requests are processed on our server and not kept beyond short-lived technical logs. Favorites and history stay on your phone.
When can I see SlowGo on the App Store?+
It's there now. slowgoapp.com/go goes straight to the listing.
Can I use SlowGo for hiking, biking, or walking?+
Not yet. SlowGo is built specifically for golf carts and low-speed vehicles. Walking and biking apps work differently — different routing, different speeds, different safety considerations.
One ask, one place
Take your time. Then take the back way.
SlowGo is on the App Store. Free to start, iOS, Florida and Georgia.