Routing
35 and under, and honest about it
SlowGo routes on roads posted 35 mph or under by default. Every route card says what the ride is made of, and when there’s no slow way, SlowGo says so instead of quietly sending you onto a fast road.
Life's better at 15 mph.
New SlowGo 1.4 is out, now on Android too →Works with CarPlay. Plug in and the route shows up on the cart's screen. Rides keep going when your phone is locked or CarPlay drops.
Navigation for golf carts and LSVs. Slow roads first, posted 35 and under, and honest when it isn't. Golf carts ride only where your county or city allows. Rides start in Florida, Georgia and Arizona today; more states as we check their roads.
Free. iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later. Android 7.0 or later.
New in SlowGo
SlowGo 1.4 is out. Now on Android too.
Same app, same version, iPhone and Android, out October 16, 2026. Here's what changed.
- SlowGo is on Android. Free on Google Play, Android 7.0 or later.
- Arizona. SlowGo now builds rides in Arizona, along with Florida and Georgia.
- Paths fixed. Some routes used bike and walking paths that aren’t open to carts. Routes now stay off paths unless they’re marked for golf carts, and if a route ever uses an unmarked path, it shows in amber with a note to check local signs.
- Straight answers at the end of a route. If a route can’t get all the way to your spot, the route card says how far short it ends.
- Rename a favorite. In Favorites, tap Edit, then the favorite. The new name shows everywhere, and search finds it by that name.
- Better weather. All of the next 6 hours, words that wrap instead of getting cut off, and a moon after sunset.
- Tap the SlowGo logo to go back home: it clears your search and puts the map back on you.
- Easier to read at the largest text sizes, and turn instructions are never cut off.
- More private. Checking whether paths on your route are marked for carts now happens on your phone.
Every SlowGo update, start to now
What it does
Made for the cart, not the car.
CarPlay
On the cart’s screen
Plug in and your favorites, the route and every turn show up on CarPlay. The phone can stay locked in the cupholder, and if CarPlay drops, the ride keeps going on the phone.
The map
Press and hold anywhere
No address? Press and hold on the map to drop a pin, then ride there, or start your ride from there. Handy for the far end of the beach, a friend’s driveway or the back gate.
Search
Real places, by name
Search the bakery, the dock, the club. Results show the town and how far away each one is, and a tap on the heart saves it to Favorites for next time.
Town rules
Know the town’s cart rules
Where a cart may ride is the town’s or county’s call. Our golf cart rules by town put each one in plain English: which streets, who can drive, stickers, after dark, with links to the town’s own rules.
01 / What it is
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 builds routes on roads posted 35 mph and under by default, and tells you plainly when a trip can't be done that way. 35 is Florida's line for LSVs. A golf cart rides only where its county or city allows it, and SlowGo doesn't decide that — signs and local rules win.
It takes the backroads. The quiet streets. The marked cart paths regular nav won't route you down.
Built with cart communities in mind — The Villages, Hilton Head, and Peachtree City. Florida, Georgia and Arizona are on today — the rest is where we're headed.
No accounts. No tracking. Just maps that respect how you actually ride.
Slow roads first
Built for spotty signal
No accounts
No tracking
Free to start
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
02 / How it works
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 marked cart paths car nav won't send you down.
03 / Green, amber, NoGo
Three colors. That's the whole system.
Green
Roads posted 35 and under — the LSV line. That's the default, and most rides never leave it. Where a golf cart may ride is your county's call.
Amber
A stretch to look at before you ride, such as a road with no speed limit on record, or a road posted 36 to 45 if you've turned on faster stretches. The route names it, and how far it runs, 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
04 / Where it works
Built for places where cart is a way of life.
The Villages first. Florida, Georgia and Arizona today, then outward as we check more roads.
Where SlowGo works today
SlowGo builds routes from its own speed-limit data, which covers Florida, Georgia and Arizona 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. Arizona is covered statewide.
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.
01
The Villages
COVERED
02
Peachtree City
COVERED
03
Hilton Head
NOT YET
04
Catalina Island
NOT YET
05
Mackinac Island
NOT YET
05 / Why slow
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.
SlowGo · House Rules
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.
06 / When can I download it?
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
iPhone and Android, free to start. Florida, Georgia and Arizona first, The Villages leading, then outward.
Later
More states
New states as we finish checking their roads.
07 / Honest questions
Things people actually ask.
Short answers. No marketing voice. If something's missing, write us at hello@slowgoapp.com.
How careful is SlowGo?+
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, the LSV line. 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.
Is 35 mph legal for a golf cart?+
35 is Florida's line for low-speed vehicles (LSVs): an LSV may be operated only on streets posted 35 mph or less.
A golf cart is different. Under Florida law a golf cart may be driven only on roads its county or city has designated for golf carts, and that designation is the local government's call, not a number on a sign. SlowGo routes on roads posted 35 and under and does not know which roads allow golf carts. Signs and local rules win — check yours.
Why not just use a regular map app?+
Regular map apps are built for cars. They send 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 marked cart paths — the routes car nav won't send you down. Same destination. Calmer ride.
Does it work with CarPlay?+
Yes. Any cart or car with CarPlay.
Plug the phone in, tap SlowGo on the screen, pick a favorite, Start ride. Your phone can stay locked in the cupholder, and if CarPlay drops, the ride keeps going on the phone.
What's new in SlowGo?+
1.4, out October 16, 2026 on iPhone and Android: SlowGo on Google Play, Arizona, routes that stay off paths unless they're marked for golf carts, a route card that says when a route ends short of your spot, renaming favorites, a better weather forecast and easier reading at large text sizes.
Every update so far is on the release history page.
Can I lock my phone during a ride?+
Yes. Start the ride, lock the phone, put it in your pocket or the cupholder. The turns keep coming until you arrive.
You'll see the blue location pill at the top of the screen while a ride is running. That's iOS showing you SlowGo is using your location, and it goes away when the ride ends. SlowGo only reads your location in the background during a ride you started.
Can I make the text bigger?+
Yes. SlowGo follows your iPhone's text size (Settings › Display & Brightness › Text Size, or Accessibility › Larger Text for the biggest sizes). Route cards, the menu and Settings grow with it.
If anything is cut off at your size, write us at hello@slowgoapp.com with a screenshot.
Will it work in my town?+
Today, if your town is in Florida, Georgia or Arizona, yes. SlowGo builds routes from its own speed-limit data, and that data covers Florida, Georgia and Arizona.
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?+
Yes. SlowGo is free on Google Play, for Android 7.0 or later. It's the same version as the iPhone app.
If anything's off on Android, email hello@slowgoapp.com.
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.
What happens to my data?+
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 and Google Play. Free to start, iPhone and Android, Florida, Georgia and Arizona.