advice on iphone app

gabbyevs · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 88

hi

ive just got an iphone was wondering if anyone any recommendations for a good gps app

do they run aswell as say garmin etc? also are there any mounts to hold my iphone in the car

thanks

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject:

A quick look at this very forum reveals this thread at the top of the forum, with a link to this page in the first post.

A search on the word "mount" in this forum reveals this thread

gabbyevs · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 88

thaniks for the links

id like some personal experience of any of the apps if anyone has them?

Darren · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject:

Navigon is the best IMHO but still needs 7 digit PostCode. Sygic is also good, followed. TomTom and CoPilot are Ok. CoPilot could be great but is marred by routing issues.

Get Navigon and you'll be happy, 7-digit postcode is to be added in a forthcoming update and that will then tick all our boxes.
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SSR · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 432

Ditto on Navigon. But no app for the iPhone is perfect.

There's also this poll (request to be a sticky seems to have been ignored *sob*). Not a huge number of votes, but Navigon has a clear lead there also.[/url]

Darren · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject:

gabbyevs · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 88

thanks for your opinions

i didnt really want to pay extra for postcodes but if its the better app i might

does it freeze alot? i guess no one app is perfect my garmin nuvi freezes all the time and is a pain

also i sthe screen hard to see?

Darren · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject:

gabbyevs · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 88

thanks for your replies

now all i have to do is get a mount for the car

mikealder · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject:

Considering 7 digit postcode support costs so little its well worth adding to the application see Here - Makes a real difference to using the Navigon app in the UK, it simply works and for just over £1 I am quite happy to pay for this app even though Navigon might some day get their act in order and release true post code support within the application.

As for the others, Sygic offers the best integration with third party POI files and the Speed Camera database, but you need to be running a jailbroken phone to take advantage of this.

Co-Pilot is a very capable application, but the user interface seems cluttered to me, not quite sure whats not quite right but its not on a par with the Navigon app, for those on a budget its a cracking release as the UK mapping plus app will set you back less than £30

I-Go, well its costly and takes ages to load, in use its quite good but I simply have not got on with this application even though I keep trying it, others say its good but I just don't connect with this one for some reason.

TomTom, relying upon their brand name is the first thing that springs to mind, OK so it uses IQ Routes which in my opinion is a good thing, BUT there is very little else on offer, at the price I would look elsewhere rather than waste cash on a rather lame duck.

G-Map, it provides a decent application sadly let down by very strange routes, if they can resolve the rather bizarre routing then its worth looking at.

Navigon is by far the best app for navigation on the iPhone in the UK when compared to the rest, its not the cheapest but what it does provide is a very solid and capable device that rivals all but the very best top of the range stand alone sat nav devices, you get the Text To Speech where the device can read out road names, reality view which displays the road signs and lane guidance on motorways and other major A roads, and it does what it says on the tin - It simply works - A refereshing change in this day an age when it comes to navigation software in general - Mike

Edit to add, there is only one mount for the phone worth considering, although its not cheap have a look at the range from Brodit, I detailed how to install one in This thread - Mike

gabbyevs · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 88

thanks for your advice on each app mike

SSR · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 26, 2005 Posts: 432

gabbyevs · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2007 Posts: 88

i would prefer a suction mount however i do want my phone to be secure and not just drop off

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