Me too. I don't need to pay tons of money for a Nav app to tell me to turn left or right...
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Me too. I don't need to pay tons of money for a Nav app to tell me to turn left or right...
MotionX GPS Drive does the same thing as Navigon and is significantly cheaper. It's $0.99 for the app, and to get spoken directions it's $10 a year. It's significantly cheaper and works very well. No complaints so far and I've been using it since last Christmas.
Once iOS 6 is out, I'll stop paying for MotionX. Why pay for something when it's built right in and does just as good a job for free?
Once iOS 6 is out, I'll stop paying for MotionX. Why pay for something when it's built right in and does just as good a job for free?
Plenty do. Never assume "I don't care" = no one cares. I use TomTom and don't assume that everyone else does or should. No solution is ever one-size-fits-all. Use what works for you. Others will use what works for them. Not sure why so few seem to get this and, instead, argue over matters of preference.
Check it out when IOS6 is released. It's not like you'll have to pay for it. If you don't care for it, don't use it.
Worth is always highly subjective, regardless of topic. This very thread even illustrates that.
Better is subjective as well and you're confusing "you" with "I". You find it better. That's why you pay for it. Not everyone does.
Motion X does not do the same thing. It doesn't have locally stored maps. Again, it's a subjective matter. Don't assume your needs/wants/budget/preferences are universal.
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When it come to navigation apps, you most certainly can say some are better than others in an objective manner.
Well with free there can also be compromises. In the case of nav software it is the general need for an Internet connection with the free nav software. Navigon and TomTom store all of the map data on the iPhone itself and do not need to use Internet data to work.
I like Navigon because it allows selective downloading of maps. I do not need to keep 2GBs of maps on my iPhone when most of the time I only need Arizona, California, and Nevada (a fraction of the space required for the whole country: <150MB). Navigon also gives me speed warnings. This is very useful when the speed limit changes and I missed the sign.
That said, I am running iOS 6 beta and am using Navigon a lot less. Mainly because it is easy to just tell Siri where I want to go and, without any other input from me, it starts navigating. It also shows on the lockscreen, which to me is a plus.
While Maps in iOS 6 does need internet for the maps, once you start navigating the app still works even if there is no cell service. It doesn't pre-load the maps needed for a route but it does, or at least appears to, load the coordinates for the turns. So you will still get the voice prompts when needed (just don't get off the route under those circumstances!). You even see the "road" you are on on the map, but no others. I think that it combines the GPS, compass, and gyroscope to draw the road with the assumption it is the correct one. I should try leaving the route when there is no data to see if it says something. Probably will.
Michael
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One nice thing just added to GPS Drive are speed-limits, and speed warnings.
Unfortunately it is just a visual warning on-screen (that is how it is described... have not tested it). There is also no way to configure the warning threshold: seems the warning is on-screen at even 1MPH over the limit. That essentially means most of the time the "warning" would always be on the screen for me. You drive at or under the limit around here and you will get run over
. I guess it is not such a good feature after all. Still good to have if you are unsure of the speed limit, which seems to happen out here in the desert a lot on empty roads (I mean the speed limit signs are sometimes few and far between).Michael
Typical android users mentality.
Never pay for anything when there is already a fantastic free alternative
FTFY!
But in all seriousness, for a lot of people, Navigation is more than enough. I am not talking people who drive for a living, or those who trek through the smokey mountains weekly where there is no reception. I am talking about the city slickers who need to know how to get to the quickest pizza joint from their work, or need to find the nearest home depot and how to get there. For those people (and there are a lot of us) there is no justifiable reason to drop a Benjamin on navigation app.
FTFY!
But in all seriousness, for a lot of people, Navigation is more than enough. I am not talking people who drive for a living, or those who trek through the smokey mountains weekly where there is no reception. I am talking about the city slickers who need to know how to get to the quickest pizza joint from their work, or need to find the nearest home depot and how to get there. For those people (and there are a lot of us) there is no justifiable reason to drop a Benjamin on navigation app.
Android user
For us iPhone people we didnt have free turn by turn voice nav available.
And I rather not stare at google maps while driving.
One nice thing just added to GPS Drive are speed-limits, and speed warnings.
Unfortunately it is just a visual warning on-screen (that is how it is described... have not tested it). There is also no way to configure the warning threshold: seems the warning is on-screen at even 1MPH over the limit. That essentially means most of the time the "warning" would always be on the screen for me. You drive at or under the limit around here and you will get run over
Michael
Thank god for speed limits! I paid $40 or something like that over 2 years ago for TomTom. I'm pretty sure I saved that $40 alone and much more just last week when TomTom told me that the speed limit on the highway was 50MPH I guess it dropped from 65MPH to 50MPH at some point. I was going around 75MPH since you pretty much won't get pulled over for going 10MPH over. I had apparently completely missed the sign saying it was lowering. Literally like 20 seconds after I slowed down to 60MPH or so, I passed by a cop that lasered me. It probably saved me a $250-$300 ticket for going 75 in a 50.
I don't understand why every navigation app doesn't have speed limits.
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Android user
For us iPhone people we didnt have free turn by turn voice nav available.
And I rather not stare at google maps while driving.
Where do people get these ridiculous prices for apps? Right now the two most popular premium navigation programs are TomTom and Navigon. Navigon is at $59 righ tnow, TomTom is $49. And those are the highest prices those two apps go for. If you bother to just set an alert for a price drop, you can routinely get them for under $40. Hell, TomTom has sold for $31 and Navigon for $29.
You still have to pay 10 dollars a year and that is not free. Lol
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Does that includes the update that has to be done every year?
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Wait just a darn minute, your telling me that you do not like free stuff??
Android user
For us iPhone people we didnt have free turn by turn voice nav available.
And I rather not stare at google maps while driving.
Waze is free and works great.
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The price depends on where in the world you are and how many maps are needed.
I agree.
I bought Navigon for around $40 back when it was on sale. Sometime in 2009 before most of these other GPS apps were even an idea.
Well worth the purchase and I dont have to pay ever again a monthly or yearly fee or pull carrier data while Im driving for maps.
It keeps improving and the company supports it very well with every firmware update and with adding more features and polishing it up.
I know, I hit the lottery and first thing I did with the money is purchase Navigon for my iphone
I know, I hit the lottery and first thing I did with the money is purchase Navigon for my iphone
Pass some of that money on my side. Lol
If you read my post, you'd see that I said "When iOS 6 is out, I'll stop paying for MotionX. Why pay for something thats built right in and does just as good a job for free." Keywords being: "When iOS 6 is out". I was talking about the new Apple maps that comes with iOS 6 and includes turn-by-turn directions with spoken directions for free.
Huh? I remember paying 300 for a dedicated garmin unit that had an interface much less user friendly and you had to pay for map updates.
For the price of navigon (a tenth of the garmin cost), I get local maps, with a very good ui, and yearly map updates. Not to mention, features like speed limits, parking, google search......all on my phone which I always have! Same cant be said for my garmin
In short, I feel navigon/Tom Tom is a bargain compared to what it could be.
I have tried waze and other free maps but realize that I would much rather have maps that do not depend on my cell signal strength
For me this is a key point. I travel to plenty of places out west where I have NO SERVICE at the top of my iPhone. However, TomTom isn't reliant on cell coverage. It works on the GPS. I have never had a problem using the TomTom app. It is well worth the money in my opinion.
I agree.
I have Navigon and my only complaint is it only allows setting the speed warning threshold in 5MPH increments. I usually have it set to 5 or 10, depending upon the area (metro or rural). But in either case it's generally OK to be going 5 or 10 over (lil more out in the open desert). That means when I have cruise control set to 75 in a 65 the audible warning is incessant. If I could set it to, say, 6 or 11 MPH it would be much better. But I still love the feature.
I sometimes leave Navigon running even when not navigating. This way I get the speed warnings. I have even done that when using iOS 6 Maps for navigation.
How does TomTom work for setting the warning threshold?
Michael