(READ THIS EXTENSIVE REVIEW) – GPS Navigation (Sat Nav) Review

***THIS APP HASNT BEEN UPDATD SINCE 9/15, LOOKS LIKE THE DEVS ABANDONED SHIP*** THE FOLLOWING WAS MY ORIGINAL REVIEW 2 YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN GOOGLE MAPS HAS TAKEN OVER AS KING WITH APPLE A CLOSE 2ND. I never, ever write reviews because if you're like me you never, ever read them. However, I found it necessary to write a review about this app for the following reason. I've been testing a few navigation apps (6 to be exact) for about 6 months now. I drive about 100 miles every day so I've have the time and patience to test several GPS apps extensively. If you want to know the list here it is...1. Google Maps, 2. Waze, 3. Scout, 4. Motion X, 5. Apple Maps, 6. This Nav app. I'll tell you right off the bat to discard Apple Maps, it's the worst of the bunch. I used each app for exactly 1 month and then I switched to the other. I never used a different one during the month long test because I wanted to give it real world testing and not cheat by switching to another one mid-navigation. I chose 10 categories to grade each one but I won't bore you with specifics. Each Navigation app has differences that make it good but the best all around came down to 3 apps. Waze, Google Maps, and this one. I chose this one as the winner for a few reasons. The most important is for the obvious reason we all use navigation apps. To get from A to B in the least amount of time, and with the best route always being presented. That's what I got with this app. Don't get me wrong, both Waze and GMaps (which are now the same company) are great at routing but I don't like all the distractions on Waze, and if no one reports any activity in Waze the other users won't know about it. The re-routing was ok, not great, it took me on a lot of side street chases. Plus I don't like the cartoonish feel. GMaps had up-to-date maps but I didn't like the fact that you had to be constantly checking the screen to see if the next major turn was slower or faster so I could take it. The street views where outdated, and it never came back from landscape mode if you held your phone sideways. Finally, I left this app for last. I did buy the RPT traffic for $10 since it promised a much better routing experience. The menus could be a little cleaner and less cluttered and I don't really like the fact that I asks you to rate the app almost after every drive. As far as routing, this is hands down the best of all 6 apps. I never deviated from the presented route and on several occasion I found myself on a side streets zipping by huge freeway backups. I was always rerouted if a better route was found and traffic would update about every 5 minutes so it was always up to date. In closing, I still continue to switch between Waze and this only because I like the fact that Waze tells you where the cops are. If they incorporated that feature into the next update on this app I'd kick Waze to the curb. Well that's it, hope I helped someone make an informed decision!
Review by Ish305 on GPS Navigation (Sat Nav).

All GPS Navigation (Sat Nav) Reviews


Other Reviews