Best Sat Nav for Iphone

Kido

I'm wanting to get a sat nav for my Iphone. I did download the free NavFree but when I have my music playing I don't get the sat nav giving me spoken directions. I'm looking for a satnav that will override the music and talk to me and give me clear directions. I know there are a few out there, and I've used TomTom sat navs in the past, but TomTom seems the most expensive and I was wondering if it really is worth paying for.

Hammyman

Tomtom. You can use Google maps but you need access to the interwibble whilst on the move. There are others based on the OpenStreet maps but IME their mapping is far from complete.

poppy10_2

TBH I wouldn't bother - the paid-for SatNav apps for iPhone are very expensive, TomTom UK&Ireland costs £50 for example - at that price you'd be better off going for a second-hand standalone satnav off ebay, which will function better. I've tried out both the TomTom and Co-Pilot apps and found them very fiddly, much prefer the standalone satnav with NavFree as a backup on my iphone

ronny_todgers

Get an android phone instead - then you have google navigation built in for free

Hammyman

ronny_todgers wrote: »

Get an android phone instead - then you have google navigation built in for free

Indeed they do but as you still need an active data connection, the same problem applies and it'll cost you the earth to use abroad.

And you can get Google nav for free on the iPhone.

poppy10_2

Hammyman wrote: »

And you can get Google nav for free on the iPhone.

No you can't, you just get Google Maps, which doesn't have turn by turn directions so is pretty useless for navigation.

paulday

I'd have a look at the Navigon app, personally i think thats better than the Tomtom on the Iphone.

Paul

Greensprout

On the iPhone I have used TomTom, CoPilot, Navfree, Maps (native), Orange Maps, Skobbler, Navigon, AA Sat Nav and my choice every time is CoPilot.

Out of the free choices I would go for Skobbler.

(If you are using your iPhone for Sat Nav, don't forget your in car charger!)

steveluigi

So TomTom costs more, why do you think that is? It works well, that's why. OK you can get free ones, but hey! what do you expect for nothing? And as to the guy that says get a second hand satnav off Ebay, why bother? what's the point of having to carry 2 devices round with you when TomTom works absolutely perfectly on the iPhone? well mine has for 2 years anyway?

buglawton

New satnavs are under £50 and might even have Europe on them. Keep one in the glove compartment, you will never hear the voice directions on an iPhone without fiddly connections/an iPhone docking station in the car.

Humphrey10

buglawton wrote: »

you will never hear the voice directions on an iPhone without fiddly connections/an iPhone docking station in the car.

The iPhone connects to the socket in the same way as a sat nav, and has a docking station just like a sat nav does.