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The best free or cheap GPS navigation apps for the iPhone

The best free or cheap GPS navigation apps for the iPhone

Posted: 16 Oct 2012, 06:55, by Daniel P.

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The best free or cheap GPS navigation apps for the iPhone

Apple placed itself in a pickle with the first edition of its own Maps navigational software, as Tim Cook acknowledged after the release. The software needs to be improved, and it will probably take some time until Apple Maps catches up to the players that have been in the industry for a good while now.

If you don't want to wait, but also don't want to shell out the big bucks for a standalone 3rd party navigation app with all the bells and whistles, there's a number of free or very affordable alternatives that work the GPS radio inside your iPhone pretty well.

Some of these use open source maps, which are getting better and better by the day and/or rely on crowdsourced information about POIs, traffic and other collectibles, and you will be surprised how good an alternative they are to the high-priced GPS apps, no to mention the integrated mapping solution.

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A newly released app, Scout by Telenav, should be on the top of everyone's GPS navigational list right now, as it offers a free upgrade to the full-featured Scout Plus with offline maps and voice navigation for a year. Not that $10 is expensive otherwise, but why waste a good promotion.

Scout by Telenav is with hands down one of the best interfaces for an iPhone GPS app. Very easy to use, with a bucket load of features, including crowdsourced POIs reviewes, the only caveat is that it uses TomTom maps, which are not that great for some regions in the US, providing spotty coverage.

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1. serious9010 posted on 16 Oct 2012, 06:56 0

Excellent apps! :) +1

2. rihel_95 posted on 16 Oct 2012, 07:13 2

Google Maps

4. android_hitman posted on 16 Oct 2012, 07:56 0

was google maps :)

6. bbblader posted on 16 Oct 2012, 08:35 1

nokia maps

3. TheDarkKnight (banned) posted on 16 Oct 2012, 07:38 0

Thank you for this article!

5. 305Bucko posted on 16 Oct 2012, 08:34 3

What?! Cant beleive iOS Maps didnt make the cut :/
#sarcasm

7. jmoita2 posted on 16 Oct 2012, 12:23 1

Sarcasm well taken. Ironic Apple can't even supply their vaunted iPhone with its own maps app anymore...

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