which SatNav app for Ireland?

cojomo2

I wouldn't get a lot of use from one, but if I have to go somewhere im not sure of, I'd rather have something a bit better that googlemaps.

So, I wouldn't spend the money that the likes of Tom Tom and Navigon are asking....so instead I'm wondering if anyone has used Co Pilot Live, for UK and Ireland?

Its half the price, but why? Is it crap?

Thanks

deep1

cojomo2 wrote: »

I wouldn't get a lot of use from one, but if I have to go somewhere im not sure of, I'd rather have something a bit better that googlemaps.

So, I wouldn't spend the money that the likes of Tom Tom and Navigon are asking....so instead I'm wondering if anyone has used Co Pilot Live, for UK and Ireland?

Its half the price, but why? Is it crap?

Thanks

I have used all 3 of them and actually find Co-pilot great and use it most of time.
it's good.

cojomo2

deep1 wrote: »

I have used all 3 of them and actually find Co-pilot great and use it most of time.
it's good.

great, is it obvious when using all three that the co pilot one is a much cheaper one? Do the tom tom/navigon apps have anything that justifies them being twice the price?

What area of the country have you been using co-pilot in?


Thanks

deep1

cojomo2 wrote: »

great, is it obvious when using all three that the co pilot one is a much cheaper one? Do the tom tom/navigon apps have anything that justifies them being twice the price?

What area of the country have you been using co-pilot in?


Thanks

No i think tom tom is bit buggy and maps are not updated, just read the review in the app itself.
I have used Co-pilot in bray, M50, tallaght, blanchardstown, clondalkin and in city center and not once i got trouble, Maps seem to be updated but Red cow roundabout Co-pilot got confused once. that's all.

Dades

The reviews on iTunes of Co Pilot are mostly good but a bunch of people seem to think the maps are crap unless you're in the UK.

Anyone know how often they are updated??

Spipov

i tried the copilot maps recently. i will say this: i nearly wanted to throw the iphone out of the window. it was buggy, inaccurate and misleading. it made me do 2 circles and im not sure what it was at.

tomtom - for me its still the best ive used and i will stick with it.

it was a drive from dublin to dundalk - and in the middle i needed petrol. and it would not recognise anything in dundalk. very poor afai recall.

i nearly ended up on the side of the road with no petrol


on a side note that day a big bird decided to use my car as a landing site, while i was driving. that was scary hearing that big "bong" on top of your head!

deep1

Spipov wrote: »

i tried the copilot maps recently. i will say this: i nearly wanted to throw the iphone out of the window. it was buggy, inaccurate and misleading. it made me do 2 circles and im not sure what it was at.

tomtom - for me its still the best ive used and i will stick with it.

it was a drive from dublin to dundalk - and in the middle i needed petrol. and it would not recognise anything in dundalk. very poor afai recall.

i nearly ended up on the side of the road with no petrol


on a side note that day a big bird decided to use my car as a landing site, while i was driving. that was scary hearing that big "bong" on top of your head!

You could be right, in my opinion there is no such thing as perfect Navigation device, my cousin bought brand new expensive garmin and trip to Belfast was hell lot of trouble.
so it all depends what part of country maps you will be using, Co-pilot hasn't given me any trouble in the above mentioned places so far.

Red Alert

I'm using Navigon on the 3G. In-app control of iPod playback and auto-override of music. Overall very good, didn't have some roads around Galway County, but the map quality on the whole does seem very good. The only real complaint about this app is that the load time and UI response time can be atrocious.

AthAnRi

I have co-pilot. Haven't really used it yet to be honest.

Just wondering does the CoPilot app work with the tomtom cradle? i.e. the GPS enhancement feature of the tomtom cradle?

smiddyboy

I just downloaded 'Ndrive UK & Ireland' a steal for only €13.99 at the moment.

Only a few features of the higher priced apps are missing but the maps are up to date and does what i need it to. For a simple cheap Satnav software you can't go wrong!

drunkmonkey

Is the tom Tom cradle a good investment, does it make the experience better?

eamon234

smiddyboy wrote: »

I just downloaded 'Ndrive UK & Ireland' a steal for only €13.99 at the moment.

Only a few features of the higher priced apps are missing but the maps are up to date and does what i need it to. For a simple cheap Satnav software you can't go wrong!

+1 been using it for a while now well worth it.

thund3rbird_

have tried navigon. tomtom, co-pilot & igo

the last 2 would be my preferred

//makes note to self to try Ndrive

Elessar

I found navigon excellent. I even went so far as to buy their official cradle and car charger kit.

Pulse8

Elessar wrote: »

I found navigon excellent. .

Ditto!

Mister Gooey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Is the tom Tom cradle a good investment, does it make the experience better?

I use the Tom Tom cradle with their software. The cradle is pricey but it is well made, vastly improves the GPS signal (IMO), can be used as a hands-free phone kit and you can output your ipod music to your car stereo. The cradle works with most iphone sat-nav software apps.

Sleepy

smiddyboy wrote:

I just downloaded 'Ndrive UK & Ireland' a steal for only €13.99 at the moment.

Only a few features of the higher priced apps are missing but the maps are up to date and does what i need it to. For a simple cheap Satnav software you can't go wrong!

Down to €5.99 now so figure it's worth a punt. My old Garmin died recently and given that even the most up-to-date maps for that were out of date, I'm assuming the n-drive will function similarly to that or any other sat nav I've used: as a rough guide to be taken with a pinch of salt.

fenris

Navigon is okay for use in Ireland but a total waste outside of Ireland, gps not locking in navigon but okay in google maps etc. Navigon is missing a good few of the newer roads and is prone to giving conflicting instructions on screen and by voice! So for the price I would say that it is not worth the money and as it was useless when I tried to use it in both Germany and Italy (couldn't lock GPS, crazy directions (turn left off cliff etc.)

MuhammadUmar

Have used tom-tom and copilot and prefer copilot.

Reason is software is not sluggish as compared to tomtom and copilot uses navteq maps which cover Ireland better.

mad muffin

fenris wrote: »

Navigon is okay for use in Ireland but a total waste outside of Ireland, gps not locking in navigon but okay in google maps etc. Navigon is missing a good few of the newer roads and is prone to giving conflicting instructions on screen and by voice! So for the price I would say that it is not worth the money and as it was useless when I tried to use it in both Germany and Italy (couldn't lock GPS, crazy directions (turn left off cliff etc.)

I used Navigon in the U.K. recently and it worked flawlessly .

Jimmy Bottlehead

Hey all. Not to drag up and old thread but noticed Navigon seems to now be €25.99 unless I'm mistaken? The reviews for copilot are not great on the store but seem better online and on this thread. If copilot and navigon are both on offer which is better to get?

phill106

I use copilot, but as i tend to know the areas I am driving around, tend to not have to rely on it!
I do like it though, it seems to have all the recently constructed roads I drive on, Like the dual carriageway/motorway between shannon/ennis/galway.
Also one thing i love, if you are driving in 2 seperate cars, with both of you having copilot, you can have them linked, so you can see each other on the map.

Pikasso

Anyone noticed Ndrive Uk & Ireland has disappeared from the app store:eek:

Soarer

I use Tom Tom, and find it excellent.
So much so that it has the new motorway section(s) on the Cork-Dublin road, and I don't think I've updated it since I got it a few months ago.

Plus, it's funny to have someone give you directions in Arabic!

cojomo2

I use NDrive , got it for 5.99 and find it excellent.

mad muffin

Pikasso wrote: »

Anyone noticed Ndrive Uk & Ireland has disappeared from the app store:eek:

From Ndrive

Dear valued customer,

It has recently come to our attention that customers are experiencing difficulties with our iPhone navigation applications. Accordingly, NDrive acknowledges that our software listed in the Apple iTunes Store have been dissolved until further notice. We are currently working to address and improve the situation in an efficient manner. This issue has been assigned a maximum urgency level as we cannot inquire on the duration of our void from said markets. We are attentively listening and working hard to address all inquisitions submitted.

At this moment, we kindly suggest that all questions and requests concerning NDrive's iTunes Store applications be forwarded to Apple’s Support Team.

To contact Apple's iTunes Store Customer Service please Click Here: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html?form=app_store&topic=App%20Store%20and%20iBooks&subtopic=Troubleshooting%20Applications

We would like to sincerely thank you for your understanding and formally apologize for any inconvenience.
Cumprimentos / Best Regards

NDrive Support

keith_d99

+1 for Navigon - best I have used and mutitasking version coming soon

Jimmy Bottlehead

keith_d99 wrote: »

+1 for Navigon - best I have used and mutitasking version coming soon

So worth it for €26? How much is it usually?

mad muffin

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

So worth it for €26? How much is it usually?

Normally it costs €60-€70 can't exactly remember.

Simon201

mad muffin wrote: »

Normally it costs €60-€70 can't exactly remember.

Yeah Navigon for me, got it last week, excellent value at the discounted price - think it was around €60 before for the British Isles version. The interaction with google to find places not in it's own maps/database is real handy.

Like any app but especially with the higher price of this kind of app you can share the app with anyone (up to a maximum of 5 I think) if you can trust them with your iTunes password.

mackerski

Nobody so far has mentioned Skobbler. It's a little experimental, but also dirt cheap.

Advantage: It uses OpenStreetMap data, so it's the only map out there with all recent major roads up to date.

Disadvantage: It uses OpenStreetMap, so there's plenty of white space on the map too. But you can fix that yourself, and if you're too lazy somebody else will, all just a matter of time.

If you want one with commercial map data, just make sure you get Navteq (like Navigon use) rather than TeleAtlas (owned by Tom Tom). Anybody expressing satisfaction with Tom Tom maps has clearly been driving around different parts of the world than I have

Jimmy Bottlehead

mackerski wrote: »

Nobody so far has mentioned Skobbler. It's a little experimental, but also dirt cheap.

Advantage: It uses OpenStreetMap data, so it's the only map out there with all recent major roads up to date.

Disadvantage: It uses OpenStreetMap, so there's plenty of white space on the map too. But you can fix that yourself, and if you're too lazy somebody else will, all just a matter of time.

If you want one with commercial map data, just make sure you get Navteq (like Navigon use) rather than TeleAtlas (owned by Tom Tom). Anybody expressing satisfaction with Tom Tom maps has clearly been driving around different parts of the world than I have

Downloaded Skobbler but it seems that it's not really an option for PAYG customers as you need to download the maps as you drive? I could be wrong but once I left an area with Wifi it didn't work.

mackerski

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Downloaded Skobbler but it seems that it's not really an option for PAYG customers as you need to download the maps as you drive? I could be wrong but once I left an area with Wifi it didn't work.

Yes, fair point - Skobbler doesn't pre-download and requires a data connection. Perhaps it will some day, but it's conceived as social navigation and I think they want to do more online rather than less.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Bought Navigon there today, 26e, so seems a steal. I've to navigate Belfast and Dublin over the next couple days, getting a car charger and holder, so we'll see how it fares.

mad muffin

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Bought Navigon there today, 26e, so seems a steal. I've to navigate Belfast and Dublin over the next couple days, getting a car charger and holder, so we'll see how it fares.

Drove from Laois to Belfast for the first time to get me an iP4.

Nary a wrong turn, it was most excellent!:cool:

mad muffin

I hope you guys got it whiles it was on special offer.

It's back to its original €69.99 price.

Jimmy Bottlehead

mad muffin wrote: »

I hope you guys got it whiles it was on special offer.

It's back to its original €69.99 price.

:eek: Jaysus that was lucky. I was thinking yesterday "should I get it or wait a few days?" until I finally said ah fuck it and took the plunge. Glad I did now!

Used it around city centre there today, did well apart from telling me to turn right to get near Fishamble Street - only thing is there was no right turn allowed! Luckily we found a way around it but I guess the map ain't that up to date!

Also quite sluggish on my 3G but that's to be expected in fairness. Apart from that, absolute quality stuff.

Simon201

1.6.0 is out recently and they've reduced the price again to €26!
Jeez wish they'd make up their minds on that price!!

dar83

Damn it, need a Satnav App and it's back up to €69.99. Bah.

Blazer

think I'll hang onto my N96 and garmin maps for a while yet...
I have the iphone 4 but can't justify for out of date maps, crap directions etc..
I wish Garmin would release an iphone app...I'm extremely happy with their satnav and it's got home on many occasions when I had to take arse end roads due to car crashes etc..
If they released it on the iphone i'd buy it in a heartbeat...for now iphone for everything else and the n96 purely for satnav in the car.

mackerski

Sc@recrow wrote: »

think I'll hang onto my N96 and garmin maps for a while yet...
I have the iphone 4 but can't justify for out of date maps, crap directions etc..
I wish Garmin would release an iphone app...I'm extremely happy with their satnav and it's got home on many occasions when I had to take arse end roads due to car crashes etc..
If they released it on the iphone i'd buy it in a heartbeat...for now iphone for everything else and the n96 purely for satnav in the car.

Garmin uses exactly the same commercial data sources (mostly Navteq, some Teleatlas) as the other main players. Their only differentiator is in making their own equipment, something that would be irrelevant in an iPhone app.

If you want up-to-date maps, OpenStreetMap is the only way to get anything different, albeit at the current cost of poorer coverage off the beaten track. Skobbler, Roadee and a couple of other apps use OSM, lots more if you just want a map display but don't need navigation.