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Before I spend £30 odd on Tom tom is there any as good on I phone ?
I've used the free ones in the past but found I needed Internet connection ?
Am I wrong or was it the wrong app I think it was navfree

Thanks in advance :-)

I've got tomtom on my phone, and it works perfectly through the stereo in my car.

Can't help beyond that, sorry mate.

Nav free and pay a quid or two to get rid of the ads, nothing wrong with it. I'm a travelling salesperson and use it most days.

Thanks marky

Woodsey does navfree use up your internet allowance ?

well I have one of those unlimited fair use deals, so couldn't truly say mate.

I only have 1gb so I recon it would eat that up I use most of that most months as it is

Does anyone know ?

Surely they all use Internet?

I use Navigon and have been very happy with it for the quite a few years now. Not sure of the cost but it cost me £40 at the time.

It only uses Internet for traffic updates.

Waze is by far the best.  Real time traffic updates too.

downloaded this and tried today ...actually really good for a free app .....i turned off my data and it still worked perfect  :)

thanks woodsey

I use Spyglass for on-road and off-road navigation. I mark waypoints, save locations to get back to them later. It allows to read maps with only GPS signal and shows your gps coordinates, altitude, speed and more.
But it hasn't got turn-by-turn navigation. https://itunes.apple.com/app/spyglass/id332639548?mt=8&at=11lLc7&ct=fs

I use google navigation because it works with voice only and the screen turned off, which uses almost no battery.

It only uses GPS t6o plan the route so that's only a couple of MBs.

I would like to find one that works without data to use abroad, even if I had to buy it, but I would like a voice only option.

Navfree works abroad too.  You can download country maps in advance from the UK on your wifi to save roaming charges and using the gps is nothing to do with using data.  I used it in Spain last year, worked a treat.

Does it work with the screen off Graham?

This could become a theme with questions you ask me Red but I don't know.

Can you not leave the screen on?  Could always get an in-car phone charger if battery power is an issue.

True, but the phone works hard, gets hot, I can't use it in my pocket via an earpiece while on my motorbike etc. It's just not an elegant solution.

Navfree is free, you could always give it a go to see if it suits your needs.

OK. You've said the magic word. I'll give it a go.

lol, the free word? 

You know me so well.

Used this today and sent me the long way round :(

I just checked this out.  The traffic info it provides is very impressive!  Also, if you check for the nearest petrol stations it gives you a list with the price of a gallon.

I can see why Google paid $1.3B to buy them.

Always gotta use common senses of what seems reasonable with any sat nav. I've used 3 different ones over the years and they all do that sometimes.

My Mrs's Tom Tom always seems to want to go around the M25 for some reason.  We went somewhere south of Guildford (from Bracknell, it's a straight line down) on Saturday but it took us M3, M25 then A3 for some reason.  Had I known the place I was going before that I'd have obv gone the quicker way but we were in a rush and I didn't get time to look.    -manpoints

Installed this and tried it today .....awesome !
The real time traffic works perfect with other users adding jams ect !

Can you turn the screen off and still get audio Lee?

Great! I'll give it a shot.

It doesn't meet your original criteria of working offline though Lee.

I didn't check that to be honest mate as I got a new phone contract yesterday  with 5gb instead of the 1 I had !

I've just tried this without data turned on and it still works great ...just don't get real time updates

Does it work if you turn your data off before you open the app and enter your destination Lee? like you would if you had no data access?

Yes that's exactly how I tried it mate

Sounds great. Cheers.

You've been so helpful Lee, I'm reluctant to tell you that it doesn't work without a data connection.

Mine does mate I've tried it twice switched data off then planned a route and followed it perfectly !

Try planning a route to somewhere outside your local area, say Swansea.

Yea your correct mate Ihad only tried local...however it shouldn't be a problem for me now with 5gb of data