GPS APPS Android - which one

[DesignFlaw06]

Osmand. Been using it. Have no experience with others to compare.

I used Osmand before I bought CoPilot. It may be useful for realtime GPS maps, but for navigation is was terrible. Any time the road took a bend it said something. You could imagine how that would get annoying in the twisties.

Once I found the link how to convert routes in Google Maps to CoPilot, I found the answer. Converting GPX to CoPilot didn't seem to work as well, but still useful. I seem to recall when I used the Google to CoPilot, CoPilot was smart enough to figure out most of the time when you avoided a particular road because of construction, time, weather, etc.

 

[EffinJR]

Sygic here, love it on android.

 

[Fred W]

Not looking to cheap out, best bang for the buck....

Not looking to cheap out? Then stop goofing around trying to use a phone as a GPS. It will always be a compromise as compared to an actual dedicated GPS device, no matter what the other cheap *******s phone users tell you.

YMMV

 

[russperry]

Not looking to cheap out, best bang for the buck....

Not looking to cheap out? Then stop goofing around trying to use a phone as a GPS. It will always be a compromise as compared to an actual dedicated GPS device, no matter what the other cheap *******s phone users tell you.YMMV

And no matter what the spendthrifts say, having music, phone , navigation, camera and tracking all in one device saves not only money but cockpit space, wires for power, connection issues if using Bluetooth, and so on......

 

[Old Guy]

Not looking to cheap out, best bang for the buck....

Not looking to cheap out? Then stop goofing around trying to use a phone as a GPS. It will always be a compromise as compared to an actual dedicated GPS device, no matter what the other cheap *******s phone users tell you.YMMV

And no matter what the spendthrifts say, having music, phone , navigation, camera and tracking all in one device saves not only money but cockpit space, wires for power, connection issues if using Bluetooth, and so on......

It's a matter of personal preference and personal needs. I seldom need a GPS and don't see the need to spend the money for a dedicated unit when I do. So far, the GPS app on my phone has been adequate in getting me where I want to go. But my friends who are really into GPS do a lot more with it than just getting where they want to go and wouldn't find the phone app adequate.

 

[Fred W]

Not looking to cheap out, best bang for the buck....

Not looking to cheap out? Then stop goofing around trying to use a phone as a GPS. It will always be a compromise as compared to an actual dedicated GPS device, no matter what the other cheap *******s phone users tell you.YMMV

And no matter what the spendthrifts say, having music, phone , navigation, camera and tracking all in one device saves not only money but cockpit space, wires for power, connection issues if using Bluetooth, and so on......

It's a matter of personal preference and personal needs. I seldom need a GPS and don't see the need to spend the money for a dedicated unit when I do. So far, the GPS app on my phone has been adequate in getting me where I want to go. But my friends who are really into GPS do a lot more with it than just getting where they want to go and wouldn't find the phone app adequate.

Exactly. Once you have a motorcycle GPS and start to use all of its capabilities, nothing less will do.