NAVIGON U.S. East App Reviews

When Apple had launched the 3GS, the phone was missing the integral part (IMO) which was turn by turn maps. Finally a company (Navigon) appeared and all seemed to be well. After owning the app for over 3 years, I have to say Im extremely let down. Their interface update for iOS 7 is very lackluster and the absolute BIGGEST problem is address entry. OS integration would have been nice too. Sadly Im still currently running on an iPhone 4 but Id rather use google maps than deal with the headache of entering separate pieces of address info and having a clean cut interface than deal with the headache which is Navigon.

Been using Navigon for years, from iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 5 and now iPhone 5S. Using Navigon with the Garmin HUD works like a charm. Used TomToms app and others. Navigons the absolute best. Glympse integration, Google Streetview image overlay when nearing your destination, Google Maps POI searching, road speed limit displaying over map (even when not navigating), Siri integration ("Navigate to Janes house via transit"), red light cameras warnings (add-on), traffic / accident / lane closures / construction / road kill / hazardous weather avoidance (add-on), navigation works fully offline (no pre-load crap), hills and mountains show in 3D (add-on), beautiful *human* sounding voice, gives instructions the way a real human would... Navigons the best. No Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps, MotionX, etc. A distant second, if I had to choose an alternative, would be TomTom... but I left TomTom years ago for Navigon and Ive never been happier.

Overall the app is good. However the things I do not like are the following. It does not provide any back ground notification if its running in the background. Traffic data is spotty at times and does not show any when I no there are traffic issues. No address cut-and-paste ability. And finally, Pois are missing even though I know they exist.

Ive had this for years and never once saw a map update.

Still havent fixed audio issues. It randomly decides between Bluetooth and plugged in input. Volume is ridiculously loud at low volume setting while decreasing music volume. I have to go into settings to decrease audio and then if I unplug the phone and plug it in again I have to decrease again. App randomly occasionally crashes. Directions are not as accurate as they used to be. This used to be the perfect GPS app and it seems like it is getting worse with every update. Please fix the bugs.

This app has always had very little ability to navigate to POIs like restaurants or stores, but compensated for that lack with an ability to retrieve store addresses from Google. Navigon has removed that ability and still lacks its own address data. Nav sw that does not know where anything is will rarely get you anywhere.

This is the best all around navigation app I have tried. It is a bit fussy with the customization and other menu options, but once you learn its tricks, its a quite powerful tool that does not require a cell phone signal in order to work. Thats right-- you can use this mapping app even when you have ZERO bars. I travel a lot and Im often in the middle of nowhere with horrible cell phone reception. Navigon can rely solely on your phones built in GPS beacon to orient itself and provide you with accurate directions. Of course, having good cell phone reception improves accuracy of the results, and you need cell signal to use optional features like traffic optimization, but its a comfort to know that if Im traveling in some remote national park and cant get a good cell signal, Navigon can be trusted to continue to work with just my GPS. Highly recommend over Google Maps and Apple Map, which both absolutely require you to have a cell signal in order to work *AT ALL*.

Bluetooth voice navigation stopped working with the latest update - making the app USELESS to me. Please FIX - the native maps app is not having this problem, so I know the problem is Navigon!! iOS 7.0.6

Very simply, the #1 navigation app! My friends always ask me about it when driving with me. Reliable with great info. Well worth the money!! I have full confidence in following this app.

What a frustrating, unusable experience. I get a screen with Map Manager, and a little message "15 of 201Mb.. Waiting". And waiting - for days! No way around, no help at all. No way to contact seller. Just "waiting". Wait. Wait. Nah!

As posted by Navigon USA users, this app reverses cardinal directions...announces EAST when it should say WEST, same for NORTH and SOUTH. Not a problem if you know where youre going, but then why use a Nav app? In busy and unfamiliar interchanges (when you need it most) this app WILL get you lost!

It never gets the compass direction right on highways. Ill be driving on I-76 east, and it will say, "Continue on I-76 west for 13 miles." The amazing thing is that it is wrong about compass direction 98% of the time. Certainly a little code could fix this. Also useless without a fixed street address. I fly-fish in the boondocks, and it is completely lost. Google maps for iPhone kills it.

I cannot paste an address from my iPhone contacts list into the address search bar. I cannot even select North Carolina then paste in Raleigh - it says: “Not Found”. I have to start typing with R, A, L etc. This is unbelievable. Also, when I finally laboriously got to the street number, I entered a 5 digit number I know has been in existence for years and it refused to accept - only goes to 4 digits. So guess my daughter’s apartment does’t exist.

The voice directions are not working with iOS 8. She’s flipping North and South, East and West. Disappointing.

This app is fine other than when audible, it says "east" when youre supposed to go west. Same with north and south. Fix that and itll be fine.

Thanks Garmin for destroying Navigon. How lazy can you be to not fix a BASIC functionality.. The DIRECTIONS you need to drive in! They are reversed (as others mentioned). Then, I noticed you moved away from Google Local search to "Here"???? Who is "Here"??? Search results are now USELESS. Really? Used to be my favorite app, second to none.

Who thought it would be a good idea to put white text against a light gray background on the home screen? Stupid stupid stupid!!!

I have always liked Navigon and have given it a five star rating, however this version update is terrible. This version will not back up favorite places that have been saved, And will not bring back previously saved destinations. iCloud sink does not work at all. I have lost all of my favorites with this bug. Come on Navigon please fix this! When iCloud sink is fixed I will give this five stars.

12/15/15 Heard back from Navigon. Going through the motions with them now in hopes they can figure out what is wrong. My wifes version works. I believe this has something to do with the map version I have. Update: Well, thanks to something another reviewer posted, I tried turning off iCloud and that fixed my problem. Appears there is a bug still with using iCloud. Three stars until it is fixed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I still cannot save home as a destination or any other favorite for that matter...Never heard from Navigon. Will try again...Hey, Navigon, if you are reading these, do you think you could contact me?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since the last update (previous to this one), I have not been able to save destinations after exiting the app. So you set the home location or save any favorite and close it out and its gone. Recent locations do remain. I was hoping this update fixed the problem. Yes, I deleted it and reinstalled to no avail. I just sent a note to CS. Hopefully, they will contact me with a solution. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I do not know if it was this past update on the one prior, but states in the East are disappearing. I purchased Eastern US and later added the rest of the USA only to be losing the ability to navigate in my home state not to mention most of the rest of the zone. **update** Navigon has responded an are helping me with he problem. More to come... **conclusion** Navigon Customer Service resolved the issue. Thats all you can ask when you run into a problem. Thanks for your diligence Navigon! The app itself is great. I just kept losing the ability edit the states in the original zone that I purchased. It appears to have been related to the way the maps updated.

The "take me home" button wont save your home address so this literally does nothing more than take up space. Favorites wont save, so this "function" also literally does nothing more than take up space and confuse the user. The "contacts" feature that is supposed to let you select your contacts addresses rather using Navigons convoluted entry system, makes the whole app crash when you select an address. This is one of the worst app updates Ive ever encountered. UPDATE: Do not use iCloud with this app. All of the problems I described above (except the contacts issue) were resolved by turning off iCloud synch. Navigons customer service site is pretty useless, but the responded almost immediately when I posted to their Facebook page, which was great. Hopefully theyll fix this issue soon.