Thursday, August 11, 2016

These are the six best offline navigation apps for Android – Android Planet

If you go on holiday or have a small data plan, it is convenient to navigate online with your smartphone. That’s why we put the best offline navigation apps for Android in a row.

Although data bundles growing (and cheaper) are, it is very useful to have an offline navigation app on your Android smartphone. Navigating abroad is indeed valuable because there are quickly consumed many MBs. To prevent this goes in the paper, you can download one of the following navigation apps. With this you have always and everywhere the right cards at your disposal, so you can navigate without a 4G connection.



1. Here WeGo

herewego-icon By far the best offline navigation app HERE WeGo, formerly known as HERE Maps. Lord WeGo lets you virtually any country download maps, which then cause you do not need internet connection to find their way abroad. The cards are all several hundred MB large, but it is also possible at once to download the map of Europe.

Here WeGo is further distinguished by its ease of use and full of useful features. So use the app offline for motorists, public transport and pedestrians, and get live updates to ensure that you end up in a traffic jam or delay. And best of all: Here WeGo is completely free to use. So download!

→ Download Lord WeGo Google Play (free)

2. Google Maps

Google Maps Google maps for a while already offers an offline mode, which lets you – like the other apps in this list – free maps saving can. The feature is slightly narrower than that of Lord WeGo, since you have to select and manually define areas. By contrast, Google Maps or the navigation app with the finest and most detailed maps. The disadvantage is again that even for a map of a single city are already required hundreds of MB.

Good to know is that to use the Google Maps offline feature is free and directly from the main menu can be accessed. Because the app uses GPS, you use no data and can therefore smoothly boarding the car. Note that cards will automatically disappear from your device after a month, unless you implements an update.

→ Download Google Maps from Google Play (free)

3. TomTom GO Mobile

 tomtom-icon another excellent offline navigation app TomTom GO Mobile. After installing the app immediately asked which map you want to get, and you get to see how much space the map. Here, too, it is a few hundred MBs, so it’s good to keep enough storage. Pick up a continent in, then you lose soon 6 to 7 GB at once.

Unlike the other apps in this list TomTom GO Mobile is not completely free to use, because you can only 75 kilometers per month navigate charge. Travel more, you have the option to upgrade for one year (19.99 euros) or three years (44.99 euros). There you get enough in return for TomTom GO Mobile is a very complete navigation app.

→ Download TomTom GO Mobile in Google Play (free)

4. Sygic

Sygic-icon An app that should not be missing in this list Sygic. Sygic is one of the most popular navigation apps for Android, partly because the existing offline mode. After installation, you get the option to download the map of the Netherlands, but in almost all countries is a map available. The cards are from TomTom, Sygic what makes an attractive and reliable navigation app.

Sygic is using basically free, but a premium version is also available. These offers include voice guided navigation, speed and a handy HUD (Head-Up Display). However, the offline functionalities you have to pay anything, which Sygic is highly recommended.

→ Download Sygic GPS Navigation and Maps in Google Play (free)

5. MAPS.ME

 mapsme-icon Maps.ME is less known that the aforementioned apps, but not less. Uniquely MAPS.ME uses OpenStreetMap, a sort of Wikipedia where users add map data. This is done quite active and therefore the app is well put together, looks uncluttered and is also absolutely free to use.

Also useful for MAPS.ME is that the cards take up less space than those of its competitors. This means that they look slightly less detailed, though it is most probably what you need there.

→ Download MAPS.ME Google Play (free)

6. Scout

scoutgps-icon also Scout is a good alternative to the big names and takes his cards – like MAPS.ME – OpenStreetMap. The application looks slightly less tight than the other apps, but it works just fine. Scout also provides users with continuous map updates and turn-by-turn navigation.

Scout is free in the Play Store, but to download maps before you pay. Prices are fortunately not too high, so you download cheap key cards, then you do not need more to worry about your Internet usage abroad

→ Download Scout GPS Navigation & amp.; Maps in Google Play (free)

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