Free GPS Navigation App

Of the many different smartphone applications to choose from, as also the multiple standalone GPS systems, the choice can be pretty confusing and quite daunting. While my wife was at first skeptical about the performance of GPS technology, she agreed on me trying out a free GPS navigation app on my smartphone. She was not willing to spend any money before trying out the technology and as such, after taking a look at the options in the app store, I went on to download the most popular free app.

Over the many road trips that we have had, both my wife and I have begun appreciating the navigational capabilities of GPS technology. The maps are pretty detailed and very accurate, as so is the GPS tracker. This allows perfect navigation every single time. Furthermore, the real time information provided has just made us embrace navigation apps with both hands.

As stated in the last post, the navigation app had managed to save us a lot of hassles during our last trip to the Calaveras Big Trees State Park and now, I cannot help but wonder what would have happened if we did not have the power of the app to help us out. We would have probably ended up spending a lot of time caught up in traffic and I would have had to deal with a very irritated lady driver. Fortunately, that scenario had been avoided and instead, I managed to have coffee alongside a cheerful lady.

After the trip, I have looked deeper into GPS systems to compare what sort of added capabilities that a driver gets from the paid applications and standalone systems. Some of the apps offer great social and interactive features and users can rate and edit landmarks in and around the area. Some of the standalone high end systems have the capability of warning the driver of speed traps and to keep the speed of the vehicle in check. All of these apps and GPS software systems have their own advantages. However, given our current driving habits, both my wife and I are fine using the free GPS navigation app. Funny that for once, my wife stopped me from spending unnecessary money, something that has probably never happened before and never will in the future.

While there is the obvious drawback of not being able to use the app effectively when the internet data connection is patchy, the smartphone navigation app works perfectly fine otherwise. We drive around the city mostly and only once in a while go off on road trips. As such, the patchy internet connectivity does not prove to be a real problem for us, but I can see that professional drivers and people who commute long distances frequently will avail of a lot of benefits from some of the premium paid apps or from standalone GPS systems. In fact, most professional companies make use of such systems in their fleet of vehicles today.

GPS navigation apps can prove to be very useful and most users should be fine using a free version of the app. However, some power users and frequent drivers will need to consider the paid applications as well.