IPhone can be turned into a powerful handheld GPS Navigations apps like TomTom, CoPilot & Navigon iPhone apps. These incredible apps don’t even require a data connection to display maps and directions.
Some of these apps have gone on some huge sale this holiday season and it is a great time to scoop one of these.
I have listed apps that cover US & Canada only at the moment as some of these apps didn’t offer a sale on their other country counterparts.
TomTom U.S & Canada
TomTom usually sells for $99.99 and has dropped it’s price for TomTom US & Canada version to $69.99! And you can pick up just US version of TomTom USA for an incredible $49.99. This is the lowest price we have seen for this app since it’s debut. The price was once dropped on Thanksgiving day but this sale goes on until December 28th.
Original price: $99.99
On sale: $69.99/59.99
Until: Dec 28th 2009
MobileNavigator North America
MobileNavigator by Navigon is also a worthy competitor. It usually sells for $89.99 and now it’s on sale for $59.99. This special promotion is valid until January 11th.
Original price: $89.99
On sale: $59.99
Until: Jan 11th 2010
CoPilot North America
CoPilot is also an excellent GPS navigation app and it offers most of the features offered by the first 2 heavyweights at a fraction of their price. CoPilot usually sells for $34.99 and has now dropped it’s price to $19.99. Plus, you can grab their Premium Live Services for another year and enjoy a full featured GPS app for your iPhone for $39.98.
Original price: $34.99
On sale: $19.99
Until: Jan 2nd 2010
Magellan Roadmate 2010 North America
Magellan Roadmate just made it’s entry into the iPhone app store on Nov 15th. They have an introductory pricing for a limited time at $79.99 and it will soon go to $99.99
Original price: $99.99
On sale: $79.99
Until: Unknown – Limited time
Navigation for North America – iGo My Way 2009
A 3D complete navigation iPhone app claims to be easy to even for users who have never used a GPS before. It made it’s appearance in August and usually sells for $79.99 and it’s on sale for $64.99.
Original price: $79.99
On sale: $64.99
Until: Unknown – Limited time
Mobile Maps America
Sygic Mobile Maps is also a complete turn-turn voice guided navigation software. It’s been vailable since July at its original price of $79.99 and is on sale for $59.99.
Original price: $79.99
On sale: $59.99
Until: Unknown – Limited time
G-Map U.S & Canada
This full featured app also offers a free one-year real time traffic service for a limited time and free service upgrade. This app sells for $69.99 and has been on sale for $49.99 since October even though the description says the sale is just for a week.
Original price: $69.99
On sale: $49.99
Until: Unknown – Limited time
Ndrive United States of America
Ndrive is yet another full featured GPS apps that just made it’s entry in Nov 09. It was originally priced at $49.99 and is now on sale for $32.99. (was $29.99 a little while back)
Original price: $49.99
On sale: $32.99
Until: Unknown – Limited time
Among these iPhone GPS navigation apps, CoPilot certainly offers the best bang for the buck. But, familiarity with a GPS until you already have might sway your decision.
I still think most of these high-end GPS apps are over priced. The Google Maps with voice navigation introduced with Motorola Droid should make an appearance on the iPhone in the near future. When that happens it will be interesting to see the pricing changes in this iPhone app category.
Until then, this is a great time to grab a GPS iPhone app and our choice recommendation is CoPilot.
