Greetings Mike, Motionx GPS Drive uses GoogleMaps, and has a setting where they can be cached on the IOS device. This would minimize data usage, and since you can always go to the cloud to retrieve current maps, they should in theory be always more current. IMHO, from a VoiceOver perspective MotionX is a bit quirkier than Navigon initially, in that many items are not labeled. For that reason you probably would not use Motionx to search for businesses, but other apps such as WhereTo and AroundMe accomplish this and integrate with Navigon and Motionx, which, considering the price difference renders the Motionx POI search inaccessibility a non factor.
I have Navigon and am very satisfied, but if I was making the choice today would go with Motionx. To answer your previous question, Navigon stores all maps on the phone. They now require a subscription to keep the maps up to date. Unlike most reviewers at the app store, I don't begrudge them ten dollars a year, since they do need to pay their provider and have not passed those costs to me for over two years before implementing the policy. In the US app store Motionx costs $2.99 (I believe it may still be on sale for $1.99). This includes one month of voice guidance. The app can be used without voice guidance to plan routes, etc, or you have the option via in-app purchase to subscribe to voice guidance for $3/mo or $20/year. By contrast, Navigon NorthAmerica's fresh maps option costs $20 for two years. I suspect one major advantage of Motionx in your case is that unlike Navigon, you would not need to purchase two apps in order to use it in both Europe and NorthAmerica. Best regards. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Busboom To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:49 AM Subject: Re: Usable mainstream GPS on the iPhone? I forgot to ask one other question, Justin: Is there an accessible app for the iPhone or iPad that would allow one to use Google Maps? Thanks again, Mike On 30,Jan,2012, at 12:36 PM, Justin Mann wrote: > Mike, > Personally I think that Navigon s the best. First, it does have the ability to work in Europe, and the U.S. Second, it's reasonably priced anywhere from $30 U.S at the low end, and $50 U.S at the high end. It doesn't use goggle maps, but it does use the navteq mapping solution. As far as i can recall, it has maps for , the U.S, Canada, Europe and I think Australia, but don't hold me to the later. > Hope this helps, > Justin > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I will soon acquire an iPhone 4S and had a couple of questions about GPS solutions. >> >> 1. Although I know of Sendero Look-Around, I am wondering if there is an app that works with something like Google Maps. It would really be even better if one could get turn-by-turn instructions. >> >> 2. I can't really make use of a GPS solution unless it works in several countries. The appeal with regard to Google Maps is that this problem would be solved. >> >> 3. 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