81 Best GPS Applications for iPhone
Devices such as iPhone have put standalone GPS markers under a lot of pressure. With all the GPS apps available for iPhone, millions of people can use their device to find their way around their city. No wonder companies such as TomTom and Navigon are targeting this market too. If you are looking for a decent GPS app for your iPhone, these 81 top navigation iPhone apps are worth checking out:
1. Garmin StreetPilot: Garmin’s first iPhone application provides you with text to speech, 2D/3D maps, traffic updates, and lane assistance.
2. MobileNavigator: MobileNavigator is Navigon’s innovative GPS application for iPhone. It has it all. Lane assistant, reality view, amazing 3D graphics, and killer directions.
3. Magellan Roadmate 2010: Magellan’s GPS application for iPhone goes hand in hand with its kit for iPhone and iPod Touch. Speaks the names of the streets, give you lane assistance, and offer great 3D images.
4. Mobile Maps America: Mobile Maps America turns your iPhone into a super GPS and provides you with turn by turn directions. The 3D maps are impressive and the directions are accurate.
5. TomTom for iPhone: TomTom’s mobile GPS app for iPhone. It’s designed to bring you the same experience you get from a top TomTom standalone GPS.
6. G-Map U.S. East: G-Map U.S. East is a cool GPS solution for iPhone that helps you get directions and navigate your way through your city without too much trouble.
7. G-Map U.S. West: similar to G-Map East, but it covers the western states. If you live in California and around that area, you are going to love using G-Map U.S. West.
8. MotionX GPS Drive: a unique application that lets you navigate your way through your city whether you are in your car or on your feet. MGD is a cheap alternative to some of the more expensive apps on the market.
9. OffMaps: OffMaps is a great way to find your way around using maps and location bookmarks you save on your iPhone.
10. Park Maps: Park Maps is a GPS enabled map of national parks, monuments, and other tourist areas around the U.S.
11. Geocaching: geocaching is one of the popular outdoor games around. Now you can use your iPhone to find caches and play the game with Geocaching app. It gives you access to 950K geocaches around the globe.
12. SuperGPS: SuperGPS is one heck of an app that lets you find your favorite locations on your iPhone without too much fuss. Your best friend if you are going out!
13. gCompass: gCompass is a sophisticated compass for your iPhone. It’s the old school way of navigating.
14. GPS:Compass: GPS:Compass is a sophisticated compass for iPhone that lets you know where you are and where are going. It’s navigation the hardcore way.
15. Simple GPS: Simple GPS is a cool iPhone tool that shows you your coordinates and makes hunting and fishing a bit easier.
16. CityTransit NYC Subway Guide: this is one killer application that lets you travel around the NYC without too much trouble. If you are new to NY or just not familiar with your city, this is a great app to own.
17. iHuDisplay & Speed Cams: want to beat those speed cams? This is a cool application that lets you do just that.
18. G-Spot: G-Spot is a comprehensive positioning solution for your iPhone. Locate yourself, find new places, and do it all with G-Spot.
19. Path Tracker: Path Tracker is one of the best applications in tracking your tracks and letting you share them with your friends.
20. Trails – GPS Tracker: Trails is a cool tracking application that tracks your hike or jog and lets you create and find new tracks.
21. gpsCompass: gpsCompass shows you where you are and where you are going right on your iPhone.
22. Send GPS: Send GPS is a cool app that makes it easy to record your current location and find out where you are in your city.
23. GPS Kit: GPS Kit is a cool tracking application for outdoors. It tracks your hikes and everything in between.
24. Travelling Companion: another cool compass for your iPhone. It also lets you know your speed and provides you with other useful information too.
25. Washington DC Tour with GPS: this application provides you with a decent map of Washington DC plus GPS functionality to help you to see everything Washington DC has to offer.
26. Day Tracker: Day Tracker is an innovative iPhone app that lets you track your mileage easily on your iPhone.
27. Happy Trails GPS: Happy Trails GPS is another simple GPS application that helps you record your path and location for future references.
28. GPS Formats: GPS Formats is a cool GPS conversion tool that shows your altitude and location and helps you use all kinds of maps.
29. GPS-R: GPS-R is a killer iPhone app that alerts you when you get close to your destination. Great app for use on subways and trains.
30. Compass PointMeThere: another cool compass for iPhone.
31. Offline Maps: a sophisticated map application for iPhone that lets you navigate your way to your favorite locations
32. Speed Box: tracks your speed and distance using iPhone’s GPS.
33. GPS Tracker: GPS Tracker is a decent iPhone application that lets you track iPhones and share your location with your friends.
34. Altimeter: Altimeter is a great tool for those who go mountain climbing a lot. It tells you what your altitude is.
35. GPS Ally: another application that tells you about your altitude and coordinates.
36. Basic GPS: Basic GPS uses iPhone’s GPS functionality to provide you with simple location information.
37. GPS Chat: not really a navigation application, but it does show your distance from other chatters, using iPhone’s GPS functionality.
38. Find My Phone: Find My Phone is a cool iPhone app that lets you track your iPhone when you lose it! It’s the best way to get your phone back if you have dropped it somewhere.
39. iNavX Marine Integration: iNavX Marine lets you navigate the waters like a pro. A great way to find your way around if you are lost.
40. Snocator: Snocator is a GPS app designed for Ski fans! Great app that maps out mountains and Ski resorts.
41. iMaps: iMaps is a very simple application that helps you locate yourself on a map and find your way around your city. It’s free too.
42. YoCaddy GPS: YoCaddy GPS is a killer Golf GPS that can help you take your game to the next level. You should definitely try this GPS before buying a professional Golf GPS.
43. TopoPoint USA: you want to navigate the wilderness? TopoPoint is a cool GPS application just for this very purpose.
44. StarMap: StarMap is an incredible navigation solution for the sky. If you are a fan of astronomy, you are going to love StarMap.
45. Take Me To My: Take Me To My – Directions to any places you have been gives you directions to any place that you have ever been to, including to where you parked your car, that new bookstore you found recently, and ….
46. iSky Parking: iSky Parking park your car and get directions right back to it with this cool app.
47. iCarPark: iCarPark is a cool application that lets you get to your car when you are lost. It also comes with a lot of useful features (such as Meter tracking, notes, …) to help you track your car easier.
48. MapsBuddy: MapsBuddy lets you find all kinds of POIs around you when you are on the go.
49. Gold USA East: Gold USA East turns your iPhone into a boat GPS. Very handy.
50. iBART Live: iBART Live is a wonderful application for those who ride BART. Helps you stay on the top of things.
51. GPS Eat: GPS Eat is a cool POI application for iPhone that helps you find restaurants and all kinds of places in your local area fast.
52. GPS All In One: GPS All In One is a compass, altimeter, and a GPS all in one app. Decent enough to help you to where you want to go.
53. MapQuest for Mobile: MapQuest for Mobile brings the power of MapQuest to your iPhone.
54. Gokivo + Yahoo Local Search: G + Y uses the power of Yahoo! Local and your GPS on iPhone 3GS to help you find cool places fast.
55. Get2Me: Get2Me is an innovative iPhone app that lets you send a map of your current location to others to help them find you fast.
56. WhereIAm: WhereIAm is a cool app that tells you where you are at all times.
57. TrailBehind: TrailBehind is an innovative iPhone application that lets you know about opportunities for an adventure all around you.
58. TrakPal v2: TrakPal is an advanced GPS tool that helps you get where you want to get to in your car or on foot.
59. iWant Pro: iWant Pro is a cool POI finder that lets you find restaurants, shopping places, and more all around you.
60. Google Earth: Google Earth doesn’t need any introduction. Google Earth for iPhone is free and very powerful.
61. MotionX: MotionX is one of the best GPS app on iPhone. It also integrates Facebook! Excellent solution for biking, hiking, and …
62. Zagat To Go 09: Zagat needs no introduction. If you are looking for the best restaurant, nightlife, or shopping places in your area, Zagat is the one service you should try.
63. SayNDrive: SayNDrive is an innovative GPS application for iPhone that lets you say your destination and get your directions fast. Very handy.
64. SMS GPS: SMS GPS is a cool little app that lets you send your location to your friends and colleagues via SMS.
65. Handy GPS and Compass: Handy GPS is a cool little app that lets you find your way around by using its digital compass.
66. ScreenMap: ScreenMap is an interesting app that lets you send your map to your Facebook friends and more. Nice little handy app.
67. Middow: Middow is a very cool app that helps you minimize your traveling distance (and that of your friends). Find a place that is closest to all parties.
68. SimulTravel: a must have business GPS solution that helps you find your way around new cities and find hotels fast!
69. MeetMe.: a cool GPS application that lets you choose a meeting place (reviewed by Yelp) to meet your friends and colleagues.
70. NaviCat: Navicat is a simple GPS application that helps you get to your destination by using your phone. It’s not as fancy of let’s say TomTom but it gets the job done.
71. Team GPS: Team GPS is an innovative iPhone application that lets you join your friends on the network and share your locatin with them. It also provides you with directions to their location.
72. Where To Eat?: Where To Eat? is a cool little application that lets you compare and find a restaurant close by to eat at. If you are new to your town, it comes handy.
73. mySpots: mySpots is a cool app that lets you take note of your current location and share it with others. So when you find that neat parking spot or that local store in your area, you can always pin it down with this app.
74. GPS ToDo List: GPS ToDo List a wonderful app that gives you alerts when you drive by a place that you have unfinished business in. Great way to do things on your way home without having to worry about things too much.
75. Meter Maid: Meter Maid lets you keep on the top of your parking meter and avoid those nasty tickets. It also can remember where you parked your car, so you can get back to it easily.
76. Park’N Find: a cool little app that lets you find out where you have parked your car. Park’N Find gives you accurate directions to your car when you have no idea where you car parked it.
77. Find My Car: not sure where you parked your car? You can find it fast with Find My Car. Similar to the above app.
78. VoxTrek: VoxTrek GPS a fairly new application for iPhone that provides you with turn by turn navigation on your phone. The graphics are certainly interesting and the app is very affordable.
79. LogYourRun: a handy GPS app for runners. It keeps track of your runs and logs your information. It automatically measure how much distance you go per session.
80. Find my iPhone: Find my iPhone is a free application by Apple that displays the location of your device on a map if you lose it. It also lets you remotely clean your device from your personal information.
81. AT&T Navigator: AT&T Navigator is an AT&T GPS service that provides you with voice directions while you are on the go. Costs $9.99 a month.
Your take: which one is your favorite iPhone GPS app?
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