What is your favorite Windows Phone Navigation App?

Anything other than Here.  Worst routing ever.

Well if you are on any of the coutries not supported with navigation you are out of luck with HERE which is a shame! that means I have to use Gmaps pro or Waze

For commutes I like WAZE to alert me to accidents and police actions

For distance driving I like GARMIN STREETPILOT

For impromptu directions to places around town I like HERE+ 

If I had to choose just one I would choose GARMIN STREETPILOT which has lane recommendations and interchange previews. In addition, it provides excellent readability as well as landscape (wide view) screen support.

Yanosik - unfortunately it is only available in Polish but it is hence down the best solution for driving. It supports google maps, and is updated live by other users. Not only does it provide all standard Nav features like traffic congestion, POI, restaurants, bars etc. but it also notifies you about accidents, speed cameras, police patrols, undercover patrols, transport check-ups. The database is updated and verified live by other users so the moment something happens on the road you will be notified by the first person who sees it. I personally avoided many speeding tickets and even more traffic jams thanks to this little app. Maybe the developer will go outside Poland with this at some point. 

Here maps +

Gave up all navigators ages ago as the l920 is with me all the time.

Using Waze (for casual driving) and Here Drive (when using directions) ....

Waze would be perfect if it was showing the current speed limit and if it can work better without data.

Drive would be perfect if it was showing radars/police/traject control/accidents etc.

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Waze

Waze. I like Drive, especially because I can download maps, but it doesn't give the exit numbers. Waze can't get any better unless it can start accessing the maps I've downloaded.

I used Nokia Maps (Ovi Maps) on Symbian phones for years. The main reason why I chose Lumia 800 back then was the offline navigation. But the program on WP 7.8 is a shame. Useless. Couldn't sync my saved favourites from Ovi Maps, I couldn't pick my destination from the map, only search result could be targets. And my targets usually in the middle of nowhere without proper addresses (farms). So I kept my old C7 for navigation purposes until it died. Now I use and old android phone and Waze for navigation. And it is more accurate, shorter and faster routes compared to Nokia Drive+ and much more accurate ETA prognosis.

I created one and I use it. ;-)

Navigon. Here Maps locks up and just quits sometimes. CoPilot is a scam and traffic interaction is bad.

CoPilot willuse your data plan for maps even if on Wifi. It seems to want LTE if it is available so be carefull when downloading maps on CoPilot

Used to be Here, but after trying Waze - haven't looked back.

The Greatest and the Latest of all time "Here Dive plus"

CoPilot

Here Drive!

Here Drive, Here Maps, Waze

Waze

Navigon if need plan route with more than one point in route.

I use here maps with cortana to find points of interest when out of my comfort zone. Considering these maps are downloadable, I have no need for most other things. However, occasionally, I find myself using gmaps (I know!) to find up-to-date results. Happens when I know there is a starbucks nearby but here maps is not showing it to me.

As for Navigation, Here drive is plenty good for me. However, I am not sure if it is capable of using the offline maps downloaded by HERE maps. I haven't even felt the need to try anything else. I know about some cool features like lane display in some of the paid apps, but I find that its more useful for drivers who have a harder time on the roads, like the senile elderly and distracted moms/dads. 

Waze for the commnity/crowdsourced up to date information on traffic during rush hours - saves me so much time on my commute - recommend it!!  Sending in updates live too is a good way to give back seeing as this is a free app.  

Traffic data is usually pretty good due to the large userbase - warnings for hidden police or accidents are awesome.

Only ding against Waze is the lack of landscape mode although as someone else mentioned its lkinda cool to drop down the notifications slider and then swipe it up again to carry on with directions.

HERE+ is good but the level of enroute/incident updating on Waze makes it a sure winner in the Nav category!

HERE Drive of course (and HERE Maps when I am on foot; unfortunately HERE Transit doesn't cover my city). I have been using it since Symbian days, although strangely the WP version sometimes doesn't bring the most efficient route (in contrast to the Symbian one).

NAVIGON 

This is what I have on ALL of My Devices.

No Cell Signal is Required at all for you to use it. Just use the built-in GPS on your Phone and you're on your way.

I have Recommended this to Many People in the Past and Will Continue to Recommend it in the Future as well.

Wether you have Windows, Android, or iOS, this will Work Flawlessly! 

The Panorama 3D View is Really Nice!

Navigon used to make Automotive GPS here in the US but had Stopped a few years ago. They were So Good that Garmin had Purchased them to make their Automotive GPS Way Better than they were before.

Here

Here

Here, it has downloadable maps, is free, and is the result of a decade+ (Navtec) of use, I have not found any other mapping system come close.

I thought i would give navigon another try since I own it.  Well it does not work on windows 8.1.  It just shuts down.  From my last time using it I did not like the fact that you had to have the maps installed in order to use.  If you are going across states you have to have each state downloaded and maps aren't that small.   

I love  Here and I will be sticking with it. 

I use waze but Here if I'm offline

Here maps

Everything of HERE. No competitor.

I use Navigon exclusively these days.  I had too many problems with HERE drive for me to be confident in it. Navigon has worked well for the most part, and one great thing about it is that since it is a division of Garmin, there is actually a live person you can call for support if you have problems. My only real complain with it is that it does not always interface wtih Cortana as well as it should.  When you have addresses stored in Cortana it pulls them up directly in Navigon most of the time, but sometimes it does not work and the address which gets pulled up is not even close to the one in Cortana.  That needs to be fixed going forward. 

Here Drive and Maps is the best mapping experience to Egypt. Others provided false directions.

Here drive is the best gps ever made, here map !! But when i go fishing i use Gmaps Pro iv got a better view of rivers, wood and the satellite view is helpful

Only Here Drive, always avoids after concert traffic automatically. Here Drive makes all my friends jealous.

For actual navigation, meaning I really need directions, I use Here. For my daily commute I use Waze since it will report traffic hazards, speed traps, etc...

The problem with GPS navigation is Google has, by far, the best and most up to date road and POI data.  But their navigation app is very, very bare bones.  The other navi apps are much better but suffer from out-of-date cartography and POI data.

HERE Maps! It is the best! My android buddies get jealous when they see me use it offline :D

Waze! Here Drive+ is just pounded to my start screen for cosmetic reasons at this point.

Navigon is almost as expensive as buying a proper GPS unit. Here Drive is good enough x I just wish it had lane assist.

Here

Waze! Just wish it would receive an update though...

I use Drive Here most and Navigon second. I really like Waxe on my Android, but I wont do landscape mode on WP and I doubt it will get updated much now that Google has bought it.

Here drive

Nokia's own Here Maps and Transit are my favorite :)

Here maps: Connecting peoples.. Lolzzz...

Oh! Come chief! Windows phone.
It's here Drive+

Waze. I live in Israel

Here drive for me

Waze, all the Waze.

So what's the best Nav app in Australia ? Here maps doesn't do so well on the sunshine coast, its not updated enough.

HERE Drive+ doesn't work in my country, shows and warning that my area is not yet uncovered, i wonder when it would covered, maybe after so many 'donkey' Years.

i don't know why it doesn't work yet GPS Navigation works fine, They have also denied use of HERE Maps on GPS Navigation yet theirs doesn't work!!!!!!!!!

HERE Maps; nothing else comes close.

Waze is my navigation choice, but I'm also a Knight Wazer so I might be biased!

Here Maps & Drive since it exists, but recently I prefer to use Waze in Budapest, since Here does not have live traffic coverage in Hungary

Here Drive and Waze

I use Here Drive+ most all the time. Occasionally I use Waze. I'd like to try others but can't justify paying for them when my current options work well enough.

I have activate Co-pilot navigation on my Lumia 925 so whenever am searching for a place it automatically open the copilot navigation app. My choice of this GPS navigation was its ability to warn me of any speed camera locations, its ability to warn of any possible traffic jams on my route or road repairs, and suggests alternative routes. I wish Nokia maps should also have inbuilt speed camera warnings like other apps. Navigon is good too but I hate I when it comes to address search where you are required to enter every piece of the address otherwise no trip.

Can somebody explain the difference between Here Maps, Here Drive and Here Transit to me?

Here

CoPilot. It's not as crazy expensive as Navigon and 7 times better then Here Drive.
I would a,matter of fact state that anybody serious about GPS navigation does NOT use here services. I only have Here Maps and thats because it synchronized and backup'd all my favorit places, I like that in a map service.

I mostly use Yandex in Turkey. They update their maps more often than Here Maps. It is very important in rapidly growing cities where new roads are built or existing roads are renamed. Yandex also has a good UI.

definetly the Nokia Products! Really great

HERE Drive is BEAST in my opinion! Especially for FREE.

WAZE. Saved my ass a few times with the cops.

I use Here Drive and I'm from the Philippines

Nokia here drive

Maps don't work on any Lumia device from Pakistan post Amber-update, regardless of the app you install/use.

Hands down Here Drive..it actually adds real value to the OS and the devices!

Used Navigon on 3 platforms, always a great option.

In Romania if you have a WP apparatus Here Drive will work ok on major roads. On secondary roads and small cities there is no address information. Routing is ok also, but still, you should keep your eyes open for sign streets.  

(Waze on WP is a joke, Copilot is very ok but I didn't bought it as I don't really need it, Navigon I didn't tried and Google Maps doesn't have turn by turn option.)
 
But the rest of us (majority to be fair) use iGo Primo on GPS devices or Android phones. 
 
To sum up, when I drive in a major city or on short distances or on a known path (just for fun of it) I stick my Lumia 720 to the dashboard. If I am on a long and little known trip I use iGo Primo on a GPS device (I don't have car navigation). 
 
Oh, btw, as an explorer-pedestrian I use gMaps. Way way better than Here, here in Romania. All neighborhood little paths are showed.

Waze

Here+ 

Nothing else is even worth a bother.

Maps Feom Microsoft ;) Sweet N Simple.

Cyclometer and endomundo atm.
Would have been mapmyride but after mailing them they obviously cant be fkd with wp (still have a non functioning v1.00 release on the market after a year, which Microsoft seems to be ignoring too).

Yeah I cycle. We still need decent gps apps.

HERE

ONLY HERE :)

I honestly think that HERE Drive is the best GPS app out there. Things like speed limit is something that some of the popular alternatives do not have, which is a huge point for me.

Waze.

pretty much went back to android for the sole reason oh how bad Here was. Maps just always get everything right. From location, directions, search results, and reviews.

Here drive +

Waze

HERE HERE in India

Its definitely faster

I've gotten used to Here on my WP but google nav on my old MyTouch 4G ran circles around it. Voice input and accuracy made a huge diff. GNav never asked me to turn onto an overpass like Drive does every now & then.

No official app for Pakistan

Here loses GPS signal/lose voice nav whenever I turn off the display... Tried enabling background usage and messing with the battery saver settings, but I can't seem to get it to work when my display is off.

Waiting for here explore beta to get out of beta. Nokia has to update their maps now.

Here ,the best and most accurate...

Scout

I use here drive, often in combination with Gmaps as the here maps/drive in Australia just doesn't have as many places of interest in its books. It's great for addresses though. So using gmaps to find something and using its only link to here drive works very well.

I just use Waze. It's a necessity in LA. I feel like Here Drive isn't a accurate in rerouting me around traffic.

Need google maps for Japan and south Korea.............

Here is the best but you can't select alternate routes. When are they going to update it?????

Here Drive

Waze.

Here maps, but I hate it when it overheats my phone after a long period of use...

Here drive. What's the point in asking!

I've tried many of these apps. Most are okay, some are bad, but I've found Garmin to be the most reliable. Not perfect, but the most complete of the bunch.

HERE MAPS

I found that Here had problems with the routing algorithm, often taking me right past the correct exit, only to then tell me to take the next exit and then drive back.
I now use CoPilot and am happy.

Unfortunately, Here maps gets lost or doesn't find my exact destinations even with the full address too often.  I live in Brooklyn, NY and I've been burned numerous times putting the address in believing it found the right address wind up at the wrong destination.    

One thing I do love about Here is the map is very easy to read but that's about it.  Functionality wise, the app named "Turn by Turn Navigation" is awesome but the maps are to small to read the text on the screen.  The price is a little bit up there for the downloadable maps version but it appears which ever naviation app I choose will take some funds to get.  

Here Drive +

Co-Pilot GPS is the most accurate navigation app I have found.It's not free,but certainly does it all

Waze hands down! I've beat a lot of speeding tickets with Waze ;)

Here + with offline map

Here Drive is great but search is lacking sometimes so then I use gmaps to find and then select here to navigate

Waze&Garmin

Here drive+

HERE all the way.

Here for in town and Navigon for lo ger trips with unfamiliar highways. The picture of the highway signs it provides are very helpful.

Here map

Waze primarily, because HERE Maps POI support is so poor at where I am. Followed by HERE Drive, and Route 66.

I used Garmin before on my old Nokia E75 , good but ended up with a $100 roaming bill finding a restaurant in Bangkok . HERE is my choice on my L925 , no such problem anymore .

Waze, Here+ doesn't support real-time traffic reports here in Costa Rica.

Here Drive......You can open it up with Cortana

Here drive

Here for sure!

"I'd really like it if one of these navigation apps had direct voice entry for destinations (hint, hint developers)."

Cortana already does this with "directions to [destination]" where destination can be the name of a place or an address. It sends you directly to here drive and starts the route.

Here maps

I have my region to the United States just to get Here Drive and Cortana on my phone

I use Here both here, there and everywhere

Waze. Only Waze

I've used HERE and Navigon and definitely prefer Navigon.  Graphics are better. Love the lane assist, downloadable maps, integrated Red Light Camera notification, Google integration, contact list integration, weather at destination, parking at destination, traffic notification and re-route, 3D view, etc.

More & more I have been using Waze over Here maps.

Here,Here!! Drive!

I don't use Navigation maps ... Haven't used a map app in over 2 years ... I don't even know what the Map App in my 8X looks like lol

Waze

Here.....! No doubt.....!!!

Ive used navi across all platforms Nokia maps/here is by far the best and most accurate

Navigon Europe... Here Drive+ is just good for punctual usage... And I also use Waze for speed traps.

Here maps would be even better if it didn't beep at you everytime you go one mph over the speed limit. But it's very accurate and probably the best GPS ever created for smartphones

I've only ever used HERE/Nokia maps, but lately if I shut my screen off to conserve battery the GPS loses its connection; which I don't remember it doing before. Is that normal?

Waze for now.  I'm hoping to go back to Here after Cyan hits.  After putting the developer preview of 8.1 on my 1020 Here now wants to initiate some sort of weird phone call state with my vehicle's built in bluetooth system and I miss the first few seconds of an instruction while they connect up to each other.  On 8.0 it would just do it over bluetooth audio streaming which was fine since I'm usually streaming music over it anyway.  Waze still uses the streaming audio output.  Only problem is it doesn't mute/lower the music volume while giving instructions.

Nokia HERE Drive+ and Nokia HERE maps.

I used TeleNav and Scout on Android.  I've been using Here since switching to WP.  I like all 3 of them, but Here is my favorite. 

it would be here drive, but since it doesnt support my country(nokia maps did) i have to use waze when i need turn by turn directions

Here Drive +

Come HERE baby! :-P

Here drive

Navigon, but i use here drive because is free

None... as none of the navigation apps support/provide maps for Pakistan! It's kind of disappointing too, considering the Symbian Nokia devices actually used to have Pakistan Maps in its navigation software... and even though Pakistan falls under the radar for most, Nokia does major business here and Windows Phone users are growing as well.

Hopefully will have maps added to Here Drive soon!

Navigon and Here

I use here drive, but one thing i'm consistently upset with is the battery drain it has. but while we're talking about this, I'd also like to see an app that has live tile support showing transit stop information. for example, on the onebusaway windows 8 app, you can pin a bus stop, and it'll show arrival time for the next bus. however, the wp8 one bus away app does not allow for this. I've looked at other apps to find a better solution, but no phone app does this, from what i can see. someone make this happen! 

One nice thing with CoPilot is that if you buy it on Android then switch to windows, download for free enter your password and it gives you full access to paid features. Has a cool feature if you have a load of addresses to visit, it will optimize the journey for you. Also has nice alternative route features.
NAVIGON is owned by Garmin these days, provides loads of features but isn't cheap.
Here Drive is nice to look at but I agree, little point in having traffic functionality and not auto rerouting when there is a problem ahead. Also lacks multi stops. Nice to have global maps at no cost regularly updated.
I end up staying with my old iPhone for navigation, purely because it has TomTom. Why?Horrible maps to look at but their live traffic and rerouting is far better than anyone else. Which results in the best routes being chosen. It has saved me so many times. Always gets me quickly to my destination. They use traffic info from lorry data, all TomTom traffic users, Vodafone cell signals, cameras on motorways, government data etc. They also base routing on historical road data, so what normally happens at this time on this route. The same routing info is on their website if you ever want to test.
I'm in the UK.

The built-in Bing nav app because it's the fastest and easiest.

Navigon

Nothing happening there, just here for me.

HERE MAPS +820 

Drive+
MapQuest
GPS scout(telenav)

I love here but its frozen too often in my 521. I tried Waze and I like the concept also but moves slowed as hell.

I like the Here app the best, but I simply HAVE to use Waze 100% of the time because of the community police reports and more accurate traffic/accident reports.

While we are on the Here Drive topic, is there any way to get the phone to still speak the directions while you are actually on the phone?  I like here drive, but i find it recalculates much slower than my real garmin, and i also find that i miss turns while i'm physically on the phone.  I prefer not to stare at a map while driving.

For the record, i always use a wired headset in the car if that helps.

My garmin doesn't have lifetime maps and is getting old and outdated.  Not sure if i want a new one yet.  I'm an electrical contractor so i use it very often, at a minimum 2-3 times a week.

WAZE is more accurate than HERE+ in Brazil.

Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Drive are best for EMEA

Here drive+ is great, but it needs an update to better support WP8.1

Yes to all the comments on battery drain. That's a serious issue and should be a sofware development priority to address.

On my Nokia 1020, all the the Here+/Drive+ apps routinely place me about a mile from my actual location and do not "follow me" as I move around. I've reinstalled the apps, and switched phones even. Same problem exists. Its very disappointing.

So I use my 7.8 Lumia 900 for GPS type nerds still.

The New Bing Maps

Waze and drive

HERE Drive+ is the reason I didn't switch to an iPhone 5s. Pay for offline maps; are you crazy?

Here here!!!

Here Transit is awesome except is drains the battery pretty quick and crashes my phone when the battery is below about 60%

Here

Here

Here

Here+ here.

HERE!

WAZE

Waze user here! I live in the UK, works really well, and it's saved me from many traffic jams!

Yandex Navigator @Russia. More reliable offline local maps than native free WP solutions like bing maps or external services like google maps.

Here drive +

In my pre Windows Phone days I used Syngic on Android. On Windows Phone... HERE Drive+, nothing I've seen screen snapshots of in the store seems worth switching to, either looks cheaper or expensive with not enough added benefit.

I Really like HERE Drive +, but mostly use Navigon with the Garmin Windscreen HUD. Works great!

Michael

Copilot live has really good maps, but they are expensive

Here, until Waze gets a landscape view.

Here suite of apps for every and any kind of navigation. Works perfectly for me!

Here is so overrated. Still can't do on the fly traffic, takes mr to closed roads, often uses a destination I used the last time instead of the current one (dont realize it till you are going completely the wrong way), etc.
If they would have stayed up to date with Garmin, it actually was nice. They just lack updates and when they do have them, they seem almost like they've done nothing.

I love the stock WP Bing navigation

Here drive definetly

Here Maps/Drive but it takes you the long way to places. Wish there was option for shorter routes. Used it on my trip from Texas to Georgia. It was trying to take me through Dallas when I knew I didn't have to. Had to set 2 different destinations. Idk about other nav apps, but drive is horrible on battery. Even when plugged into the charger,
my phone was discharging. My car charger is pretty beefy as well. Other than that, its a solid app.

Here drive by miles.......better than TomTom, Garmin etc....Android based navigation rubbish compared to here drive.....no comparison. . . End of discussion

Which is free? There's your answer

Navigon. Hands down. Lane assist, motorhome, bicycle support and so on. Most have not tried Navigon because it costs money. For full navigation: get Navigon.

To all the places I have traveled to in the world, here maps and here drive have guided and directed me perfectly. Highly recommended and I never leave home without it!

Here drive

I'm back and forth between Waze and Copilot. I like Here but I just don't use it as much. It needs more traffic details.

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