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MainerBob
Explorer
Aug 03, 2014

RV GPS App

Does anyone know of an Android app that uses the phone's GPS but allows you to input vehicle date the way the Garmin Dezl does. We are finding our phones are much better for finding things and getting directions than the GPS but they don't keep you off roads with restrictions. Thanks

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  • Gjac's avatar
    Gjac
    Explorer III
    chiefneon wrote:
    Howdy!

    As stated above Co-Pilot is the way to go. We've been using it for years, and it works great. Use it on my android smartphone and tablet. Like to use my 10.1 tablet in our MDT love the large screen. We us Co-Pilot so much that when we upgraded to the trucker app.

    Co-Pilot gps app for android

    "Happy Trails"
    Chiefneon
    From their web site it looks like $8.99. Is that a one time charge or is that $8.99 per year?
  • I am also a happy Copilot Life user. I have it on my Samsung Galaxy 10.1" tablet and can't imagine a better GPS than this one. it is a dream in the motorhome to be able to see where you are supposed to be driving! I connect powered computer speakers to it, and I can also hear what the lady inside the thing tries to tell me!
  • Howdy!

    As stated above Co-Pilot is the way to go. We've been using it for years, and it works great. Use it on my android smartphone and tablet. Like to use my 10.1 tablet in our MDT love the large screen. We us Co-Pilot so much that when we upgraded to the trucker app.

    Co-Pilot gps app for android

    "Happy Trails"
    Chiefneon
  • 1775 wrote:
    Copilot app lets you put in if you are carrying propane and gives two choices about height - 12' or 13'. .


    x2
    Been using it for years.... allows you to use many poi searches including Google. I even believe they have a more limited free version that you can try first but the 9.99 version gives you many bells and whistles.

    I did have some trouble doing a re-install one time and their support was great.
    -Dom
  • Copilot app lets you put in if you are carrying propane and gives two choices about height - 12' or 13'. It also stores the maps on the phone and will move them to the internal SD card. You can use this app without a data plan for routing and navigating while driving. If you want to use the traffic function you need data but so far in my experience now with it over several trips it has not used much data to give traffic alerts and re-route. There is a free and a premium version - the free version does everything but does not auto reroute if you go off route - you have to push a screen button to reroute. The premium version is $9.99 and goes on sale often for $7.99 - may even be that now - and auto reroutes. The premium comes with a free year of traffic service. Renewal of traffic service is $10 a year. You are getting USA maps - with unlimited updates if you buy the USA version - there are also Canada version and Euro versions. With the USA maps you can download maps for the whole country or each region if you want to conserve memory space on the phone or tablet. It works as well as a standalone GPS nav unit and better than the Rand stand alone RV unit as that one routed me onto a road with low height clearance - and this one has not done that at all. Set this to RV Profile and fill in the info about the RV and it will keep you off low clearance roads and off bridges and tunnels with propane restrictions. There is also a car profile, a walking profile, and a motorcycle profile.

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