Maps & Navigation
Offline Maps & GPS Navigation
Offline navigation with downloadable continents, truck and scooter routing and a live Street View box.
Get the app
Opens the official store page
- Developer
- preeti vaddoriya
- Score
- 4.6
- Downloads
- 7 ratings
- Age
- Rated 4+
- Version
- 1.2
- Price
- Free
Screenshots
About this app
Truck, scooter and bicycle routing is the unusual selling point of Offline Maps & GPS Navigation. Most map apps assume a car or a pedestrian; this one claims dedicated routing for commercial trucks and two-wheelers, avoiding roads unsuitable for the vehicle. It's aimed at drivers who regularly lose signal or drive something other than a car. Entire continents, countries or states can be downloaded, after which address search, points of interest and turn-by-turn voice routes all work with no data connection. A picture-in-picture Street View window shows the real road ahead during navigation, a 3D layer renders buildings and terrain, and offline search finds gas stations, hospitals, ATMs and parking. If live traffic is in use and the connection drops, the app switches to its offline engine mid-route. Location data is processed on the device. Subscriptions are sold weekly, monthly or yearly, at $1.99, $4.99 and $14.99.
Offline Maps & GPS Navigation: the full guide
What the app is
Routing for trucks, scooters and bicycles is what this app claims most map apps lack. Download a continent, country or state and searching, points of interest and spoken turn-by-turn directions all keep working with no data, while the planner steers a lorry or a two-wheeler away from roads it should not use.
A small Street View box previews the actual road coming up while you navigate, a 3D layer draws buildings and terrain, and offline search covers fuel, hospitals, cash machines and parking. Lose the signal while live traffic is on and the offline engine takes over mid-route. Location data never leaves the phone, the developer says.
How it works day to day
The first session is downloading. You pick the regions you drive and wait for the maps to arrive, which is a Wi-Fi job. After that, a typical drive starts with a search, a choice of vehicle profile, and a route that voice guidance reads out while the Street View box shows the junction coming up.
For a truck driver, the difference shows at low bridges and narrow lanes the route steers around. For a scooter commuter, the routes avoid roads the vehicle should not be on. When the signal drops in a valley, nothing visibly changes.
Why people look for it
Two needs bring people here: offline maps for areas with no coverage, and vehicle-specific routing that car-centric apps ignore. Delivery drivers, campervan owners and scooter riders all type these phrases into the store. The Street View preview is a bonus few offline apps offer.
Look and feel
Navigation apps are map-first with a route bar and a few controls, and the five screenshots probably show the download screen, a route in progress with the Street View box, the 3D view and a vehicle picker. The 3D buildings and terrain suggest a more visual take than a flat-line map.
Updates and upkeep
Version 1.2 is early, and the developer is an individual, preeti vaddoriya, rather than a mapping company. Seven ratings is far too few to judge reliability, however good the 4.6 average looks. Expect the product to change, and treat long-term support as unproven. Only the App Store is listed.
