TomTom Southern Africa

I was extremely dissappointed to find that the voice navigation guidance does not come through on my bluetooth car kit this renders the app rather useless since most users Im sure will be using this app in their cars Can this be remedied Is it also possible to expand the map selection eg add neighbouring countries           No Bluetooth Voice

Although this app has many of the features of a fully fledged GPS the startup time of the app on an iPhone 5S is sometimes upwards of a minute and the new update seems to have made the app highly prone to crashing User interface needs work as well as making a global search for POIs The ability to open shared locations from within other apps would be great too as well as sharing locations needs work For the price this app is not good value although hopefully future updates will improve this     Extremely slow startup and prone to crash

I just got the app with the cradle and tested it out on my Christmas holiday Works great Only one thing to complain about and that is that the map for Jeffreys Bay is completely outdated and needs updating badly              Great value

HD traffic would make this the perfect app Spoke to Tomtom and they said they would look at implementing it should they get a big enough demand for it locally Demand away              HD Traffic

I use my Garmin eTrex for hiking but when Im on the road nothing compares to the TomTom app It is expensive doubly so with the traffic addon but many times cheaper and more useful than a dedicated GPS unit I cant imagine a GPS unit allowing me to report traffic cameras or navigate to a FourSquare location TomTom have created something amazing here and their constant improvements and innovation have made me a proud paying customer                 An innovative GPS

Very useful app for SA though pricy What happened to the inapp google option           No google integration

Great app It works just like my normal satnav Im very happy with this purchase                 Works as described

This is one of the best purchases I have ever made Not just in the iStore but anywhere The app is extremely easy to use and works very well I use it very regularly Makes my old Garmin seem like it is from the dark ages Had no joy whith my old iPhone 3G but no problems with the iPhone 4                 Incredible product

Would be the best gps but voice directions do not work on iPhone 6 or iPad air Ive tried uninstalling reinstalling basic and advanced voices downloaded new voices etc but nothing works     No Audio

Ive been waiting for this app to have live traffic for months You buy live traffic as an In App purchase but it is very difficult to see the price I finally found the price for the US version which is 1999 per year I was happy to pay that only to find that the price of Live Traffic for the SA app is 3799 Not sure how they justify double the price The app works fine once you have a GPS signal but my iPhone 3GS sometimes takes 10 minutes to get a signal     Buyer Beware

Having had Garmin GPSe for close to 8 years I compared their iOS app with this one of TomTom this one beats it by far After using this app in rush hour traffic in Joburg every day for the last week or so its been extremely accurate and the voice navigation sounds South African and the navigation instructions are structured understandable sentences does not sound like a computer voice Reading reviews on iOS 6 and the new maps feature and voice navigation this app in my mind is still the way to go as the iOS 6 maps feature for SA seems not to work with voice navigation youd have to use data Cellular data is SA expensive and theres little 3G outside the big cities Overall solid app with great performance Money very well spent                 Great South African navigation app

Been using this app for about 2 years with the live traffic and its been great past tense but since the last couple of updates its been crashing regularly for no apparent reason Was excellent but now its just unreliable        Great app but likes to crash

Overall a good app but certain key elements are a source of irritation 35 stars The Route Demo functionality is absolutely useless as it seems to be more or less realtime ie it takes 20 minutes to review a 20 minute planned route Im sure its not actuall realtime but it is incredibly slow In South Africa it is so important to have this functionality to check the route planned for you to ensure that you are not bein taken through any crime hotspots or nogo areas There should be the ability to speed up the demo to check the areas one is being routed through POIs are very comprehensive and it has most you woudl want to find It also enables you to search country wide without knowing the exact suburb in which your address may be a constant source of irritation with my wifes garmin The other problem I have is that the battery of my 3GS runs out after use for about 4 hours this is in spite of being in the cradle ie it consumes poser faster than the cradle is able to charge the phone This is alos a problem on long trips           Overall good

Nothing like iOS 6s maps and well worth the pricey price tag                 Fantastic Product

I just spent a month in South Africa visiting from the US Part of my stay involved a road trip from Johannesburg to Plettenberg Bay on the Cape Tom Tom Southern Africa proved to be a great help The maps seemed accurate and up to date and the driving directions were spot on It even got me though the tangled mess of motorways surrounding Joburg as I made my way from and back to the northern suburbs without any problems at all              Works Very Well

I waited for the South African version for months but it was worth the wait Have tested the app today without the cradle must still find one of those and it performed much better than expected              This is a GREAT App

I havent found anything wrong with this app it provides good directions with average graphics The POI data base seems complete as well However for trip planning purposes it has limitations that reduce its value You are limited to including only 5 waypoints for a planned trip and there is no convenient way to import a route from another gps application even in TT format For the price I would expect to see those features included           Its solid but should provide more

Great app except google search returns an error on iPhone 3G 3GS and iPad Patch it and Ill happily up my score        Google search error

When using this app in my car it constantly complains of insufficient GPS reception Only when I hold my device all the way to the front of the dashboard does it sometimes have enough reception to take a stab at telling me where to go Although Google Maps is able to give me pin point accuracy of where I am on the same device I decided to test whether or not the phones GPS hardware was faulty and installed the application on my lovely new iPad Exactly the same problem Im afraid Im sure that you understand that this is completely unusable as a GPS solution and completely not what I was expectingI would like to get a refund on this app so that I can use another more reliable GPS app I am attempting to get a refund for this app but Apple says I have to revert to Tomtom lets see how that works out     Stay away from this one

great but needs HD graphics Would be nice if the quality looked better           Great app needs better graphics

The app is ok The iPhone car kit is unavailable and TomTom refuses ro advise when it will be available again So your left driving with your iPhone in your hand or on the seat next to you So if safety is not a concern then your good to go You cant navigate by street name unless you enter a city read suburb first This can be quite troublesome if the suburb is wrong in an address youre trying to enter Garmin lets you search by street Other than that the app does perform well and has some nice features        Fine for hand held operation

Fantastic offline map coverage great routing and realtime traffic Ive used Apple Maps Google Maps and this one beats them all for intelligent driving directions and clear voice prompts complete with Afrikaans pronunciations for those tricky street names It doesnt have the most amazing map overview UI for the driving directions its topnotch Well worth the purchase price Thanks Tomtom                 Invaluable app for SA drivers

Handsfree kit has arrived at retail for R1099 Search the net and you will find it App is great except HD traffic uses 3G and chews it Just wish you can edit wrongly placed speed cameras on your routes as with normal GPS              HANDSFREE KIT ARRIVED FOR iPHONE

This is such an awesome app it is mindblowingly brilliant I absolutely love it and use it often No gps or gps software comes close to it                 The uberbest gps app ever

Nice app but very unstable since iOS4 upgrade           iOS4

If you want the best navigation forget Garmin TomTom is much better on the iphone Thanks for the iphone4 update the new gfx looks brilliant                 Brilliant navigation

Fantastic App Easy to use Regular updates                 Mr Bean