TomTom Italy app for iPhone and iPad
4.8 (
3218 ratings )
Travel
Navigation
Developer:
TomTom
44.99 USD
Current version:
1.23, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 22 Aug 2009
App size: 416.65 Mb
DO NOT BUY: Download the new TomTom GO Mobile app for free instead!
EXISTING USERS: Dont worry, app and map updates will continue. Inside this app is a free upgrade to the GO Mobile app.
TomTom Navigation for iPhone/iPad. World-class navigation thats trusted by millions of drivers.
Last minute plans? With the TomTom Navigation app, driving somewhere new couldn’t be easier. You’ve always got your iPhone with you, so navigation’s close at hand. And losing signal is not a problem, because the app works not only online, but offline too. This saves you money on data roaming costs, and you’ll have constant access to the same maps, technology and world-class navigation as on our satnavs. It’s the app that drivers can rely on.
Only the TomTom Navigation app offers all this:
›› Voice-guided turn-by-turn car navigation. Find your way the easy way with clear voice instructions and a 2D or 3D view of the route ahead. Including automatic rerouting if you miss your turn.
›› Advanced Lane Guidance. Gives you extra clarity when navigating difficult intersections.
›› TomTom Offline Maps. Maps are stored on your iPhone or iPad — so you dont need a mobile data connection or large mobile data plan. Updated for free with every major release.
›› FREE Daily Map Changes. Benefit from shared daily map corrections from our 20 million strong Map Share community.
›› IQ Routes. The fastest routes, the most accurate and reliable arrival times at all times of day.
›› Traffic. Drive with world-class traffic information (available via in-app purchase). (1)
›› FREE Offline Safety Cameras. Pre-installed and updated with every app release
›› Safety Cameras. Receive real-time speed trap and fixed safety camera locations (available via in-app purchase). (1)
›› Spoken Street Names. Helping you to keep your eyes on the road.
›› Powerful search. Search for destinations with TomTom Places, Facebook™ and Foursquare™.
›› Multitasking support. Clear, turn-by-turn guidance while on the phone.
›› Seamless integration. Integrates easily with your iPhone/iPad contacts, photos, music, email, browser, calendar, iCloud and maps.
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*** MORE INFORMATION ***
- The TomTom Navigation app requires a GPS signal. 4G-enabled iPads, iPhone 3 and later models have an internal GPS receiver. Users of non-3G iPads and iPod touch 5th gen and later models will require an external GPS receiver. The original iPhone, iPhone 3G/GS, original iPad, original iPod touch and iPod touch 2nd/3rd/4th gen are not supported.
(1) Check http://tomtom.com/19212 for availability per country. Services are available via in-app purchase and require a mobile phone connection. Your operator may charge you for the data used and costs may be significantly higher when used abroad. Services can only be used on one device at the same time. If you want to use your subscription to a different device, restore your purchases in the TomTom Shop on your preferred device.
- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
- Photos can only be used for navigation if you have enabled Location Services in the Camera application.
Pros and cons of TomTom Italy app for iPhone and iPad
TomTom Italy app good for
Just returned from Italy where we used TomTom Italy extensively to navigate from Rome to Umbria and all over Umbria for 14 days. We also bought the TomTom Car kit, a necessity. After three days we learned that navigation in Italy requires two peoples full attention. The driver must observe well-marked destination signs. The navigator must watch the TomTom (hooked up to the car kit) to transmit intelligent instructions to the driver. Freeway forks are especially challenging, often placed around blind corners. Listening to a TomTom voice resulted in many wrong turns. Hairpin turns are all designated turns, confusing when the route is to follow on road but where another intersects near such a turn. The toll booth onramps and exits on and off the A1 Autostrada were all incorrectly designated as roundabouts. One set of roundabout instructions cost us a 40 km detour. Around old cities, many forks were designated and turns, and vice versa. Street signs were essential in those situations.
Initially the most frustrating "feature" was that our Home destination, a rental villa, was not on TomToms address list. We compensated by using the nearest house number than TomTom would accept. That would have given us reasonable confidence if the route preview worked better. It apparently works in real time, so if youre a three hour drive from your destination, a Route Preview of 3 hours is useless. Instead, we used Google Earth.
All in all, over the course of the trip, we found that the TomTom was about 90% right. The funniest mistake occurred using Home to find a return route to Umbria near Perugia from Tuscany. Because TomTom described our rental villa as on an unpaved road, I deselected "Avoid unpaved roads" as a route option. Big mistake. Although I had selected "Fastest Route," TomTom directed us onto a steep one-lane dirt road that, after 15 minutes, became so narrow, steep and deeply rutted, we lurched a halt and sent one of the kids up the hill to reconnoiter. Ten minutes later he returned: no paving in sight. We backtracked.
TomTom Italy was good enough that I bought TomTom USA.
Pricey, yes, but it was worth it. Over the two weeks my new wife and I spent in Italy, this thing only lead us down the wrong path once, and quickly corrected itself. It gave great directions and by adding all our hotels to favorites in advance of the trip it was very easy to travel to each destination. The only reason I knocked a star off is because the voices dont pronounce Italian street names or cities very well. So the voice will tell you to turn right towards a town, but you wont really be able to understand what the town name is because the voice kind of assumes English pronunciation. For example, Firenze is pronounced normally like "feer enz ey" but the app voice says "fire enz".
Overall Id recommend it to anyone traveling in Italy.
Great app. Supplemented my cars TomTom on 17 day trip to Sicily. Preplanning is available to save time and the you can look for POIs near route or destination.
Use this extensively for walking in Catania, Palermo, Erice, Cefalù, etc. and found it worked very well. Since it does NOT need cellular data abroad to navigate it is very economical to use. I have no complaints.
Next year I will leave the regular TomTom at home and just use the IPhone / IPad app.
Perfect for a trip to Tuscany, including small towns. Very helpful round-about instructions, able to find parking garages nearby, etc. You cant go wrong with this one. And data use is limited to GPS as the maps are included.
Some bad moments
This app requires that the iPhone must NOT be in airplane mode as the iPhone GPS is disabled when the iPhone is airplane mode.
Unfortunately most travelers from the US will disable their iPhone cellular function by using airplane mode to prevent extremely high international roaming fees for calls, text messages, and data. Consequently, the app will fail to function.
Unfortunately for me I did not discover this until I was in Italy.
I talked with Erany at TomTom customer service and they acknowledge this issue yet refuse to refund the purchase because the app was purchased through Apple. Apple has a no refund policy and refers me back to the developer. So I have paid $64.99 for a useless app.
The app does appear to be a good app and good value, but the developer TomTom should have clearly documented on app store that the app REQUIRES THE IPHONE TO NOT BE IN AIRPLANE MODE.
One star for poor and inadequate documentation as well as unsatisfactory customer service.
This app does not work. Please refund my money back as I have used it to purchase a Garmin map update.
Led us down a gravel road to a dead end in someones yard. Directions consistently differ from road signs. Look and feel amateurish compared to Google maps.
