CoPilot GPS Sat-Nav & Traffic 4+

Great, but I wish it kept up with NZ road changes.

Excellent app. Done tens of thousands of kms and it takes me to places I normally would never see, much quicker than the main route.

Having just returned from a lap of the country, guided by Copilot, I’m frustrated by the developers’ inability to keep up with changes in the NZ roaring network. An example of this is how it tried to deal with the route between Picton and Christchurch, refusing to let me drive the coast road which has been open for many months now. Back when it was closed, following the Kaikoura earthquakes, it struggled to let me drive over the Lewis Pass without taking a detour over the Marina Saddle (a route which should only be attempted in a well equipped 4WD, driven by a capable and experienced operator).

While I understand that to expect the developers to keep up with the dog’s dinner which is the NZ highway network, it irks me that their attempts to do just that have meant that I reasonably expect my primary navigation app to be dysfunctional, quake damaged in a sense, for months yet. It would be better if they just left it alone and let me calculate road closures, or do a better job of keeping up with the actual state of the road network.

The inconvenience to someone who covers a lot of miles by this app is worth a downgrade to three stars and a lengthy description of the issue.

Another problem is the typical mangling of Te Reo. If I choose the Australian voices, it’s so bad that it makes me want to put my phone in an offshore detention centre. If you’re a kiwi who respects cultural sensitivity, you’ll have to give Copilot a pass or set your tolerance for ignorance back to the 80’s.

Developer Response ,

Hi Mr42, thanks for your review. Our New Zealand maps are provided by HERE Maps. Please contact us If you notice any missing roads or map errors via the following link: https://support.copilotgps.com/support/tickets/new
Please provide us with further info on the exact location of the error (address, road name or coordinates) so that we can assist you further. Thank you!
With regards to the Australian Voice Setting in CoPilot, please tell us a little bit more about what you think. Here is the link to the survey: https://goo.gl/ABXDLy

Good app

26 March 2019
Maps out if date
POI (points of interests) out if date.
The whole app is pointless.
Just use google maps. At least its constantly updated and correct unlike this mess that “might” get updated.

Update 28 April 2018
Downgraded star to one!
Getting multiple emails sent (developer response emails) from Apple or ALK about last review.
Sick of getting these multiple emails.
Either ALK is trying to push me for a better review or Apple has a problem somewhere
And in response to developer—— Map updates should be more than twice a year!

Update 8 April 2018
New interface is confusing
No map updates for ages.
Sent through reading changes last year and still not amended on any map updates. Don’t hold your breathe!

Has nice layout and I find it easy to load routes or navigate to saved favourites.
Only problem is it always loads in 3D mode and I have to change it back to 2D. I prefer the 2D mode but it doesn't seem to want to save this setting on the iPad Air 2. It does on my old iPad 2. ?????
I've deleted reinstalled many times and CoPilot staff trying to solve it.
Nice clear maps but they do seem slight out of date or at least aren't updated very regularly.
Plenty of different options for navigating and settings to change and voices (no celebrity) to download. Overall a good gps tool. Nice to have one app that you can download maps into instead of having multiple apps

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your review. With regards to our map updates, the last update dates back to the last quarter of 2017, moreover they are updated twice a year.

Remember that you can always contact our support team via the following link: https://support.copilotgps.com/support/tickets/new.

User for a few years

Firat used the app while travelling really good walking function. Used at home for car since and been happy. Used to alert to street to late but seems to be fixed. Something uses may not no is it works as speed warning if you dont input destination just in turn on