Gogo Navigator - JAPAN

Works great Telephone number search is nifty                 Good app

Live this app but there are issues with deleting and replacing the points of interest once you place them in the map If theyre placed within the same screen the app becomes rendered unusable and shuts down Any attempt to reopen fails There should also be an option for copy address that were inputtef to copy them to favorites since trying to create favorites crashes These improvements will drastically make the app above many others           POI

Unfortunately this appears to be the only turnbyturn routing game in town when it comes to a GPS device for Japan On the plus side the maps seem accurate and the controls are in English On the downside 1 The app crashes A lot It crashes on a 3GS iPhone It crashes on a thirdgen iPad and it crashes on a iPhone 4 Saving favorites is one way to make it crash about every third time 2 Yesterday while I was driving it crashed and wouldnt restart Neither killing the app nor restarting the phone brought it back So that was fun I had to delete it from my phone and then redownload it when I got back to the hotels wireless which for a 2GB app took all night Yay And then all my favorites were of course lost 3 Good luck trying to use a latlong I finally figured out that you can google search a lat long from within the app then save it as a favorite But if you ever try to view that favorite on a mapthe app crashes 4 If you try to save a location thats not close to a street eg on a military base which the app knows nothing about to the favorites you wont actually be able to ever get it to navigate to it Itll just crash 5 The app is poorly coded Occasionally itll just start drawing big brown flashing polygons over the display obliterating the map Great fun when youre driving Also you can tell whoever wrote it made a bunch of errors when coding array sizes as if you bring up a list of POIs or something that have English in them then scroll down in the list and then back up all the English will have vanished and the list is now entirely in Japanese I really cant recommend this app What I can recommend is that its sellers be arrested and charged with fraud for selling such a shoddy product for 50 Youd be better off with any of the free apps that use OpenStreet map data and just learn to live with it not calculating routes for you Just use the maps app on your iPhone Im going to look into getting a refund for this but Im not hopeful An app that becomes unusable while youre using it to navigate is a safety hazard It would be great if the creators would step up do the right thing and refund the ridiculous purchase price to anyone who has bought it but you know thatll never happen If they dont care enough to produce an app that works they wont care enough to take care of their customers     Ok until it crashes

Wont stay open After the update to iOS 8 the app no longer works       

This app is awesome Navi systems in Japan run about 450 This app is perfect all the commands are in English Only improvement I could ask for is to make all searches in romanji such as the stations                 Best 50 ever spent

I decided to download this app just in case I would get lost on my first big adventure out in Japan The app helped it provided turn by turn directions I would recommend this to anyone looking for a GPS while in Japan It took me a few minutes to figure out how to use it You do need to know the location of your destination and recon the route with google map prior to departure              Great for travel

I loaded the app on my iPhone and it worked once before licking ms out an now it shuts off while loading I deleted the app and reloaded it same problem     This app doesnt live up to the 49 I spent

Well worth the price                 Fantastic English navi for Tokyo and the rest of Japan

Ive had this app on 4 devices iPod touch IPAD iPhone 4S x2 and iPad mini The google search and adding favorites is awesome It did take a little bit to adjust to the turn voice being a little early But never failed by this app                 Never had to renew

Thats good app Im using well Thanks                 Good gogonavi

Stops working after one year To continue the service they force you to purchase the app again Would give it 0 starts if that were possible     Awful they are stealing money

You still have to know some Japanese to search for where youre going A lot of good features              Good app

I didnt know how to rate this app It is simultaneously a 5 star perfect app and only deserving of 1 star My 5 star review Its one of the only Japanese navigation apps available in English but it doesnt sacrifice features just to rely solely on that Very user friendly interface with lots of options for customization of routes and preferences It even has phonenumber entry for looking up addresses a real lifesaver for those of us who cant read kanji For a celphone navigation program it is very responsive and accurate It even includes different routing options for motorcycles I would insist this is a must have for anybody who speaks English as a primary language and is brave enough to drive in Japan especially Tokyo However my 1 star review I thought the price was a tad on the high side when I purchased the app Imagine my surprise one year later when I find out that the purchase price is for a oneyear license on the app Nowhere on the apps page do they make this information clear its buried deep deep in the EULA Personally I feel thats an incredibly shady and highly dishonest approach to doing business As I will only be in Japan for one more month I did not repurchase this app If I were staying for over another year its so incredibly useful Id seriously consider it though be loathe to give any more of my money to such dishonest developers Given my driving habits it might be more worth my while to rely on Google maps So I dunno if you purchase this app with the mindset that youre getting the best English language navigation program there is in Japan for a yearly subscription of 50 its a service that warrants consideration Cant deny the usefulness of the program but cant stand the deceptive business practice of the developers either           Great app but very conflicted opinions

I was so in love with this app until I found out the hard way that it will stop working after a year If I knew that beforehand I would have skipped this app Its ok if it just stop working but it wont even let you in to get your saved locations It is insisting that you get a new license before it will let you go past the first screen Im ready to delete this app and switch to another one But the app is holding my saved locations hostage What a sly way of dealing with customers     Worth the price until

I couldnt even manage to find Narita and Haneda airports even tried to type in Hiragana no luck Just read other comments also before you purchase I was thinking that others exaggerating about negative thoughts but no they were right And since it is 19GB each and every update will be at that size keep that in mind data plan already sucked up Have a nice day     Forgot to add to my previous comment

Further review After 1 yr when licence expired youre asked to download new version from app store or it wouldnt work I deleted the app downloaded again and its working again Previous review Easy to use interface accurate map gps performance Theres no need to know Japanese to use this app at all My Japanese is very limited I have no probs entering addresses However if youre not familiar with Japanese address system you could alternatively enter phone number of destination or enter point on map use google map to help planning route The fuel estimate walking mode are very handy Just to correct my earlier review that no recalculation of route available this program does recalculate route my mistake in not paying attention                 Great for travelers residents alike

This is the only offline navi app for Japan I can find I emailed the developer and they told me they are going to terminate this app soon Please dont remove it I really like it because this is the only choice           Dont remove this app pls