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'CoPilot Live' Turn-by-Turn GPS App Debuts in App Store

Friday August 14, 2009 12:56 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz

Another developer has just entered the North American turn-by-turn GPS fray, joining Navigon, Sygic, iGO and others in providing an alternative to help iPhone 3GS and 3G users get where they need to go. CoPilot Live North America by ALK Technologies, Ltd. made it to the App Store earlier today and joins previously-published versions of the app for the United Kingdom and Europe.

CoPilot Live North America is currently priced aggressively relative to competing apps at $34.99. The North American navigation apps by Navigon, Sygic, and iGO are currently priced at $69.99, $79.99, and $79.99 respectively.

The CoPilot Live features list indicates that it stores maps of the U.S. and Canada locally on your iPhone and that it contains features common to stand-alone GPS units, including route optimization, pre-trip planning, an automatic day/night mode, and more.

TomTom, one of the major players in the GPS market, still has yet to release their iPhone GPS app that was first promised at WWDC in June. It is anxiously awaited by many MacRumors forum members, and recent rumors of a special media event in September and around the pricing of the app and its companion mount have revived speculation about its release date.

The CoPilot Live North America app can be found on the App Store here (link opens iTunes).
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bigrash
Posted: 33 months ago
That's cheap.
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optophobia
Posted: 33 months ago
Hopefully this will steal even MORE customers away from TomTom, making them learn a lesson for taking so bloody long.

Anyway did anyone notice this : Livelink location sharing and messaging : keep track of your copilot friends LIVE on screen.

Seems like a pretty neat function...

I am wondering how much the "real time traffic premium extra" is going to cost after the update....
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meelash
Posted: 33 months ago
Finally, these GPS apps are starting to come down to reasonable prices. Given that they are not selling any hardware, and the iPhone has built in maps, the prices at which the big companies are trying to sell turn-by-turn is really unsustainable.
If you can buy a standalone unit that includes GPS hardware and SD card storage for only $20-30 more, you know the app is overpriced.
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Redwood
Posted: 33 months ago
For this price I will buy this one. The $70 and $80 for the other navigation apps are way overpriced.
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mikeinternet
Posted: 33 months ago
Is that bike and walk modes? Thats what I'm looking for.
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Doctor Q
Posted: 33 months ago
Their store description says FREE UPDATE COMING SOON with some upcoming features, including remembering your destination after a phone call. I guess the current version loses track.
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Dann0
Posted: 33 months ago
I would sure like to see a video demo of this. Can iTunes be playing while this is running?
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iphones4evry1
Posted: 33 months ago




CoPilot Live North America is currently priced aggressively relative to competing apps at $34.99.


The phrase "early to market" apparently means nothing to TomTom. With a whole handful of GPS Apps now in the App Store, with prices as low as $34.99, I think TomTom has already waited too long. I think it's too late now. $34.99. :)

It's going to be interesting to see how many more GPS Apps enter the App Store before TomTom finishes their homework and turns it in late.
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Doctor Q
Posted: 33 months ago
It would not be a surprise if all this competition is putting pressure on TomTom to keep the price low. I haven't made up my mind about these apps, and I'd like to see them give formal side-by-side reviews.
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apolloa
Posted: 33 months ago
These relate to the UK version I've had for the last week or two:

Yes you can play iTunes whilst using it.

Yes it does have walk and peddle bike and motor bike modes.

Sat Nav software do NOT use the Goole Maps in the iPhone, they use maps that are made by one of several companies.

The Realtime traffic will cost about 35 pounds sterling in the UK for a 2 year subscription. So that's about 50 dollers isn't it?
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