Genius Maps: Offline GPS Nav

I paid $60 to be able to use some sort of maps on my pioneer car stereo. While it is relatively user friendly, the navigation is beyond horrible. Even after getting two miles close to my house, it is asking me to go the opposite direction, taking a route that goes up and around, adding about 14 miles, including 7 miles of gravel. If I can't trust it when it's around home, how in the world is it useful for traveling? Please get up to speed with the program!

This app was not cheap. But it integrates well with Land Rover vehicles when you purchase that option which I cannot do with either Maps or Waze. I purchased the entire suite including traffic and that has helped me out twice here in Chicago rush hour in my 4 months so far of having the app. And only once has it led me through city streets for no apparent reason. Next time it will be an email to the developers if it happens again. I don't regret purchasing the app. it was worth it.

Loses two stars as paid features advertised as "lifetime" but over the years they never respond to questions - no support after I paid around $100 for the Pro version and lots of added features. On the plus side, the mapping is buttery smooth and fast with simple and logical layout. Now looking at CoPilot for the next few years. Had a good run Genius.

Pay $60 to try this out on AndroidAuto? No, thanks. And I only found that out by downloading most of a gigabyte of mostly useless maps. I like downloading all of Washington, so I know it's there when I go on a road trip. I've done that for a bunch of apps. I download Oregon if I think I'll need it, and delete it after I'm back home. I don't want most of the Western United States on my phone. I don't want to be periodically updating most of a gigabyte of maps, and I don't want to be giving up that much space. But after trying it out on my phone and deciding the maps were moderately good and the routing was moderately almost-good (not in the top ten, but most of those don't support Android Auto), I tried to use it in my car. Nope. Not unless I was willing to pay $60 for the "premium" package of "features" I don't really want or have (presumably better) versions of in other apps. I'm currently paying $35 a year, $12 a year, $24, and more. They all add up to over a hundred dollars a year for map apps. This app doesn't hold a candle to any of them. So I'm using Gaia GPS when I just want a nice, useful, full-screen map on Android Auto, and Tom-Tom when I want something a bit more driving-oriented (that was a surprise: I disliked Tom-Tom when I tried it on my phone a few years ago). I will still use Google Maps when I want what it does well and can put up with what it does awfully. What I'm really looking forward to is OsmAnd, which is supposed to be on Android Auto before the end of the year: downloadable by state in the USA or comparably sized areas elsewhere in the world (with styles ranging from driving maps to topographical, nautical, and skiing), with hourly updates available in a subscription, if anything has changed ("Genius" is quarterly). Plus a bunch of online-only map sources. Two stars instead of one, because it doesn't seem truly awful, just not particularly good. And even if the $60 is one-time, not annual, it just doesn't seem like it is worth it.

£59.98 for Pro version and live traffic. 😂😂 You have to be kidding me. For something that doesn't even work. Tried to search for places and all I got was a black screen. I could turn my phone onto standby for free and get the same effect. When you are trying to sell something at least make sure it works. Oh and Here navigation is free and fully functional. Please don't rip people off. And especially for maps that was released in 2019. As you may have guessed already, yes I've uninstalled it.

This application is not stable. it stops randomly while you're traveling. In order to restart, I have to pull off the road, turn the bike off, open the front trunk and restart. I hate it! Now the 2018 Spyder wont recognize my purchased maps. yes, I have restored purchases and it shows purchased on the app. Needs a lot of work!!!

The app seems to work alright standalone. I had issues using it connected to a Weblink enabled car stereo where the keyboard wouldn't popup for destination searching, I use Gboard for my keyboard. Samsung keyboard worked after a reboot. For this I'm removing 2 stars. The navigation worked fine for me one direction, but would tell me to go around the block when the destinations were revered. Removing another star for that. While it would work, it wasn't optimal. Destination searching is clunky.

Do not waste your time and storage space for this app ! 1. The maps are provided by HERE , but this application requires you to join either Facebook or four squares before you can even calculate a route to your destination . 2. The interface needs a lot of improvement in order to compete with other TOTALLY FREE and MUCH BETTER applications. 3 . This application is NOT FREE ....after the free 7 days trail , you have to pay for functions which are totally free and much better to use on other apps.

The detail of Genius Maps is great. I like that it offers several route options to choose from which are easy to toggle between. My only complaint I have is the interface between my smartphone and the BPR CONNECT app. Better instructions from Can Am would be appreciated, but that is not the fault of Genius Maps. Kudos for great gps software at a very reasonable price.

Worst satnav I have ever had or used was told to go 2 hours the total opposite direction to where I wanted to go and the app kept doing this after 5 attempts at using it and its a total waste of money

Got to use of ever was without signal and needed navigation. First time I tried it said my trial expired and that it couldn't complete navigation, and to upgrade to premium. There are free offline navigation apps. I'm not impressed by frills n extras. I wanna get from current position to destination. Don't care bout traffic or voice or any of that.

These maps might as well be a white sheet of paper for Alaska. No detail, info, or options. Completely worthless for all of Alaska. Don't bother.

Unfortunately this app will only work for less than an hour and then I get the "this app is no longer working" message. When it works it is great, just don't know why it keeps stopping. It has caused my phone to overheat more than once, a Samsung note 8. I use this app on BRP Connect on my Spyder. Where can you get help with this?

Navigation is ok, the voice instructions are particularly clear and helpful, but the interface is not ideal, the information boxes are too large for my liking, and cannot be resized, can only be on or off. When I have updated the app resets to defaults (kilometres, 12 hour clock, avoidances, notifications, voice, etc) so I have to go through them all and reset to my preferences.

Installed it for use with WebLink. Doesn't work that well, if it works at all. Search input lacks, (voice)audio doesn't work simultaniously with radio. Sometimes doesn't start at all. And that was the good part. They want to charge nearly €30 for "weblink" version. Quite a ripoff.

Very poor connectivity. 5 Day trial is NOT 5 days actually IN USE - so I have only looked at mapping, which seems OK but the trial ran out before I installed BRP connect!!! So quite useless. 5 days from the download is inadequate - and not explained. Paying £60, for an UNTESTED app is not sensible - a budget model SATNAV is a better bet And..... Google Maps is free!!

US driver Pioneer 2300 and Galaxy S8. Bought car sync, traffic etc. Everything worked great except Pioneers AppRadio crashes. Use Genius Maps as backup when Android Auto crashes. Use phone display somewhat but link through BT instead just to hear the directions. Took a long time to DL maps but after they did all is well. Feedback is to auto populate destination when clicking address from (Samsung) calendar also to offer landscape mode. Pretty interface. Ok directions/traffic NE USA.

One of the easiest and clearest UI among all navigation software I've seen. A big drawback: The maps are not updated and there is no traffic service in my area. So I do not see a reason to purchase this product in the meantime.

The app seems to be buggy now. The arrow jumps all over the place, both while stopped and while moving, making it think I'm on a different road altogether. It also unnecessarily recalculates me on a side road just to try and save a few seconds in traffic.

The navigator is only a trial, secondly the package that they are selling is too expensive. In my country it is almost equal the traditional navigator that can be bought in the stores. So this effectively put me in a situation where I have to decide between it or the traditional ones that are available over the counter.

Terrible. It's the most complicated set up I have ever experienced. Extremely difficult to connect and pair my Galaxy S8. Wasted two plus hours on the phone with BRP technical support. Followed all his instructions and still cannot get setup. Plus the radio is limited to FM only. Why wouldn't you offer the same basic radio functions offered in most other vehicles. Yamaha offers it! Why don't you? Extremely frustrating. The 2020 RT Limited is otherwise great fun.

Update: Connected my HTC U11 to 2020 Civic last Monday and Genius Maps showed up in Android Auto! Works beautifully! One complaint: On MirrorLink, if I exceeded the speed limit, this app would actually say "Slow Down to seventy five", but on Android Auto it only plays an alert sound. I like the spoken speed limit 'cause I don't have to glance at IVI to confirm a speed limit change. I think this is a programming limitation in Android Auto. Google should rethink this NOW!

Haha, oh wowzers, what a gigantic waste of time. This app doesn't optimize route stops. At all. You just put them in and it uses that order. What a tremendous waste of time! There are no good apps for multiple stops! Makes me want to scream!

It doesn't say, but it works with Android auto. At least it did for about a week and then it stopped. It says I have to configure the app on my phone but I can't do anything to start working on my car. App works fine on phone but not on android auto in car. Too bad. One star down...

volume on this map is low. even though i have my volume on my BRP all the way up and also have the volume on the genius maps up. you cannot hear the voice telling you where to go because its low. ive tried to youtube. the volume is not compatible to brp connect. the volume need to be louder than it is for us to hear the directions clearly while drivinv.

Downloaded the app, attempted many times to get information from support with no success. I will not upgrade as questions regarding potential upgrade were never answered. If you can't get answers to the simple questions prior to purchase, what support will you get after purchase? Bottom line, customer support is nonexistent. Guess they expect consumers to purchase and get support from each other. Beware you most likely will have no support if you purchase.

I'm limited in my choices for map apps for BRP connect (wishing now I didnt invest in the skidoo LCD colour screen), so tried this one out. God awful. It was advertised as good for offline, and off roads (to me that means backcountry). It literally looks unloaded, not a single stream, no topographic detail. Steer clear Canadians. Stay away from this app and the skidoo LCD screen.

I use this mainly in Spain and on every journey there is a fault! Told to go off a motorway then immediately back on, oneway systems and pedestrian precincts not recognised. Next time I use it in Spain I intend to catalogue every fault and send them to you. Really not good enough for a paid service.