Free Sygic & MapmyIndia GPS Android App

singenaadam · Oct 16, 2013

Thanks for the info, @prateekS !

vpraveenis · Oct 16, 2013

I got 13.1.5 as the free version. How do I check the maps date/version?
Edit: Went to /sd-card/sygic_mmi/Maps and see those being 2012.11.. Almost a year old. are there any newer versions?

prateekS · Oct 16, 2013

vpraveenis said:
I got 13.1.5 as the free version. How do I check the maps date/version?
Edit: Went to /sd-card/sygic_mmi/Maps and see those being 2012.11.. Almost a year old. are there any newer versions?

11.2012 was the last time they surveyed the country, no there are no new maps.. These are good enough..

blr_p · Oct 16, 2013

Interesting app, was using osmand and orux with gps. Then orux got some copyright notice and the india maps dissapeared. osmand still works, not as pretty but no need for a phone connection.

rdst_1 · Oct 17, 2013

Nokia Drive was the best navigation app I had ever used. Time to give this a try.

singenaadam · Oct 17, 2013

Nokia is not available for Android, yet. They did announce that it would be, sometime.

rdst_1 · Oct 17, 2013

Jambumali said:
Nokia is not available for Android, yet. They did announce that it would be, sometime.

I know. I use it on my dad's N8 and 808 when needed.

Praks · Oct 17, 2013

Paid 250 Rs for Cygic one, Will work for lifetime on GPS.
Good to go & excellent product.

sumatrix · Oct 18, 2013

Jambumali said:
Nokia is not available for Android, yet. They did announce that it would be, sometime.

I second that after using it on a no.. of nokia phones as well as on Omnia HD .

Onemufc · Oct 18, 2013

Ovi maps got me around Bangalore 3 years back. It is still quite good.

sumatrix · Oct 18, 2013

Infact it is the best alternative to google maps. and the best in offline maps

rdst_1 · Oct 18, 2013

sumatrix said:
Infact it is the best alternative to google maps. and the best in offline maps

Agreed. I used them extensively on my trip to Goa. Didn't need to book a taxi or a guide. Just rented a car and used Nokia drive.

raksrules · Jun 25, 2014

Bumping Old thread. Is Sygic offline GPS for India still available ? Need to install it on android phone.

sriharsha_m · Jun 25, 2014

@raksrules
Yeah, its back on track now.
It was down for a while after mapmyindia - sygic contract was over.
Now they use tomtom maps for India.

One more thing is, now you have to download a single 700 odd MB file for India maps, unlike the state wide maps earlier.

However I feel tomtom maps have degraded the navigation accuracy. Last week while navigating in Hyd, I had to take some ridiculous turns and extra 5 kms. Pointing out specifically coz, this never happened in the last two years while using sygic+mapmyindia maps.

Also Mapmyindia came up with their own Android app, you can try it out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmi.navimaps

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmi.maps

raksrules · Jun 25, 2014

Is there any possibility of getting an old version of sygic MMI from somewhere ?
I have iPhone where I had long time back installed it (the app has maps for entire India bundled making it like 1GB in size) and I guess it still works.
So something like that still possible for android ?

And since sygic is using tomtom maps and tomtom has their own apps available for android, is sygic still free ?

sriharsha_m · Jun 25, 2014

Sygic is still free for India.
Not sure about the MMI thing, there was a thread in Team BHP regarding Sygic MMI, there is more info there.

ivhere · Jun 25, 2014

raksrules said:
Is there any possibility of getting an old version of sygic MMI from somewhere ?

You could find old Sygic MMI in forums distributing pirated android apps.

singenaadam · Jun 25, 2014

@raksrules : yes, you can still get the old version. Just fish in the right 'bay' ;-)