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Originally Posted by bsloan1960
We have used both apps on both of our phones for the 7 months we've lived here. BOTH apps on both phones stop 'talking' after a couple of minutes, requiring we hit 'Stop', then 'Start' again. The blue line still shows up but frequently glare prevents us from seeing the screen. We have the latest Android phones. Is there anyone else here whose apps stop talking every time after a couple of minutes?
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I've been using the paid app (VillagesGPS) ever since it was released. I have the tested the free Villages app, but find it inferior in graphic display, and routing. It works, but it's a bare bones app.
VillagesGPS voice guidance has never stopped working on my phone (latest Google android phone). The only issues I have experienced is when their server was hacked on two separate occasions, and the app didn't work a couple of days each time. Again, this happened twice in the past 8-10 years. During this time, I used the free app, but it's so clunky and poorly designed (I'm a retired IT professional and things like this really bug me
) that I returned to the paid app every time.
The price is ridiculously cheap - a paper map will cost you as much as the annual subscription - and the developer is constantly updating the app and adding new areas to it. They recently released a completely redesigned and rewritten app, and so far it's very solid.