This past October and January, XRoad Co. launched its GPS turn-by-turn app on Apples iTunes App Store known as G-Maps with very little applause. They actually received 1 star reviews due to the simple fact that it didn't work very well. 1.0 version was a bust, but that didn't stop XRoad Co. They have bounced back with a 1.2 version that was released in early February. We are happy to tell you that it is a much better version, and is receiving reviews ranging from 3-5 stars.

There are two versions of this App for download, the warm sunny U.S West, (where everything great in the world lives... like Mac|Life and In-N-Out) and U.S East (where you can find a Piggly Wiggly and more Chick-Fil-A's than you can shake a stick at). G-Maps pretty much does what it's supposed to, it provides turn-byturn directions, distance count downs to each turns, points of interest, specific desinations via address, and you can edit routes and add detours. It even says that the app has a fancy 3D images of major intersections.  What it doesn't have are voice prompts telling you when it's time to turn, but that's due to Apples strict app restrictions.

The app costs $19.99, and will take up about 800-900MB on your iPhone/iPod touch due in part to the maps that you will be downloading onto your phone, requiring no internet connection. So unlike Google maps, you wont be absolutely lost if you are in an area with no network.

XRoad Co's G-Maps are the first GPS turn-by-turn map out right now on the App store, but there will soon be a GPS navigation app by Sygic, we will see if Apple drops some of their restrictions and allows Sygic to work in some voice prompts. 

Maps for Europe are on their way, but who really needs a map of Europe, they have neither In-N-Out nor Chick-fil-A.