Speed Camera app for Iphone
Discussion
Just looking for recommendations for a speed camera warning app to use on my phone when I'm using Google maps.
I currently use Cameralert from Pocket GPS world but I find the performance of the app on the wane. Not for accuracy, just usability. Occasionally I find that although I have started it, it switches itself off in the background mid-way through a journey.
Any other recommendations (except Waze - I can't stand the interface on it!!!)?
Many thanks
I currently use Cameralert from Pocket GPS world but I find the performance of the app on the wane. Not for accuracy, just usability. Occasionally I find that although I have started it, it switches itself off in the background mid-way through a journey.
Any other recommendations (except Waze - I can't stand the interface on it!!!)?
Many thanks
I really don't like the Waze interface. It just feels childish and I can't get on with it.
Just downloaded Cyclops from the App Store. Free trial for a week or two and £3 for a years subscription if I want ito keep it so seems ok.
Initial trial on drive home from work (65miles) warned of all the cameras.
It'll get more of a try out when I go out on my travels.
Just downloaded Cyclops from the App Store. Free trial for a week or two and £3 for a years subscription if I want ito keep it so seems ok.
Initial trial on drive home from work (65miles) warned of all the cameras.
It'll get more of a try out when I go out on my travels.
Android User here - but I went through most options that seemed to be available for Android.
I picked CamerAlert over the others as it seems the most reliable.
Waze is OK - but isn't good with mobile cameras. OK with fixed - but not so hot with mobile's
CameraAlert from PocketGPSWorld
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I picked CamerAlert over the others as it seems the most reliable.
Waze is OK - but isn't good with mobile cameras. OK with fixed - but not so hot with mobile's
CameraAlert from PocketGPSWorld
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Sorry to drag up an old thread but has anyone any more recent recommendations for an app? Don’t mind paying a subscription but I would like it to have a decent idea of mobile speed van locations and likelihood’s of them being there (don’t they publish their attendance at their sites in advance?)
Thank all
Thank all
Feedback on iPhone apps I’ve used:
Cyclops: fairly accurate but really annoying with its notifications. Even 1MPH over the speed limit in an average speed zone or going past a camera, sets it off. I drive at a genuine +2MPH through average cameras so it’s is too annoying for me. Has a few reports of speed trap vans but not that many. It’s a paid for app but only a few quid a year
Cameralert: good database for fixed cameras and updated regularly. Interface is very dated. Hardly any support for mobile speed cameras I don’t think it has too many subscribers therefore the crowdsourcing needed to report camera vans isn’t that good. Quite expensive at around £20/year.
Waze: free and probably the most comprehensive for all cameras, vans and fixed. I’m not too keen on the it’s navigation algorithms or the child-like way it looks. The big fundamental deal breaker for me though is that you only get an audible notification of fixed cameras if you are actually speeding. You do get a visible notification. The problem with this is that variable cameras on smart motorways are set at 70MPH in the app for a notification. If driving any slower than 70MPH, you get no audio notification yet the Smart variable motorway may be down as low as 40MPH.
My personal favourite is the fully fledged tomtom Go navigation app. You don’t need to use it for navigation if you don’t want, just turn the voice off. AS LONG AS YOU ENTER A DESTINATION it will give you audible notifications of all cameras regardless of the speed you are travelling. If you do not have a destination entered, any destination, you won’t get alerts. You do not have to be speeding to get an audible alert which I like as it reminds me. Likewise, you get an audible notification for all variable speed cameras on a smart motorway. It also has quite decent temporary camera van notifications. It’s a paid app and I think it’s about £20 for three years but you can try it out for about a fiver for a month.
(If you have android you can get a free app called tomtom speed cameras. No navigation but full on speed cameras notification. Great app and free but android only)
All of the above will work through your car Bluetooth.
Best of luck.
Cyclops: fairly accurate but really annoying with its notifications. Even 1MPH over the speed limit in an average speed zone or going past a camera, sets it off. I drive at a genuine +2MPH through average cameras so it’s is too annoying for me. Has a few reports of speed trap vans but not that many. It’s a paid for app but only a few quid a year
Cameralert: good database for fixed cameras and updated regularly. Interface is very dated. Hardly any support for mobile speed cameras I don’t think it has too many subscribers therefore the crowdsourcing needed to report camera vans isn’t that good. Quite expensive at around £20/year.
Waze: free and probably the most comprehensive for all cameras, vans and fixed. I’m not too keen on the it’s navigation algorithms or the child-like way it looks. The big fundamental deal breaker for me though is that you only get an audible notification of fixed cameras if you are actually speeding. You do get a visible notification. The problem with this is that variable cameras on smart motorways are set at 70MPH in the app for a notification. If driving any slower than 70MPH, you get no audio notification yet the Smart variable motorway may be down as low as 40MPH.
My personal favourite is the fully fledged tomtom Go navigation app. You don’t need to use it for navigation if you don’t want, just turn the voice off. AS LONG AS YOU ENTER A DESTINATION it will give you audible notifications of all cameras regardless of the speed you are travelling. If you do not have a destination entered, any destination, you won’t get alerts. You do not have to be speeding to get an audible alert which I like as it reminds me. Likewise, you get an audible notification for all variable speed cameras on a smart motorway. It also has quite decent temporary camera van notifications. It’s a paid app and I think it’s about £20 for three years but you can try it out for about a fiver for a month.
(If you have android you can get a free app called tomtom speed cameras. No navigation but full on speed cameras notification. Great app and free but android only)
All of the above will work through your car Bluetooth.
Best of luck.
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