Navigon’s MobileNavigator (iTunes Link) has been seen a significant update as well as a price drop to $59.99 until January 11, 2010 (was $89.99).

List of new features:

• Enhanced Pedestrian Navigation
• Google Local Search
• Coordinate Input
• SOS/DirectHelp
• Turn-by-Turn RouteList
• Manual zooming in 2D and 3D while navigation
• Favorites are being displayed in the map
• Country Info when crossing borders
• Switch between “Music” and “Audiobook” mode for iPod playback
• Phonebook contacts can be selected as interim destinations
• Using contact groups in the phonebook is now possible
• Faster start up time
• Traffic messages can be easily browsed by sliding the screens

We recently surveyed all the iPhone GPS apps and found Navigon’s to be the best reviewed. It averages 4 stars in the App Store.

At its $50 introductory price, TomTom U.S.A (iTunes link) is 50% cheaper than its big brother, TomTom US & Canada ($99). Of course, you lose directions to all that great maple syrup and cheaper pharmaceuticals.

It’s an odd pricing move by TomTom, but maybe all those cheaper alternatives forced their hand.

CoPilot Live North America (iTunes link) is going on sale starting Wednesday, November 25, for only $20 (was $35). It is a full GPS turn-by-turn app with voice directions (says street names too). It stores maps locally to your iPhone (the app is 1.8GB is size), so no need for a data connection.

The app averages 3.5 stars in the App Store. There are a lot of complaints that the maps are old (may explain the low price) and in some cases just completely wrong, but the majority of reviews seem satisfied with the product. $20 is way cheap for a maps-included app.

CoPilot Live North America (iTunes link)

Be sure to check out our Guide to iPhone GPS Apps for an overview of what’s available.

(via Gizmodo)

The G-Map U.S. & Canada (iTunes link) turn-by-turn navigation app quietly slipped into the App Store a few days ago at $69.99. A day later, it has gone on sale for $39.99 for a limited time. The app makes a pretty compelling case for itself, adding voice navigation as well as the most recent maps from NAVTEQ (the maps in the app were created in Q3 of 2009).

Features:

• Real-time traffic and text-to-speech now available
• Free one-year real-time traffic service for a limited time and free service upgrade
• Biggest map data size
• Most recent Navteq map data (Q3, 2009)
• Instantly converts iPhone’s address book contacts to routing destinations
• Music automatically resumes after navigation voice guidance.
• Can be used in the Portrait or Landscape mode

Here’s a video of a pre-release version of the app made in August by InsanelyMac (this version of the app was unfortunately still missing text-to-speech):

G-Map US & Canada is currently a $39.99 download on the App Store for a limited time.

iLounge has reviewed the Navigon MobileNavigator North America ($69.99, iTunes link) GPS turn-by-turn navigation app and given it a C rating. iLounge said it was an “okay solution that will get users to their destinations,“ but also noted the app’s many deficiencies, including subpar voice navigation, a skimpy points-of-interest database, poor route planning, and inaccurate time of arrival estimations.

One of the lacking features keeping me away is the lack of street names during voice direction. This limits the commands to simple phrases like “turn right” and “turn left.”

Head on over to iLounge to check out the full review.

Navigon MobileNavigator North America is $69.99 in the App Store until August 14, 2009, when the price rises to $100.