It lacks the visual appeal of other apps, and the POI icons are hard to see, but street names are very clear, arrows are well positioned and it's easy to see your planned route on the map. NDrive Australia's map screen is clear and pretty straightforward.
The also happens on the map screen: you can pinch to zoom in and out on the maps, but the process isn't smooth as it should be. Scrolling isn't smooth either - if you flick your finger too quickly the list will suddenly jerk and stop. Tapping general reveals the settings for all of these categories and not just the general menu - once you've tapped a setting, you can’t go back to the regular list layout, meaning this menu requires extra scrolling. NDrive Australia's settings are grouped under various categories including general, language, map appearance and routing options. It’s a little larger, but the positioning of the space bar to the left takes some getting used to. NDrive allows you to select QWERTY or ABC keyboard layouts, though the keyboard is slightly different to the iPhone's standard one. Entering an address is a three-step process: searching for the town, street and then house number, though you can also select a crossing or intersection. Tapping the first box allows you to immediately navigate to an address, your home or favourite location, a recent location, a POI (point of interest), a postcode or a specific GPS coordinate. NDrive Australia's main menu features four key options: navigate, find, My NDrive and settings. Though you can use a standard iPhone swipe gesture in the main menu, the icons and text don't look as slick as the alternatives, particularly TomTom's excellent UI and CoPilot Live's minimalist and clean interface. As soon as you load the nDrive Australia app, it's clear that graphically it is a step below the competition.
NDrive Australia competes with four other GPS navigation apps for the iPhone: Sygic, Navigon, TomTom and CoPilot Live. Unfortunately, its lack of features and a sub-par interface means it fails to impress.
The fifth Australian turn-by-turn GPS application to be available from Apple's App Store, NDrive Australia aims to please iPhone users with detailed maps and a straightforward user interface.
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