I use the Gaia GPS app on my galaxy note 2 on a daily basis for my job and
I am very happy with the versatility. As for the phones battery life I can
not comment as my phone is normally in a holder so I can drive and navigate
at the same time... Also I forget where it pulls the default maps from
In my experience with several different types of apps, iphone/ipad
just doesn't have the efficiency to run GPS, it drains the battery
just too fast, even with everything else closed/off.
While hiking and using my iphone, I'll load my gps app, mark a
waypoint, then go back into airplane mode to
