Magic Earth Navigation & Maps 4+

Good

Edit: They added back 2d mode, upping review. The map hides the road names when moving the map around which makes it hard to find things. It would be useful to customise how much detail is shown on the map. It is very good at finding things with search.

Version 7.9.2 update issues

Edit: After recently rating this app as 3 stars I would now like to increase this to 5 stars, this is due to the app developers listening to my comments on the iOS 15 CarPlay issue I was having.
The app developers promised to sort the issue I had with version 7.9.2 and they then released a perfect update with no issues in a timely manner with version 7.9.3
Thank you to the Magic Earth Team for listening to one of their users comments and thank you also for continuing to support users of iOS 15, it is much appreciated.

Previous Comments by me…. Magic Earth was an amazing app in the 7.9.1 version yesterday, however the latest update today is a disaster..!! The current vehicle speed and road speed limit info in the top left of the screen which was ultra useful, have been removed in the Carplay iOS version and replaced with a duplicated battery level icon ( there is already a phone battery level indicator on screen in CarPlay… alongside a bizarre non moving number zero 0 which doesn’t appear to change from 0… Guys this was an amazing 5 star CarPlay app yesterday and is now a total unmitigated disaster today… Please, please, please revert back to the previous version 7.9.1 with the two speed indicators in the top left of the CarPlay screen, as the latest version makes no sense at all and is a retrograde update which loses functionality.

Developer Response ,

Hi and thanks for your review. An update will be available soon to fix the speed view for iOS 15. Best wishes, Magic Earth Support Team!

Good but could be great!

I have just started using this app and would rate it as a B- From a user’s perspective what would make this creep into the A category would be if along the bottom like other apps, while driving, it displayed the name of the road you are actually driving on (unless it’s there and I haven’t got the app set up correctly. I know on the map the road names are quoted but think the above would be a great finishing touch.

Also and this is really frustrating, the app does not seem to recognise door numbers! For example, I live at number 32 and have loaded this as my address and saved it yet in the favourites, it only seems to store the street name, so according to the app, ‘home’ for me is 50 metres up the road. Fix these points and you would certainly get an A* from me!

Update to developers response: I am not sure if you do listen to feedback. Prior to posting my first review, I sent an email last Wednesday at 18:49 BST but up until now, have not had a reply and with regards to street numbers -NO door numbers are being stored whether within my favourites nor when I enter a door number when entering an address into my search bar, it just automatically defaults to the street name. My question is simply, does Magic Earth store door numbers and if so, is there a setting that I need to change? Thanks

Developer Response ,

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to review the app. We're happy to let you know that your suggestion has been added on our to-do list. We would love to hear more of your improvement ideas, so if you have additional recommendations for us, let us know. As for the issue that you mention, we want to help you easily find your address in Magic Earth. Please send us at support@magicearth.com the address for which the house number is not stored. We will check this and get back to you with feedback. Thank you and looking forward to your email.