Good thread, and timely for me. A friend gave me his old iPhone 4s but I haven't used it for much other than the camera and as a mini-tablet. But after getting lost a couple of times recently trying to find some quiet residential routes bypassing a couple of bicycle-unfriendly thoroughfares, I decided to try some navigation apps.

I tried Strava and MapMyRide but both seemed more aimed at competition among Freds rather than practical navigation first, with some data recording as a secondary interest. The only useful info I got was to confirm that yes, indeed, I do average 12 mph and probably won't get any faster. And both apps seem to clog the screen with so much clutter the maps aren't useful, although that might be due to using the freebie version with ads. I'm hoping the paid versions will be less cluttered.

So I'll check out the various apps suggested here.