CycleStreets LiveRide has the edge over Google's turn by turn Navigation Yesterday I cycled 20 miles just north of London on back roads listening to voice navigation delivered by bluetooth headset (bluedio EH) and not looking at the screen. The main differences I see between CycleStreets and Google are 1) CycleSteets provides the name of each street  not the road number which is helpful on small back roads which are named but not numbered 2) CycleStreets tells you when you are off route and when to turn around  Google seems to just replan the route silently (and that requires a permanent wireless connection) 3) CycleStreets confirms all 'straight ons' at junctions. Bascially CycleStreets talks to you more often and gives you more confidence that you are on the right route. As an aside turn by turn navigation requires GPS to be on all the time which uses loads of power. So I don't use CycleStreets on my phone. I run the CycleStreets on a tablet tossed into my pannier which can provide many hours of GPS navigation.
August 08 2014