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Scout GPS Link App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Not good at allI just bought a 2017 sienna, when I saw the app I was, cool, gps included Used it twice and gave up Turn by turn instructions and a map that its useless for me, I see other users with a nice map. Mine is upside down, too small, and it shows me that Im going south instead of north even though Im going west. Didnt find any settings to fix that. So Ill stick with my phone apps since I have to use my phone anyways. Reminds me of my nissan gps, it would block me from using it while driving, not knowing it my passenger was looking for a place to eat on a road trip we took.Version: 1.0.127
✓ Hot garbage is putting it nicelyOn a normal day, it refuses to start, crashes, or won’t connect. On its best days it “works” but it only tells you distance and has an arrow on the screen to point which way to turn when connected to the car. The only time a map is shown is when the phone is disconnected and you are using the screen on your phone, at which point why not just use Waze? The screenshots that show an actual map on the car screen are at best misleading, but most likely a blatant lie. If I could give it 1 star I would, along with Al Mathison at Kolar Toyota in Duluth, MN for lying to me about the nav system in the first place..Version: 1.0.130
✓ Kind of a plain Jane…When you need to just put in an address to route something this works and has the audible. I can’t seem to get the map to cover my whole 6 inch screen, which would make it more useful than my phone. I’d also like to just have the map with no destination, just to watch my progress and see the streets that I’m going by …sometimes that’s more useful than routing I can’t seem to find a way to do that. There’s a lot of room for improvement and if for some reason you don’t have GPS on the phone you can use this…or no…you need your phone oh well.Version: 1.0.136
✓ Fix your appYour app cost me toll money. We had a long move and had a 4 vehicle convoy with two being large moving trucks. The app got confused and lagged when needed most ( around a large city toll road) and it sent us all over the place. I had to switch to google maps just to get back on track again but after we arrived at our new house the tolls caught up with us. So thanks for that. I would recommend that Toyota remove your app from their vehicles as the app is inferior. I’d rather trust a brand new private in the army with compass and map before using this again..Version: 1.0.136
✓ Zero functionality. ZERO.Horrible. Need 2 apps, entune and scout to navigate in my 40,000$ minivan. Consistently plans a route 10-25 minutes longer than Waze. Disconnects frequently and takes several minutes to restart everything and reconnect. I need to be connected to Bluetooth AND a cable to get a moving map, AND my phone needs to run the app while using the car app. Honestly, who designs such a product. Had the car almost 2 years and gave this 3 chances over that time to improve. At least you don't charge for it. Sorry if this is harsh, but Im not going to sugar coat a product this awful..Version: 1.0.119
✓ Garbage TrashThis app is the worst helpful vehicle app you could ask for. Not a safe or functional app to use while driving. You have to allow it to connect by pressing open on the notification banner or it does nothing. You should be able to get in your car and have it connect like every other Bluetooth device in the world. I wish Toyota would have just ponied up and out in a real dynamic navigation unit built into their vehicles instead of going cheap with all these apps you have to install to get every little “feature” to work. And then they don’t even use reliable, well thought out applications. If I have to use my phone to run the vehicles infotainment system then you better give me something that works every time and is simple to use. You shouldn’t have to purchase the best of the best package of Toyota to get tech that has been around for decades and is so cheap to have installed. Get with it Toyota or move out of the way so someone else can give consumer the things they are supposed to be paying for..Version: 1.0.113
✓ Pretty awful.I’ve rented a Toyota with this app. I would never use this app in its current form. With the iPhone on linked from the car, the app does an OK job of finding locations. Once linked to the car, the app search feature is disabled. The in vehicle search is awful. I gave up screwing around with it, unlink my phone, and just used the phone as navigation. There does not seem to be any way to get the in vehicle screen to show a map while driving. For example trying to find your way out of a suburban neighborhood with many dead ends and blind intersections. Any other in car navigation that I’ve used has been able to show a map even when not going to a particular destination. When going to a destination with this app, there does not seem to be a way to display a map. It only shows turn by turn. Not helpful at all..Version: 1.0.105
✓ It’s hard to deal withI’ve used Google Maps before this & my issue is the missing speedometer and the turn by turn announcements. Additionally, the navigation voice is too “soft” & not always clear. pronunciation of street names are muffled causing me to take my eyes off the road to read. There’s not really enough customization in the app itself to want to see the map & turns simultaneously. This should be the default. Unfortunately, I’m still using my phone with Google Maps in my car because the traffic pic is more accurate & I can hear it better..Version: 1.0.111
✓ Wasted potential of a gps appScout has loads of features that seem to be better than other competing gps apps. The unfortunate part about Scout is that its inhibited by having to have the app always on your screen when not in use. Safety feature or not, it seems to be a major fault that would otherwise make this superior to say Apple Maps or Google. If the integration is as seamless as CarPlay and if the ability to LOCK YOUR PHONE SCREEN TO SEE THE MAP is fixed then the argument of a better maps app would be a no-brainer. Otherwise the ability to see carpool traffic, driver icon customization and less UI map clutter makes this a better (if not deeply flawed) experience than most competing apps..Version: 1.0.132
✓ Unreliable and Potentially DangerousMy wife and I purchased our new Toyota Camry last August. We are very happy with every aspect of our new car, except for this unreliable app. This app is great when it works, but several times it has stopped providing navigational service in the middle of a trip. Today, I got the error message that I must connect my phone to my car to provide moving navigation. Actually the phone was already connected via USB. Again, this failure occurred in the middle of a trip. This kind of unreliability is potentially dangerous, because a driver could be easily distracted in a vain attempt to get this app to work during a trip. Please be safe and be aware..Version: 1.0.130
✓ Stinks on a 2017 Lexus RX350This is 75% not worth it on the ‘17 Lexus RX350 I just bought. I don’t know if this is scout’s fault but I suspect it is Lexus - they make great cars but really stank on screen UI’s. Lagging behind most of their competition! You’d think this would make a map appear on the Lexus dash screen... nope! Ok then, the map must be visible on the phone? Naaahhhh...! In fact the phone screen is completely locked. About the only thing you get are voice prompts & turn by turn directions on the dash screen. No map, no easy way to navigate that screen, it really, really, isn’t worth it..Version: 1.0.130
✓ Not reliable at allBetter to use an old-fashioned map if you actually want to get to your destination. Keeps trying to tell me to get off the interstate. Fortunately I know where I’m going so I ignored it. On our trip we asked it to add a gas stop to our trip. The gas station was 5 miles ahead just 1 mile off the route but GPS kept telling us to make turn after turn and after 10 miles of driving we were now 9 miles from the gas station.Version: 1.0.132
✓ Bad, then Good!My initial experience with the App was quite disappointing and frustrating, but I can tell you, if you do an internet search on how to work out the bugs of the real time maps, you have a very solid GPS that you can count on to direct you well, and charge your phone at the same time. To sum it up; have your phone connected via Bluetooth to the car prior to turning the key (meaning connect your phone and then turn off the car - the first time) also plug in the usb before starting. You should open Entune and Scout prior to starting as well. Yup, none of that is intuitive, but I did it per the instructions and sure enough it worked great, and my frustration is gone..Version: 1.0.107
✓ Worked the instant I uploaded it....and that was the last time it worked.I uploaded this app unto my 2016 Rav4 to try an easier to read alternative through the Entune system than just having Google Maps through my phone. Worked fine when I uploaded it and tried it out. Upon getting to my destination, shutting the car off, and then starting my car back up, the app now doesn’t connect to the car. Tried everything and the app refuses to connect to the car. Shortest amount of time I have held onto an app. Sticking to old reliable Google Maps. Do yourself a favor. Save yourself the trouble, open Google Maps, go to Settings, Navigation Settings, turn on “Play voice over bluetooth” and “Play as bluetooth phone call” and google maps will run through your radio while you can listen to your music. You don’t need this useless app..Version: 1.0.105
✓ SO FRUSTRATINGI use both Apple Maps and google maps. Each have their up and downs but nothing could have prepared me for the horror and anger I would experience trying to use this app with the dash of my brand new car (I used to have a magnetic plate that would prop up my phone on the dash). It takes FOREVER to load and reroute, even when hooked up to the car via usb cable still won’t provide a map, and the directions (if you can figure them out) lag behind and are just bad. (Instead of telling me to turn left, it had me take 3 right turns) 😡😡😡 I really want to love driving my new car, but navigation is a must. Please fix this app! Fix the lag, fix the visual map. And please help it learn to give concise easy to understand directions..Version: 1.0.119
✓ Worst gps ever.I’ve had this app for 2 years now on my 2017 Tundra. It’s so useless and has so many issues it’s better to have no gps at all than to try and use it half the time. It struggles to connect to the truck and when it does it randomly disconnect shortly after forcing you to reset the app and most of the time won’t reconnect unless you shut of the ignition. It does not show any form of a descent map, just an overlay of the entire ride which is impossible to make out where and which road you’re actually supposed to turn onto. I love my Tundra but every time I get into my fiancé’s car with Apple CarPlay I regret purchasing it a bit.Version: 1.0.111
✓ Standard GPS but could be betterOkay Scout is getting significantly better and more reliable but it can do better to compete with the other FREE gps apps. My complaints are these... There is a significant amount of lag when navigating (not sure if it's my internet connection or the GPS signal but I live in a major city and this should not be an issue). Secondly, not often but sometimes Scout and Enform 2.0 will disconnect (not sure if it's Enform that's causing the issue but since the Enform update haven't seen it disconnect). Third, the traffic feature could be better, it does not announce traffic upcoming and on the split screen, I am unable to see the traffic ”color” on the route (perhaps make it more pronounced). Lastly, a speedometer and lane assist would be features that we would appreciated. Scout please fix and I promise you your ratings will go up. Overall, the app has potential and its actually not a horrible app as compared to whatever Scout version in fall 2017..Version: 1.0.101
✓ Nothing positiveI’m sorry but this is a very awkward and inaccurate program. I agree with another reviewer who states the difficulty of getting scoutlink to load in the car. I really do not want to fiddle with my phone every time I get into the car! Then to put the address in on a keyboard that goes back in time. This reminds me for when gps devices first came up. More annoying is the constant “rearrouting” it does even when you’re going the right way, the way it just told you to go! The other day I got on the freeway and it kept telling me to go on side streets to enter the freeway again. I keep trying this app, thinking I just need to get more familiar with it. I am so disappointed with this technology I am actually thinking of selling my brand new car... my first one ever! Toyota can certainly do better! I am usually a more positive person but can’t be so in this case..Version: 1.0.107
✓ Not HappyI just purchased a 2020 Corolla and discovered the map feature was NOT working. Toyota support had me download Entune 3.0 and Scout Link. I have tried repeatedly to have the active map feature work. No success. App prompts me to connect with USB which while NOT a big deal is something I did NOT have to do in the 2016 Corolla. I saw the map on one of my attempts but taking the car for a ride around the block proved useless in that the map did NOT show that I had moved. Map is not showing again after too much experimenting. Right now all I can say is either Entune 3.0 is the problem or Scout Link is NOT user friendly and certainly NOT ready for prime time. If I am at fault correct my approach, but from other comments I see here I AM NOT ALONE. APP NEEDS TO BE UPDATED! Sorry to say from my experience the app is garbage and I AM trying to be polite. NOT HAPPY👿.Version: 1.0.113
✓ Horrible!!!This app is so poorly designed it isn’t even useable. The first thing I do when I get in the car is press “ignore” when it’s link up flashes across my phone. If I need navigational assistance I use the WAZE app to talk to me through the voice use of the Blue Tooth and the car radio. No, I don’t have a map on the screen but at least I have accuracy and warnings. I used to have an old Beamer which had the first generation of screens and movable maps. It was such a delight compared to my new Toyota’s navigational nightmare. The app developer will leave a message after this review to apologize and ask that I contact them to make people reading this review think that they are responsive and truly helpful. I’ve already contacted them and talked to them many times. They really don’t want to help. It’s all an illusion to fool the consumer into thinking that car contains something it doesn’t...Toyota does not have a functional navigation system it has a screen to make you think it does..Version: 1.0.103
✓ Toyota dropping the ball !This app came with my new 2018 Avalon, and I thought there was something wrong with the car. I took the car back because of the lack of response when attempting to enter a location using the cars touch screen. (Which works perfectly well when not using navigation). Then realized it was the piece of crap app that Toyota offers its customers purchasing their top of the line sedans. As I discovered when I rented a Toyota 4x4 suv that cars navigation was far superior the the Scott App. Though Toyota has finally enabled car play in 2019 models and up, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth about this app and Toyota..Version: 1.0.119
✓ This app will have you lost! Awful!I used this app for a 1 hr & 30 minute drive and it was one of the most stressful trips of my life! The gps kept telling me to turn left on the interstate, recalculated a dozen times, doesn’t tell you the exit number but gives you a name instead, then it took me off the interstate and through town only to put me back on the interstate. For example, I was supposed to exit on Broad River Rd 2A, but the gps didn’t recognize which exit number & letter so I got off on 2B and had to drive 10 mins up the road to get back on the right side of town. Then, the gps notified me I had arrived at my destination 7 minutes before I got there. My ETA was incorrect also. I had to pull over and use Google Maps to get me back on track. I tried to give scout another chance locally in my hometown and it couldn’t even get me to the interstate. This is absolutely ridiculous and my husband (concerned for my safety) has advised me not to use that app again. I now use Google Maps for my travel needs. Scout is a waste!.Version: 1.0.103
✓ Sorely lackingWhat a bad joke this app is. The search screen doesn’t even work at all for me. Searched on my phone the name and city of my destination, was then able to finally see it on the dash board screen only to be taken to the destination that had been closed EIGHT months ago. Had to use google maps to finally get to my desired location. Oh but wait....this app thinks it’s okay to use ‘unnamed street’. Folks it’s 2020. I’m just thankful for GOOGLE MAPS....because Scout is useless to me and shame on Toyota for partnering with such an inept navigation system. Wonder when your last update was, 1980?.Version: 1.0.119
✓ Disgruntled Camry OwnerThis is by far the WORST gps app I’ve ever used. Significant lag issues, still can not use without phone being plugged in, and you can not do anything else on your phone. Had I known this prior to purchasing my vehicle, I would have bought something else. I have complained multiple times to Toyota. This gps had my family and I lost on a vacation missing every turn we needed to make because of its POOR PERFORMANCE. Honestly, I’ve started car searching. I love my Camry but this is a major con. Highly disappointed in Toyota. Only saving grace would be to integrate something else..Version: 1.0.101
✓ Suddenly not connect to BluetoothI was able to connect Scout Gas with my 2017 Lexus NX200 and I have been using the navigation system in my cars for few days. After few days I am not able to connect the Bluetooth with my phone anymore. My phone is connect the Bluetooth with the car with all other system, like phone, voice control and music. My phone Bluetooth is on, but I wasn’t able to run the Scout GPS in my car, it keeps saying not able to connect with my. Phone. Also when I am using the Scout GPS, the Bluetooth icon has a redline surround it. I was hopping it will fix but I try everything and wasn’t able to connect. Kind of disappointed about it..Version: 1.0.132
✓ Prehistoric App!So I use the app for GPS on my Toyota. The interface is horrible, like 90s. NO MAP! Not even 2D. Only turn by turn. It shows no lane. It shows no street before The next turn.... so you better know your “feet” “yard”. If you miss the turn it will tell you to make a U turn. Tanks. Lol. App is a joke. ... also it tells you “destination is ahead” you don’t know it it left or right. REALLY??? .... last but not least, most of the time it does not integrate with car Bluetooth. You have to close app try again... and again! HORRIBLE Used to have proper GPS on my previous car. They told me the Scott app is better than car-installed GPS. Really? If you like listening to good old fashion records instead of music on your phone, you might like the “nostalgic “ look of this app..Version: 1.0.115
✓ Not the best GPSI have had Scout for a year now, as it the system my Toyota Sienna uses for navigation. I have had all manner of issues with it, from inaccurate directions (that led either to somewhere else, or led to a place where the destination was on the other side of a fence or barrier, with no way to access it without having to drive far around to find the access point. I have also had it cut out on me in the middle of navigation in an area I am unfamiliar in, leaving me for lost. Thank goodness I kept the GPS system that came with my cell phone. It is much more accurate. Also time estimates for Scout are sometimes grossly inaccurate and it doesn’t tell me when a road is closed , leaving me to guess how to get around it (again, in an unfamiliar area). I really wish my Van had the capacity to put my phone GPS on the screen instead of Scout. I would drop Scout all-together. Quite disappointed..Version: 1.0.109
✓ Better than nothing, but just barely.What a PITA. I had to suffer through this mess for a week in a rental car. I will be so glad to get home to my CarPlay. Didn’t seem to be any way to put in a destination vocally, so if you’re not in Park, you’re out of right. Has a very mistaken notion of hard right, slight right, etc. Received so much bad or inaccurate direction. I was constantly zooming out to try and find out what is coming up and it would zoom back in. So annoying. And both times I went north on I-5, it would tell me to get off at exit 76 for absolutely no reason!.Version: 1.0.105
✓ Window open (on focus)First: Please tell me why you need to have the app open in order for it to work on Toyota Navigation? It’s so stupid that you need to have the app open in order for it to work on the car screen. Why can it run in the background? Second: Why would it route you five miles more just to save you one minute off your commute? I rather travel 5 miles less and one minute more to save on fuel and wear and tear on my car. It’s just not on one route, it happens to a lot of my routes. I travel around 90,000 miles a year and with this GPS I’m sure I’ll be traveling 100,000 a year. I’m sticking with google maps..Version: 1.0.107
✓ The worst GPS ever!By far the worst GPS I have ever used! Reroutes every 2-3 mins when nothing has caused it to do that. Shuts off in the middle of driving so I have to pull over and restart the gps all over again. That takes like 10-15 mins for it realize I want to use it and pull up where I would like to go. Just frustrating that even after all the updates, uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, it still doesn’t work properly. The whole point in getting a vehicle with the gps already on it is so that I don’t have to bother with my phone while driving!! Wish you guys would fix so it works properly already or Toyota uses a different GPS system in their vehicles!!.Version: 1.0.119
✓ Works, but is bland and mediocre in every wayIf you have a Toyota, you will probably download this app. To get turn-by-turn navigation through your vehicles sound system. I tried to think of anything I liked about this app and the navigation in my Tundra and the best and only great thing I can say is, “it works”. The interface is awkward and not intuitive, the software on the phone and in the vehicle console is unattractive. Unfortunately, there is a lot of room for improvement. And with so much room for improvement you are left wishing Toyota had adopted CarPlay instead of doing their own thing..Version: 1.0.107
✓ A disappointing appWhen I was connecting my new iPhone to my RAV4, my phone suggested that I download this app and also install it to my car. Having the GPS shared to my car’s display was a welcome upgrade. I just completed my first trip using this app. It was a 200 mile drive. 80 miles down the road and I pulled into a rest area and deleted it. Constant rerouting for no obvious reason; directions that made no sense (such as making a hard right turn in the middle of a bridge); and warnings about no internet connection available (even though I had a strong cell signal). It started out with such promise. But the app greatly under performed..Version: 1.0.105
✓ A total waste of time.One star gives Scout way too much credit. Since my Camry forces me to use it, I do, even though it usually steers me wrong. (Pun intended) •It tells me to turn in 100 feet. Too bad the street was only 50 feet ahead and I miss the turn. •It doesn’t say a thing and then it says turn in 30 feet, but I just passed the street. •It says turn right. Too bad my destination was on the left. •It drops dead in the middle of an unfamiliar trip and I’m left to stop at gas stations to ask directions. •It doesn’t always go the shortest way, even when there isn’t any traffic the short way. •When there is a traffic issue, it gives you the opportunity to take a different route. Too bad there is such a short time to press ‘OK’, it’s usually too late. I’m driving- not looking at the screen every minute. •Certainly it can’t pronounce half the street names - even the easy ones. •Sometimes doesn’t start right away and all directions are a minute too late. •If TOYOTA doesn’t switch out this GPS app, this will be the last TOYOTA I buy. I’m sure there are more things I hate about Scout but this is all I can think of now. Instead of telling me thanks for my comments, do an upgrade that fixes all of the above. Other people have complained about the same things. FIX IT - PLEASE!!!.Version: 1.0.119
✓ It’s Bad And Stays BadThe app is clumsy and inarticulate. It takes me a lot of time to launch the app to work with the car. Most of the time, it’s opening the app on the phone and realizing the car still doesn’t see its apps for some reason. Then closing the app completely, maybe unplugging and replugging in the usb (which is wildly annoying being tethered to the car in order to use the maps), maybe shutting down Bluetooth and restarting it. There’s never any consistency with this app, resulting in a lot of frustration. When the app is working, it’s directions are poor and they don’t give you enough time to react. It lags significantly. Seems like Toyota could do so much better. Toyota’s decision to not roll out Apple car play to 2018 Camry buyers is puzzling, and would solve this issue as google maps has Scout beat by a country mile..Version: 1.0.105
✓ Significant connection issues.I wish I would have known this was the app that I’d need to use prior to buying my new car. Scout is user friendly but very unreliable. So many connection issues that include: disconnecting, freezing screen, rerouting constantly and new roads not found. To say the least, Scout is so unreliable that I stopped using It after the first week of buying my car. I am now forced to use another app that only provides audio which defeats the purpose of having turn by turn navigation capabilities in your car. And yes, I’ve discussed my concerns with the car company but to no avail. Hopefully each update helps to correct the problems, so those of us who have to use Scout, can actually use it successfully. I’ll be ecstatic when that day arrives!.Version: 1.0.101
✓ Why make an app that is this terrible?!If you’re going to invest time into an app for GPS purposes then make it user friendly. Make it run like a real GPS on the car screen where it will show real live driving location and street maps. You images show that feature for some vehicles, if this is an app that provides the feature then it should transfer those features to the vehicle screen. Judging by the ratings I’m not the only one thinking this. You should fire your app developers cause they are obviously clueless to what this app needs to do for people!.Version: 1.0.119
✓ It is practically useless.This app is used to connect your phones’s gps to your car. However, it uses the gps from your phone, data from your phone, but it doesn’t even display the map on your phone or your car’s display. Let’s put it this way, if you have a phone that works with this app, you are likely to have google maps or apple’s navigation, both are better than this app because this app doesn’t display navigation map, only displays turn by turn. THEN WHY WOULD ANYONE USE THIS APP? What a waste of resources and effort..Version: 1.0.126
✓ Shows a large arrow at turns instead of mapIt’s cool that this app connects to my Lexus and then places the route on the cars built in screen. But, when approaching turns the map disappears and is replaced with a large arrow. This gets confusing with busy intersections or multiple turns available close by each other. I’ve missed my turn multiple times due to this. I’d give it a better rating if it would show the turn on a map view..Version: 1.0.130
✓ GPSHonestly I don’t know where to begin about this app scout. If I could give it a 0 star I would. So I recently traveled home to TN state for Thanksgiving 2019. I put the address in the scout gps. Of course the service was weak, plus I have to turn the car off,& on, again serval times to try & get a connection. Call Toyota & they pretty much don’t care. So yes I strongly dislike the new way of gps. Anytime I want to use this app it’s a daily problem. Toyota needs to do a recall on all vehicles using this sorry app. Please if you care about your customers please update or fix this stupid app..Version: 1.0.113
✓ West means South right?Used the app while driving back from Milwaukee Wi with my granddaughter and it kept telling me to turn right on West ...when it was really South. I kept getting so confused I missed my turns and had to turn around and go back a couple of times. If I was alone I wouldn’t have been as upset but I had my 4 year old granddaughter with in a busy city so yeah not cool. This app says the names of streets that aren’t even remotely close to what you are turning onto it is almost like the street names have changed and the app isn’t updated and I drive a brand new 2019 RAV4. I too was misled by the GPS from the dealership and tried to switch to a different vehicle but my only option was a higher upgrade car and more money. Very disappointed Toyota. Hose to use this as a navigational system. This is my third Toyota and I wish I would of never traded my old one..Version: 1.0.119
✓ Too Many Steps to ReloadIf you shut off the vehicle for lunch or fuel or whatever, it would be nice to just jump in and go. It should assume you’re simply continuing your same journey. Instead, you have to open the app again on your phone and the vehicle. Then choose “Recents”, select the destination you were already on, and finally select the preferred route again. It is just annoying that you have to go through all those steps every time you shut the vehicle down..Version: 1.0.136
✓ Difficult to UseI get the idea of safety features, but the features severely limit its use. First, I keep my phone in my purse, which may be in the back seat or in the cargo area. Before you can use Scout, it prompts you to open the app on your phone. That completely takes away the hands-free purpose of safety features because my eyes are off the road, digging around for my phone then opening my phone, scrolling to find the app, then clicking on it. Way too much attention away from driving. Then on the flip side, when traveling with my husband and when the voice prompt can’t recognize the address you need to find, it won’t let a passenger enter it on the screen OR on the phone. These safety features make the app completely unusable unless you pull over (on a busy highway) and allow the app time to decide you are “safe” to enter data by hand... the same as you were safe to be reaching for your phone in the back seat while swerving on the road so that you can open the app and then request directions by voice..Version: 1.0.113
✓ Get ready to be lost !!!I rented a Toyota Camry and for navigation I had to download this crappy app because stupid #Toyota force people to use their Entune software. And this is the only app u can use for GPS. The stupidity and inability to connect this app to the Toyota Entune system is insane! The connection is dropped constantly after an hour or so. And you have to keep running the app actively on the iPhone in order navigation to work while driving. It is so frustrating as I was driving in a new area and on highway. I ended up just using my Apple Map on my iPhone and just listened to the auditory instruction to drive. So unless u r ready to be disconnected and to be lost. Stay away from this app while u r driving a Toyota or Lexus. And if you have a toyota or Lexus, I m so sorry u r stuck with the stupid Entune and this app. Lastly, stupid #Toyota what the hell are u thinking to use this app for GPS ?!.Version: 1.0.105
✓ Toyota should pay owners for suffering thru this appWe have used a ton of navigation apps in the past. Scout is by far the worst. It fails to show cross streets. Instead it tells you how many miles to the next turn ... which might work if it got the names of the roads correct or at least remotely close to the Interstate signs — locally it doesn’t even use exit numbers just names which usually isn’t the name on the signs. It is also a nightmare to program. It typically involves the following: Starting the car. Starting the app. Realizing it didn’t like that order today. Shutting the app. Reopening the app. Rebooting the phone. Restarting the car. Opening the app again and maybe just maybe you can type in the address on the insanely slow primitive keyboard. Assuming the planets align when you shift to drive you *should* be good to go. Watch your speed because the app has serious lag issues. Unfortunately if you need to add a stop or change your destination, you will need to pull over and put the car in park. That’s super convenient on road trips. I am sticking with using my phone’s app (Apple Maps) in lieu of this app. Not sure I will be buying a Toyota again and if I do it definitely won’t be for this app..Version: 1.0.103
✓ Gets the job doneOverall it’s fine. Sense I don’t have Apple CarPlay this is a compromise without directly using my phone gps. Stuff I do like: the turn-by-turn directions, ability to call a business you are navigating to. Stuff I dislike: having to have the app open on my phone in order to use it, if my phone is connected be it Bluetooth or aux then it is connected to the vehicle and should not need the app open. Do not like that the map is only a Birdseye view of the whole trip, Should have an option to see the map zoomed in. If those couple of features were fixed I would use the app much more..Version: 1.0.119
🙂 Scout GPS Link Positive Reviews
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