GPS for Ipad wifi only

Not just cheaper but more reliable too.
As you could expect, Apple don't like products like Bad Elf or other bluetooth GPS tethering because they interfere with sales of higher margin versions of the IPAD that have the GPS.

Every time Apple release a major or minor release, they reblock Bad Elf. Then some time after that Bad Elf find another workaround. Sometimes it takes months to get the GPS working again after a new release of IOS.

Bad Elf recommend that you don't update IOS and have a process to try to get the Bad Elf working as quickly as possible after each IOS release. For example Bad Elf recommend that you use 11.2.6, not the current 11.3 So if your IPAD has automatically updated you will have to wait till Bad Elf release their next patch. To bad if you are going away before then. No reliable GPS till you get back.

Given the IPAD defaults to auto update you can get stuck.

IMHO the whole think is a kludge. Imagine that you don't use your IPAD for a while turn it on, and it updates just before you go on your trip. Then you go to use our Bad Elf Nothing! Bingo Bongo.

Invest in a GPS friendly product, not one where the manufacturer is actively and constantly trying to stop it working. We're talking about remote navigation possibly saving your life here, not having facebook down for a month or two.

I use a Lenovo tablet running ver 5 for Exploroz and find it to be faultless for the app. Had this combo for about 12 months.

Regards,

Plus the cost of re-purchasing required apps from Google Play. Switching between or running multiple platforms isn’t always economical.

Hi Barry

I agree with you regarding the IOS updates. I have never had a problem with either the Bad Elf app or using the Bad Elf GPS input alone. I usually update the IOS about a week after it’s release. There are more than 50 specialised mapping, surveying, navigation( including aviation and marine) IOS apps using Bad Elf inputs so I doubt that there will be many major disruptions from IOS updates.

Regards John