Navmii: Navmii Hits 2 Million Users in Less Than 12 Months

• avmii’s navigation apps have more than 2 million users
• 15,000 new users joining per day
• NavFree community has provided more than 300,000 map updates

Navmii, the UK-based mobile navigation and location app publisher, announced that it has more than 2 million navigation users, just six months after the launch of NavFree, the app offering free navigation on iPad and iPhone, and just 12 months after the launch of Navmii GPS Live low cost navigation apps.

Peter Atalla, CEO of Navmii said: “Navmii has a community in the millions, with an average of 15,000 new users joining every day. Our active community has also contributed more than 300,000 updates to OpenStreetMap.”

In the last twelve months Navmii published low cost and free to download apps for navigation and location, including fully featured low cost GPS navigation apps for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK & the Republic of Ireland. Navfree, the first free app for iPhone and iPad to have maps launched in October 2010 is now available for Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK & Republic of Ireland and the USA.

“Downloads of both Navmii GPS Live and Navfree have far exceeded expectation. We have hundreds of thousands of sales of our high quality, low cost Navmii GPS Live apps. The launch of Navfree last year was an instant success and we have more than 1.7 million users. Most significantly, more than 300,000 updates to the OpenStreetMap data have been uploaded by Navfree users to date. If this continues, we expect Navfree to be as accurate as most expensive Satellite Navigation system within a matter of months” continued Atalla.

In the coming months Navmii plans to add a European-wide version of Navfree, a new USA version of Navfree and free navigation for other mobile platforms including Android. The Navfree ‘freemium’ model is funded by advertising and upgrades such as safety camera and live traffic data.

Chris Burke, Chairman of Navmii said “There is a clear desire from users to move away from the expensive navigation apps offered by the large navigation companies. With Navmii and Navfree anyone can enjoy low cost or no cost GPS navigation, with up-to-date mapping information, provided by a huge community of enthusiastic users.”

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