Navigational applications are considered as one of the few ‘must have’ applications for smartphones and tablets. If you have a decent navigation app, you need not to depend on the mercy of others to find your way to your destination.
Here we have listed five such apps for Android devices which you can download from the Google Play store.
TomTom India
At Rs 2,050, this will definitely pinch your pocket a bit but remember it offers offline maps which comes very handy in a country like India where network connectivity is quite patchy. The maps are stored in your device only, so you could open them anytime and anywhere whether you are in the Network coverage or not. 
It offers voice-guided turn-by-turn car navigation, 2D or 3D view of the route ahead, and automatic rerouting if you miss your turning. Currently it covers 5,800 cities and towns across India and its makers also promises regular updates.
Maps by MapMyIndia
It is a free App and offers detailed mapping and navigation service with street level maps for over 4000 cities of India, house-level detail for 36 cities, 20 cities in full 3D and 6.3 million unique destinations. The app has been spruced up with cosmetic update that also improves the responsiveness. With the MapMyIndia Navigator app, users can search places and mark their favourite locations, and can find places like restaurants, ATMs, hotels, hospitals and more by category or name.
Users can then select and navigate to the destination chosen and save frequented destinations as favourites. Moreover, the application automatically generates a new route if the driver misses a turn. Users can shake their phone to instantly start navigation to their home address from wherever they are. On major highways, the application notifies drivers when they exceed the posted speed limit. The MapMyIndia Navigator app switches to night-time mode automatically, allowing for safer viewing conditions while driving at night.
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Waze
Waze offers free travel directions just like other GPS based navigation apps. Waze provides alerts as on-screen pop-ups along with audio notification. Street level navigation can be enjoyed over the simple user interface featuring large size software buttons. The maps can be used in regular mode and even night mode. Waze anchors the social connect that allows the users to spot fellow folks on the map.
Waze utilises inputs from local users to provide alerts and information to other users in order to make driving easier. For instance, a Waze user can upload information about a traffic jam or about an accident that has caused a jam on a particular route, and the application will make the information available to other users opting for that route. Thankfully the app works for variety of devices but requires active Mobile Data connection to load maps on the go.
Sygic
It too offers offline navigation but is available for free. The Sygic India maps app offers turn by turn directions to the users driving around town, the state and the country. Sygic in India uses MapMyIndia maps and users can download the maps to be used offline. Sygic Maps offers country specific speed alerts so that one does not have to break speed limits laws in the specified country. Although the app is free to download, one can purchase regional map packs from the app itself.
Searching for places and share them with friends over social networks. Learn about important events from the street level based maps. Sygic Maps supports active traffic updates and route calculation as well.
Google Maps
Though most of you are reading this article to probably find the best alternative of Google Maps but there is no denying that Google Maps is one of the best in the business today. First of all its free and comes in-build in most Android devices. It as comprehensive (atleast claimed by Google) maps of 220 countries. It offers voice-guided navigation for driving, cycling, and walking. 
Even if you miss one turn, it will show you an alternate route. It has public transport direction of few major cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai as well. Google has recently updated this app as well, offering turn-by-turn navigation.