# Best App for Driving for Fun?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218 "2020-04-06T20:49:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![molten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218/1 "2020-04-06T20:49:08Z")

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I want to know what neighborhood I am in and the compass direction which I am going. Waze doesn’t show the neighborhood, google maps does show this, but the screen turns off after some seconds.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218/2 "2020-04-06T23:04:30Z")

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The screen turning off is due to your phone settings attempting to maximize battery life.

In my Android phone i can select from a few seconds up to 10 minutes.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218/3 "2020-04-07T00:32:24Z")

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There are also apps that will allow you to disable the screen turning off, at least on Android. Also some phones have a setting that disables screen timeout while charging, so if you usually plug your phone in while driving you could use that.