Seeking a different kind of GPS app

That link is to My Way classic. I'd spend the $14.95 if I knew it worked, but I never got the free version MyWay Lite to do anything useful. Did anyone ever do a guide or podcast, or can you perhaps give me some pointers?
As for NaviRec, it looks very close to what I want. My only issue is that it seems route-bound, but I need to try it. The idea that you can point your phone and it vibrates when you are pointing in the direction of your nearest checkpoint is quite useful, and its roaming mode lets you go off-route.
I do wonder if anyone has just used NaviRec for wandering around and then asked it to report on previously marked checkpoints (some apps call them waypoints). What I find frustrating is the use case of blind people always following routes. On the large campus where I work I go to different buildings every day and am not always taking a specific "route" just as sighted people park their car and need to return to it without getting lost but also not following a specific "route". I really want to be able to query the app at any time, independent of routes about checkpoints I've marked before and determine their location in reference to where I am at the moment. And also, I want to have the map guide me to any checkpoint I've chosen without my having to have specifically planned to take a "route" in advance.
Does NaviRec do this for you in its roaming mode?
As soon as it stops being 3-digit temperatures here my dog and I will venture out to try NaviRec. I'll report on it then. Meanwhile more discussion iswelcome. For example, can map-based apps like BlindSquare or Nearby Explorer do the same thing when there's no internet without constantly whining about the lack of a connection? I'm going camping next weekend in a place where I know there is neither cell service nor wi-fi.

Well I'll transfer planes in the Phoenix airport in a few weeks but that's the extent of my visit. Maybe someone did a podcast on MyWay classic or lite, but I haven't found one yet. NaviRec seems to work as documented and I think the problem is that MyWay just isn't documented that well.

Played a bit with NaviRec though still haven't tried it in airplane mode. One important tip: triple tap the Checkpoint button with a single finger to end a route. It says that in the documentation but when I was out and about I couldn't remember everything I read and I could not figure out how to finish my route recording. It would be good if that button had a user hint to remind voiceover users. If a sighted person is recording the route, they tap the mark checkpoint button once to make a checkpoint and twice to finish the route.
The recordings are awesome and when you try to follow a recorded route you do indeed hear the recording a few seconds before and/or after your checkpoints. The dureation can be adjusted in Settings. Or you can hear the whole recording through in replay. I practiced on my campus where you could hear students walking by conversing, heavy doors opening and slamming, students zooming by on skateboards, air compressors from the AC of different buildings and my guide dog's collar jingling, even his toenails clicking on the concrete. With binaural mics this might be pretty helpful for navigating.
When the app starts recording a route, it makes a regular drumbeat noise, kind of a cross between a buz and a drum and I don't know what that means. Possibly it's when it doesn't have a good signal. I was leaving the building which has skylights but it might have not been enough for a good signal at first.
I know assisted GPS depends on cell service, so Airplane mode might not work, but then again, I have an external GPS for the iPHONE that fastens around your wrist and I'll enhance airplane mode with that to see if it works.
I see no reason it wouldn't work in the U.K. or in the Australian outback for that matter, unless of course it does need cell service. It has no maps, and does not reference the internet for maps. It's you and your own personal checkpoints.
I did mark many checkpoints on my route and tried roaming, which does indicate nearest points. It's quite nice that you don't need to type anything in. I like that audio is how you mark the points. But I don't like that I'd have to make routes to a variety of destinations to just log all the points I might need in the future. You can delete routes easily; there's a big easy to find delete button and you can upload them to drop box to save room on your phone.
As for BlindSquare it is independent of routes, and does tell you the direction and distance to any favorites you've defined. But it complains constantly if there is minimal or no service. So it's a pain to use in a rural area or campsite. And it keeps telling you the name of the place -- yes I know I'm at RiverView sports park, so stop telling me when I'm trying to find our tent!
I do love, love love BlindSquare for navigating cities and riding in vehicles to see what I'm passing. It just doesn't work for finding my way in the woods.
Thanks for the feedback on nearby Explorer and MyWay; still have to play with them.
Right now my goal is to master these apps with the internet. In a few days I'll be camping with my Bluetooth keyboard and this phone but no internet and I'll log my impressions of that experience than, but of course they won't get posted here until I return.

Since I don't have bone conduction headphones, I use this technique. I have an iPHONE case that was some generic thing I bought at a discount store. From the outside it makes my phone look like one of those freebies you get with a discount carrier. To the case, I've sewed elastic bands, a skinny version of the same stretchy band you find in the waistbands for skirts or pants. On to the closed loop of the stretchy band I've sewn a sturdy clip, the kind one uses on keychains to fasten your keys to a purse or pocket. I wrap the band around the phone in its case to keep it secure and insure it can't fall out and I can clip the clip to anywhere on my clothing. I usually clip it on to my shoulder, close to my ear. Now I can hear the navigation but nothing is blocking my hearing.
I tried Nearby explorer on my camping trip last weekend and was delighted. It does indeed work in airplane mode, and you can turn off announcements of roads and places so I didn't have to repeatedly hear the name of the campground, the city and the major highway we were relatively near. I used it to find my tent, the picnic tables, the potty, the fire ring where we met for meals and a set of dangerous rocks my friends were afraid I would get tangled up in. Because you can set it to watch locations it can tell you both your heading and where the watched locations are in reference to your heading. I am using a beta version of the product, but all the features I used on the camping trip were available in the released version so I'm not violating any NDA. The beta version is free until it expires for those interested in trying before buying. It publicly available manual offers a beta-testing link. And the manual is superbly written with enough detail for even those new to GPS apps for the blind.
Lastly, Loadstone-gps was my go-to app for symbian as well. So glad it has come to iDEVICES and I'll certainly download and try it soon.