According to the Wall Street Journal, iPhone users are increasingly finding reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps, with some customers commending its clear public transport directions and visually appealing design.
According to the Wall Street Journal, iPhone users are increasingly finding reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps, with some customers commending its clear public transport directions and visually appealing design.
It’s not “better.” But it’s fine, it’s there by default, and it doesn’t send my precise location to Google.
That’s how I feel as well. I do my best to use it out of principle to stay away from Google services the best I can. My one biggest complaint is that when you’re navigating, Apple Maps takes over your lock screen. I think that’s getting changed in the next iOS release however.
I don’t recall it taking over my Lock Screen, but Apple Maps does lock you out of any interaction with the app while navigating. That can be really frustrating when I’m riding as passenger and want to look up some potential stops en route. Have to cancel my destination just to look at anything else.
While in “GO” mode your lock screen will be the maps navigation.
Also, by clicking the bottom thing (where you can press end route) and pressing “Add Stop” you can look up potential stops en route.
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I agree - It’s way easier to read. I was driving through Chicago recently and found Waze was really hard to read when there’s a lot of exits happening all at once and it caused me to miss my exit. I’m neutral on Google Maps readability - Sometimes it’s fine, sometimes it’s not.
Tend to agree - Also, Google Reviews are far more trustworthy than Apple Maps’ Yelp integration. If Apple Maps switched off Yelp or offered the ability to connect to Google Reviews, I’d consider moving over entirely. The other issue with moving over though is that everyone else uses Google Maps, so I have access to quite a few crowdsourced Google Lists on Google Maps.
I mainly use Waze for distance driving to monitor for po’ po’, Google Maps for reviews and for having an offline map downloaded and Apple Maps when I’m driving to someone’s house whose address I have stored in a contact card. Each has their uses but at least Apple Maps is finally getting offline maps this fall.