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.
I actually like the interface better in Apple Maps.
Google is far more updated and capable though, but my god do I hate it when navigating. It’s cluttered and hard to understand at a glance.
So I keep both, one for navigating and “general” info, one for in-depth info and street view.
@red__raven I haven’t used Google Maps in a long time. What really won me over several years ago was Apple Maps would say something like “Go past this light and then at the next one, turn right”. Does google do this now?
@Aatube @substill
This is my favorite feature over Google Maps, soooo much easier to make your next turn instead of looking for street names while you are trying to drive.
From my limited exposure, no. It just goes “in x feed turn right”
That’s one other point I’ll give Apple Maps VS Waze/GM. AM shows you the traffic lights before your turn, which helps me know if I should start switching lanes now or later. Otherwise if I change lanes too early, I might be stuck behind people making a right turn.
As is typical with Apple and Apple products/services, it’s the little things that keep me here.
It does not
The one thing I don’t like about its navigation mode is that it can’t be used for anything else at the same time. If I start walking directions to a restaurant and then someone asks me what time it closes or if there’s a bar nearby then I have to cancel the navigation or use a different app to look that up.
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.
One thing that I absolutely hate about Apple Maps: trying to navigate home after navigating out somewhere. I swear I’ve got to close like 5 layers of garbage context left over from navigating to the first place. What the hell is the point of having a favorite if it’s gonna be hidden when I try to use it?
If I’m trying to navigate home, it’s because I don’t know the best way and I almost certainly used navigation to get where I currently am. So I have this issue almost every single time I use it.
I’m not sure what you mean, did you set your home location in your profile in contacts? That is also an angle of criticism but it exists. For locations in your profile it will always put them in front of everything else.
I think there’s typically one more step than what I just replicated from home, but this is what I just did:
My issue after arriving and then going to navigate home:
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.