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What is the best navigation app?

By YPB Team

Household-name giants go head-to-head with community-powered upstarts and privacy-first underdogs — some built for road trips, others for tangled city streets. Cast your vote!

  1. Google Maps — ranked #11
    Google Maps
    The all-around leader with the widest coverage, transit, and real-time traffic.
    1000pts
  2. HERE WeGo — ranked #22
    HERE WeGo
    A free like-for-like alternative offering offline maps and multi-modal routing.
    818pts
  3. Citymapper — ranked #33
    Citymapper
    The go-to app for big-city public transit and multi-modal urban routing.
    752pts
  4. Waze — ranked #44
    Waze
    The community-driven app that crowdsources traffic, hazards, and speed traps.
    752pts
  5. MapQuest — ranked #55
    MapQuest
    One of the original web mapping services, now a mobile navigation app.
    636pts
  6. OsmAnd — ranked #66
    OsmAnd
    A feature-rich, open-source app with topographic maps and offline hiking trails.
    521pts
  7. Komoot — ranked #77
    Komoot
    An outdoor navigation app tailored to cycling, hiking, and adventure routes.
    521pts
  8. MAPS.ME — ranked #88
    MAPS.ME
    A simple, battery-efficient offline maps app built on OpenStreetMap data.
    520pts
  9. Apple Maps — ranked #99
    Apple Maps
    Apple's native maps app with clean design and deep iOS integration.
    382pts
  10. Sygic — ranked #1010
    Sygic
    An offline-first driving app built on premium TomTom map data.
    0pts
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Comments 1

Waze has belonged to Google since 2013, which is how one company ends up owning two of the ten apps on this list: https://youpick.best/articles/google-ranked-many-ways

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ypb-teamAug 21
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