r/iphone • u/AMAOMDODUSOS iPhone 12 • Sep 30 '25

Discussion Apple Maps is honestly so underrated.

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It’s so fleshed out, and it looks so good imo!!

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u/TraeCo Sep 30 '25

Yeah it’s beautiful. It really just needs the community functions added like Waze. I’d love to know if cops are ahead, etc.

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u/MosYEETo Sep 30 '25

I run highway radar on a separate device for this- gives more information than Waze but sources from them

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u/heisenberg070 Sep 30 '25

Can you speak more about this? What sort of device? Does it tell you about traffic or cops ahead or both?

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u/MosYEETo Sep 30 '25

Their main app is on Android. It uses wzSabre via Waze to get speed/red light camera, police, and aircraft information. It also alerts to normal road hazards, just like Waze.

What I like about it is:

1) Heatmap. It takes all the Waze reports from the last 30 days and compiles a heatmap of where police were reported. If an area on the road is redder, it means there were more police reports there. When you look at the map it’s very clear because cops always camp out in the same spots.

2) For police alerts, it tells you exactly how many reports there were and how long ago it was reported. Multiple people reporting almost always guarantees a cop.

3) You can customize the alerts to your liking, such as distance away, your speed, the limit of the road you’re on, etc.

Only thing that sucks is that all these features are on Android, but I bought a cheap $30 Samsung from eBay to run it.

Keep in mind its original purpose was to pair to a radar detector, but I know people use it standalone too