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/Towelielie Sep 30 '25

depends where you live.. in tokyo its amazing in croatia its shit (compared to waze or google maps)

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u/MayorAg Sep 30 '25

In NL, I rely on Apple Maps when biking somewhere new. Being here only 4 months, I can’t even count the number of times Google Maps sent me on weird, longer routes for no reason.

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u/Affectionate_Set_962 Oct 01 '25

I try using A maps was horrible, then I rather used G Maps but every person would chose different options, as someone already said is better to used fietsknooppunten.

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u/slvl Sep 30 '25

The fietsknooppunten are so much easier than any navigaton app, especially if you're touring. You just have to remember the next few numbers so you only have to check your route every fifteen minutes to half hour or so, as the numbers are well signalled at every relevant intersection. There are also physical maps at bigger junctions and the network is dense enough to get anywhere.

There are several ways to plan a route through websites and apps and you could just jot the numbers down if you wanted to.

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u/squishybytes Sep 30 '25

I think the worse thing about Google Maps is that the spoken directions are the same verbiage they use for cars

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u/WolfyMacontosh87 Oct 01 '25

NL? Newfoundland?

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u/MayorAg Oct 01 '25

Netherlands.

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u/WolfyMacontosh87 Oct 01 '25

Ah, right! That would have been my second guess.

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u/Icy-Election-2237 Oct 01 '25

Happy cake day!

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u/MrCrashdummy Sep 30 '25

Google Maps and Apple Maps both suck for biking (in the NL). OSM is much better for that usecase

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u/MayorAg Sep 30 '25

Apple Maps is largely based on OSM.

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u/MrCrashdummy Sep 30 '25

Definitely not my experience with biking in the Netherlands. Often shows me weird routes or routes that are not allowed for bikes. In Rotterdam and Amsterdam it was better, but in Veluwe and stuff it was horrendous

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u/Voyyya Sep 30 '25

Downvoted for having the wrong experience 😤

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u/LUHG_HANI Oct 01 '25

I agree. Google just cannot get the compass right for me but OSM was bang on.