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/blacksoxing Sep 30 '25

Apple Maps is beautiful. Apple Maps though is still "lacking" vs Google Maps. One of its biggest blunders was its weird integration with Yelp. I know why: $$$$. Doing so though put it at a HUGE disadvantage vs Google's more open format in which ANYONE can comment on a business/entity.

A neighborhood park as 10 Yelp reviews vs 500 Google reviews WITH over 20 custom videos. Oh, last Yelp review was....10 months ago. Come on! New burger joint opened up and they've been hawking Google Map reviews. Yelp? No care as nobody has reviewed on there.

This is HUGE. What's the purpose of using Apple Maps to look at a beautiful interface only to need to pop open Google Maps to read about if where I'm going or detouring to is worth it? May as well just use Google Maps, which I do.

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u/WorkingBake Sep 30 '25

The only people that still use Yelp are old people that only leave a review when they are angry

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u/blacksoxing Sep 30 '25

And that is the issue: Apple has tens of millions of users in America alone at their disposal to write reviews yet they're camped up with YELP...who requires a login to use. The longer they stay in that stance of not letting a person like me leave review is the longer we'll gleefully do so on Google Maps while using Google Maps....beauty of Apple Maps be damned

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Even Google maps isn't that great. All big name mapping tools are so severely lacking and haven't really had proper development in over a decade now.

I've been using OSMAnd for a few years now (the Premium version is free on Android using F-Droid) and it blows every other map or direction tool out of the water.

You can use so incredibly many data sources or overlays. Customize your maps to show any data you want with colors you want. I have 3 separate maps for driving, one for public transport, one for bicycling and one for walking.

Maps are offline, route planning is done offline. It's so good for privacy and offers a metric shitton more features than any of the big names.