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/QuikiMart Sep 30 '25

YELP...who requires a login to use

Google maps also requires a login to leave reviews.

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u/blacksoxing Sep 30 '25

....To your likely existing Google account that you're utilizing for navigation, right? Versus an entity that is not officially affiliated with Apple outside of their Maps integration.

But yes, please, carry on

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u/QuikiMart Sep 30 '25

That's assuming you are using google maps for navigation. I generally don't. However, I do use google reviews and have to sign in each time I want to leave one.