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Apple Maps vs Google Maps

Screenshot: Apple Maps/Google Maps
Screenshot: Apple Maps/Google Maps

Google Maps had a seven year head start on Apple Maps, and while it’s done a lot of catching up, it hasn’t reached parity yet—and as with Gmail, we think most people would agree. Apple Maps is perfectly fine as a mapping app, but it doesn’t have the breadth and the depth of the Google equivalent, especially when it comes to worldwide coverage.

Apple Maps is gradually adding missing features that Google Maps has—Street View (Look Around), augmented reality walking navigation, multi-stop routes—but Google Maps still just about has the edge, whether that’s in bookmarking and reviewing locations, saving maps for offline use, or seeing how busy a particular place is before you arrive at it.

And the winner is… Google Maps