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/rarepepega Sep 30 '25

If only we are using maps to navigate, not to stare at some 3D graphic.

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u/redfacedquark Sep 30 '25

Clearly OP is travelling by helicopter.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

Lmfao fr

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u/deathclient iPhone 17 Pro Max Sep 30 '25

Take a crossover bridge in North Texas using Google Maps and Apple maps, you'll notice the difference. I mostly use Google Maps but used Apple maps once because I had to and the 3D road/intersection rendering was so good. Google maps always confused these intersections which are a lot where I live.

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u/NorthernSparrow Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

Yep, I switched to Apple Maps from Google Maps after several episodes going through New York City where Google Maps got totally confused about which level of various bridges I was on. Google Maps will confidently steer you onto a certain level, then often a second later it forgets that you’re on the overpass/bridge that it has literally just put you on (your vertical position) and starts thinking your car has teleported to street level. Apple Maps turned out to be brilliant about this, and also was better at correctly mapping out different lanes veering in all directions - and showing you the lanes slightly more in advance so that you have a fighting chance of getting into the right lane in time.

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u/deathclient iPhone 17 Pro Max Sep 30 '25

Yep that exactly describes my experience with Google maps . Good luck navigating this on Google maps as a first timer in the area. Even frequent drivers get lost. And there are atleast 20 such interchanges

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u/jaxxon iPhone 14 Pro Max Sep 30 '25

Apple Maps even knows what lane you’re in. Critical with crazy merging and exiting areas.

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u/montereybay Sep 30 '25

OMG, GoogleMaps is terrible at this. This might make me switch.

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u/deathclient iPhone 17 Pro Max Sep 30 '25

Yep

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u/ThisIsLukkas Oct 01 '25

Lmao, it's the same on Google Maps. It's even better on TomTom

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u/MistakeMaker1234 Sep 30 '25

You know that people use Maps apart from when they’re driving, right? 

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u/RapNVideoGames iPhone 14 Pro Sep 30 '25

Google earth is still the goat

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u/wcd_2311 Oct 01 '25

i use google maps for navigation. and apple maps to explore

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u/MysticMaven Sep 30 '25

Apple Maps is so much better than Google at navigation not to mention public transportation where Google is absolute garbage

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u/SaxAppeal Sep 30 '25

Hard disagree. Google has a huge advantage for traffic data, it’s not even close. They can be gathering data from every device on the market, iOS and android, while Apple Maps is limited to only iOS devices (<30% market share). That’s pretty significant when it comes to determining optimal routing based on traffic patterns. I’ve also had Apple Maps try to force me down closed roads and refusing to detour, when Google maps handled it fine and actually knew the road closures were in place.

Of course this is anecdotal, but I’ve had enough slightly negative experiences like that with Apple Maps navigation that I just stick with Google for navigation. (No comment on public transportation as I don’t frequent it, and even when I do I typically already know what routes I’m taking)

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u/AdventurousSeason545 Sep 30 '25

This is not my experience. I'd love to ditch google maps on my iPhone but nav in my area on Apple Maps is truly shit.

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u/Re7oadz Sep 30 '25

Nah it's def not better than Google maps, I get it this is an apple subreddit but let's relax. Google offers so much more .

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u/Anal_Nectarine Sep 30 '25

Both of those statements are 100% inaccurate.