Alternatives to Google Maps
Google's map and navigation service with live traffic, transit directions and Street View. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Google Maps
Google's map and navigation service with live traffic, transit directions and Street View.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Google Maps.
Apple Maps
Apple's map and navigation service with directions, traffic, guides and place search.
Apple Maps is built into iPhone and Mac with tight CarPlay integration and a web version, but its native apps are not available on Android.
HERE WeGo
A free map and navigation service from HERE with turn-by-turn driving directions.
HERE WeGo offers downloadable country maps for offline driving with no account required, but has fewer local business details and reviews than Google Maps.
Waze
A driving navigation app that routes around traffic using live reports from other drivers.
Waze focuses on driving routes based on live traffic and reports from other drivers, and is listed for iOS only without transit directions or Street View.
Magic Earth
A privacy-focused navigation app with offline maps, live traffic and CarPlay support.
Magic Earth offers offline maps and navigation with a privacy-focused design and routing for car, truck, bike and EV, with some features in a paid Premium licence.
OsmAnd
An open-source offline map and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap, for driving, cycling and hiking.
OsmAnd is open source and uses OpenStreetMap data for fully offline maps and routing, but has no live traffic data and a denser interface.
CoMaps
A community-led fork of Organic Maps offering offline OpenStreetMap navigation with a focus on privacy.
CoMaps is a free, open-source, community-governed OpenStreetMap app with offline routing and privacy focus, though its public transport layer covers only some cities.
MAPS.ME
An offline world map app for Android and iOS with route planning and travel discovery features.
MAPS.ME offers downloadable offline maps for the whole world and route planning without mobile data, with added travel discovery features from a commercial owner.
MapQuest
A long-running web and mobile map service for driving directions, trip planning and traffic.
MapQuest provides multi-stop trip planning and live traffic on web and mobile, but shows advertising throughout and focuses mainly on the United States and Canada.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Google Maps as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Bing Maps
Microsoft's web map with driving, transit and walking directions, live traffic and aerial imagery.
Google Maps adds Android and iOS apps with turn-by-turn navigation, Street View and business listings alongside web directions, traffic and transit, with Google's data collection.
Citymapper
A transport app that plans journeys across buses, trains, bikes and other modes in major cities.
Google Maps combines public transit directions with driving, Street View and local business listings on Android, iOS and the web, and is tied to Google's data collection.
CoPilot GPS
An offline-first driving and truck navigation app with custom truck routing profiles.
Google Maps is free with real-time traffic, lane guidance and transit directions, but offline use is limited to downloaded areas and it is tied to Google's data collection.
GNOME Maps
A map application for the GNOME desktop that searches places and plans routes using OpenStreetMap data.
Google Maps adds live traffic, Street View and extensive business listings on web and mobile, but it is proprietary and tied to Google's data collection.
Headway
A self-hostable maps stack with search and routing, powered by OpenStreetMap data.
Google Maps adds live traffic, transit directions and Street View on Android, iOS and web, but is a proprietary service tied to Google's data collection.
Mapy.com
Map service with world search, hiking and cycling trails, city maps and route planning.
Google Maps is free with live traffic, transit directions and extensive business listings, but has less focus on marked hiking and cycling trails.
Moovit
A public transport app with trip planning, real-time arrivals and service alerts in many cities.
Google Maps is free and combines public transit directions with driving, live traffic and local search, but is tied to Google's data collection.
Navit
A modular turn-by-turn car navigation system that works fully offline with OpenStreetMap-based maps.
Google Maps adds real-time traffic, lane guidance and transit directions on Android, iOS and the web, but it is closed source and tied to Google's data collection.
OpenStreetMap
A collaboratively edited world map you can browse, search, route on and edit in a browser.
Google Maps adds live traffic, transit directions, Street View and mobile apps, but its data is proprietary and cannot be edited under an open license.
Rome2Rio
A web trip planner that compares plane, train, bus, ferry and car routes between any two places.
Google Maps adds live traffic, transit directions and turn-by-turn navigation in Android, iOS and web apps, but it is tied to Google's data collection.
Scout Maps
A driving navigation app for phones and cars with traffic, speed limit alerts and route predictions.
Google Maps offers real-time traffic, lane guidance and transit directions on Android, iOS and web, and it is tied to Google's data collection.
Sygic GPS Navigation
An offline GPS navigation app with 3D maps, speed camera warnings and CarPlay and Android Auto support.
Google Maps is free with real-time traffic, lane guidance and transit directions, but offline use is limited to downloaded areas and it is tied to Google's data collection.
TomTom GO Expert
A subscription truck navigation app with offline maps, vehicle-specific routes and lane guidance.
Google Maps is free with live traffic, lane guidance and local business listings, but it lacks truck routing and offline use is limited to downloaded areas.
Transit
A public transport app showing nearby buses, trains and bikeshare with real-time arrivals and trip planning.
Google Maps adds public transit directions to driving navigation and local business listings, is free on Android, iOS and web, and is tied to Google's data collection.
Yandex Maps
A web map for finding places and planning routes by public transport, car or on foot.
Google Maps adds Android and iOS apps, live traffic, Street View and offline downloaded areas, with ties to Google's data collection.
Öffi
An Android app for public transport journeys, live departures and network plans across Europe and beyond.
Google Maps gives public transit directions alongside driving, Street View and local search on Android, iOS and the web, and it is tied to Google's data collection.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Google Earth
A free 3D globe with high-resolution imagery, historical imagery layers and guided Voyager stories.
