Alternatives to MapQuest

A long-running web and mobile map service for driving directions, trip planning and traffic. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • MapQuest

    A long-running web and mobile map service for driving directions, trip planning and traffic.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as MapQuest.

  • Google Maps

    Google's map and navigation service with live traffic, transit directions and Street View.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Google Maps adds transit directions, Street View and extensive business listings with live traffic, and has worldwide focus, but is tied to Google's data collection.

  • Bing Maps

    Microsoft's web map with driving, transit and walking directions, live traffic and aerial imagery.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Bing Maps is browser only, offering driving, transit and walking directions with aerial and 3D imagery, but no mobile turn-by-turn navigation.

  • Apple Maps

    Apple's map and navigation service with directions, traffic, guides and place search.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOSWeb

    Apple Maps is free and built into iPhone and Mac with CarPlay integration, though its web version has fewer features than the native Apple apps.

  • HERE WeGo

    A free map and navigation service from HERE with turn-by-turn driving directions.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    HERE WeGo offers free downloadable country maps for offline driving with no account required, and has good coverage in Europe rather than North America.

  • Waze

    A driving navigation app that routes around traffic using live reports from other drivers.

    FreeProprietaryiOS

    Waze routes around traffic using live reports from other drivers, is listed for iOS only here, and depends on a data connection.

  • Magic Earth

    A privacy-focused navigation app with offline maps, live traffic and CarPlay support.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Magic Earth adds offline maps and navigation with a privacy focus and car, truck, bike and EV routing, with some features in a paid Premium licence.

  • OpenStreetMap

    A collaboratively edited world map you can browse, search, route on and edit in a browser.

    FreeOpen sourceWeb

    OpenStreetMap is an open-licensed, editable world map with built-in routing in the browser, but coverage varies by region and it has no mobile app of its own.

Also worth comparing

These listings name MapQuest as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Scout Maps

    A driving navigation app for phones and cars with traffic, speed limit alerts and route predictions.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    MapQuest provides driving directions, multi-stop trip planning and live traffic on web and mobile, focused on the US and Canada with advertising throughout.

  • Yandex Maps

    A web map for finding places and planning routes by public transport, car or on foot.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    MapQuest offers web and mobile directions with multi-stop trip planning and live traffic, focused mainly on the United States and Canada with advertising.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Rome2Rio

    A web trip planner that compares plane, train, bus, ferry and car routes between any two places.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Sygic GPS Navigation

    An offline GPS navigation app with 3D maps, speed camera warnings and CarPlay and Android Auto support.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS