Alternatives to Scout Maps
A driving navigation app for phones and cars with traffic, speed limit alerts and route predictions. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Scout Maps
A driving navigation app for phones and cars with traffic, speed limit alerts and route predictions.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Scout Maps.
Google Maps
Google's map and navigation service with live traffic, transit directions and Street View.
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.
Waze
A driving navigation app that routes around traffic using live reports from other drivers.
Waze routes around traffic using live reports from other drivers and is free, but the roster lists it for iOS only and it needs a data connection.
Apple Maps
Apple's map and navigation service with directions, traffic, guides and place search.
Apple Maps is free and built into iPhone and Mac with tight CarPlay integration, but its native apps run only on Apple platforms.
HERE WeGo
A free map and navigation service from HERE with turn-by-turn driving directions.
HERE WeGo is free, needs no account and offers downloadable country maps for offline driving, with good coverage in Europe.
Magic Earth
A privacy-focused navigation app with offline maps, live traffic and CarPlay support.
Magic Earth adds offline maps, a privacy-focused design and routing for car, truck, bike and EV, with some features in a paid Premium licence.
Sygic GPS Navigation
An offline GPS navigation app with 3D maps, speed camera warnings and CarPlay and Android Auto support.
Sygic GPS Navigation offers offline navigation with free map updates, speed camera warnings and CarPlay and Android Auto, with premium features on subscription.
MapQuest
A long-running web and mobile map service for driving directions, trip planning and traffic.
MapQuest provides driving directions, multi-stop trip planning and live traffic on web and mobile, focused on the US and Canada with advertising throughout.
OsmAnd
An open-source offline map and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap, for driving, cycling and hiking.
OsmAnd is open source and fully offline on OpenStreetMap data with car, bike and pedestrian routing, but it has no live traffic and a dense interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
TomTom GO Expert
A subscription truck navigation app with offline maps, vehicle-specific routes and lane guidance.
CoPilot GPS
An offline-first driving and truck navigation app with custom truck routing profiles.
Life360
A family location-sharing app with a shared map, place alerts, driving reports and crash detection.
Bing Maps
Microsoft's web map with driving, transit and walking directions, live traffic and aerial imagery.
