Alternatives to Yandex Maps

A web map for finding places and planning routes by public transport, car or on foot. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Yandex Maps

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

    FreeProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Yandex Maps.

  • Google Maps

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

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Google Maps adds Android and iOS apps, live traffic, Street View and offline downloaded areas, with ties to Google's data collection.

  • Apple Maps

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

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOSWeb

    Apple Maps adds navigation apps for iPhone and Mac with CarPlay integration, while its web version has fewer features than the apps.

  • Bing Maps

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

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Bing Maps is another browser map with driving, transit and walking directions, adding live traffic, aerial and 3D imagery and multi-stop planning.

  • HERE WeGo

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

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    HERE WeGo adds Android and iOS apps with downloadable offline maps and no account needed, but has fewer local business details.

  • OpenStreetMap

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

    FreeOpen sourceWeb

    OpenStreetMap is an open-licence web map with built-in routing that anyone can edit, with coverage and detail varying by region.

  • MapQuest

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

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

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

  • MAPS.ME

    An offline world map app for Android and iOS with route planning and travel discovery features.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    MAPS.ME provides downloadable offline world maps and route planning on Android, iOS and the web, run by a commercial company.

  • GNOME Maps

    A map application for the GNOME desktop that searches places and plans routes using OpenStreetMap data.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    GNOME Maps is an open-source Linux desktop app using OpenStreetMap data for place search and pedestrian and transit routes, with fewer features.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Citymapper

    A transport app that plans journeys across buses, trains, bikes and other modes in major cities.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

  • Moovit

    A public transport app with trip planning, real-time arrivals and service alerts in many cities.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

  • Rome2Rio

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

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Google Earth

    A free 3D globe with high-resolution imagery, historical imagery layers and guided Voyager stories.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • OsmAnd

    An open-source offline map and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap, for driving, cycling and hiking.

    FreemiumOpen sourceAndroidiOS

  • what3words

    A map app that gives every 3 metre square in the world a unique three-word address.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb