Alternatives to Apple apps: 5 apps you can use instead of native Maps

Although Apple offers a relatively rich range of its own native applications for various purposes, they may not necessarily suit all users for many reasons. In today's article, we will introduce five applications that can replace the native Maps on your iPhone.

mapy.cz

In various lists of recommended applications for iPhone, which can serve as a substitute for native Maps, domestic Maps.cz have recently also appeared. It should be noted that rightfully so. This application offers a number of great functions, such as the ability to save and plan routes, download maps, or connect with other applications and services, including the real estate cadastre. The indisputable advantage is the Czech language along with the free application.

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You can download the Mapy.cz application for free here.

Google Maps

Another great example of a free yet quality map application is Google Maps. It offers a number of functions not only for searching, but also for saving favorite places and discovering new locations, it can guide you from point A to point B in several different ways, it offers the ability to quickly and easily switch between individual map display modes and much more. In Google Maps, in addition to drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, or people traveling by public transport also come into their own.

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You can download Google Maps for free here.

Maps.me

Especially in cities, you will certainly appreciate the application called Maps.me. If you often search for various tourist attractions, monuments, but also restaurants, shops, ATMs and other points of interest during your travels, the Maps.me application will serve you really reliably in this direction. In addition, Maps.me boasts reliable advanced search, the ability to use offline maps, the display of tourist routes and a whole lot of other great features.

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Download Maps.me for free here.

PhoneMaps

The PhoneMaps application is quite popular, especially among tourists and cyclists. It offers reliable online and offline maps of all kinds for practically all of Europe, both for pedestrians and tourists. The main advantage of the PhoneMaps application is the ability to download offline maps to your iPhone's storage. The PhoneMaps application also offers the possibility of planning walking and cycling routes, detailed information about individual tourist attractions and much more.

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You can download the PhoneMaps app for free here.

Here WeGo

If you also need navigation in your car in addition to maps, you can reach for an application called HERE WeGo. Here you will find routes for all possible types of transport, as well as information about public transport, the possibility to save routes in various collections and lists, a function to help find a parking space or even the possibility to download maps for offline use.

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You can download the HERE WeGo app for free here.

Discussion of the article

[Gogo]

In the Czech Republic, anything is better than Apple Maps.

[Sislik]

Apple Maps are still great against Bing Maps and Google Maps 😁

I don't mean to say that I use Apple Maps, I primarily use Mapy.cz and occasionally Waze...