When comparing TomTom GO vs Maprika, the Slant community recommends TomTom GO for most people. In the question“What are the best offline GPS navigation apps for Android?” TomTom GO is ranked 7th while Maprika is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose TomTom GO is:
Detailed lane guidance system helps drivers make the right exits.
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Pros
Pro Lane assist
Detailed lane guidance system helps drivers make the right exits.
Pro Traffic alerts
Up to the minute updates of traffic alerts based on floating car data.
Pro Color themes
There is a good selection of color themes to pick from which are reflected across the interface.
Pro Offline
Doesn't require an active internet connection.
Pro Make your own custom maps
You can navigate on any image of a map, even a hand-drawn map, real estate survey map, or aerial photo taken from an angle, by pinning important features on the image to identical features on a regular GPS-aligned map.
Pro Works offline
All the custom maps can be downloaded for use without an internet connection.
Pro Save online maps for offline use
You can select an area of an online map like Bing Maps and save it for offline navigation
Pro Desktop map editor
A map editor is available for desktop OS, so you can tweak a map that you previously uploaded and update it, and add more metadata
Pro Photo locations shown as icon
When you take a photo with the Camera app, with GPS metadata tags turned on, and it saves in the DCIM folder, Maprika will show a camera icon at the location of the photo.
Pro Many local maps available
After creating a custom map, you can upload it to the server, so that it's usable by others without duplicating effort. There are currently ~15,000 maps available.
Pro Share location with friends
You can share location with friends who also use the app and set a meeting point
Pro Export placemarks
All placemarks can be exported as a single GPX file
Pro Export tracks
Tracks can be exported individually or all at once, as GPX or KML
Pro Placemarks
Can add placemarks to the map, with names and descriptions
Pro Altitude/speed graph
When viewing a track, you can show the graph of altitude or speed at the bottom of the screen, and follow along the track
Pro Record tracks
Tracks can be recorded and shown on the map (one at a time)
Cons
Con Slow development
TomTom are nortoriously slow on the development of the app, seemingly not interested in staying ahead of it's competition. As a result, there has been very little in the way of improvements with the exception of map updates.
Con Single resolution only
It can only navigate one image at a time, so if you save an online map for offline use, it will only ever display that particular zoom level, you cannot zoom in or out to see more detail or wider view.
Con Some bugs with map display
Sometimes it will say "Google Satellite" for instance, but is actually showing a regular "Google Road" map, and you have to change it twice to get it to actually change.
Con Photo storage folder isn't customizable
Photos have to be in a particular folder to show up as icons on the map. If you have your camera app save to a different folder, they won't be noticed by Maprika.
Con No folders for placemarks
My Places is just one big collection, with no ability to distinguish types of places or show only certain types at a time.
