When comparing HERE Maps - Offline navigation, GPS, directions & transit tracker vs Apple Maps, the Slant community recommends HERE Maps - Offline navigation, GPS, directions & transit tracker for most people. In the question“What are the best car navigation apps for iOS?” HERE Maps - Offline navigation, GPS, directions & transit tracker is ranked 5th while Apple Maps is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose HERE Maps - Offline navigation, GPS, directions & transit tracker is:
One can download maps for virtually the whole world. You can download maps for offline use by continents, countries or by state.
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Pros
Pro Downloadable offline usage
One can download maps for virtually the whole world. You can download maps for offline use by continents, countries or by state.
Pro Speed Alert notification
The app can alert you with beeps when you are speeding (a user adjustable threshold) over the current speed limit.
Pro Web version for planning/storing favorite places
Specially good for traveling.
Pro Great Lane guidance and Speedway EXIT images
Pro Default option
It's already installed, so you don't have to install it.
Pro Best apple watch integration
With an apple watch paired with your iPhone, haptic feedback alerts you just a few seconds before a turn comes up. This is distinct from the audio alerts that say in 1 mile, or half a mile or even a quarter of am mile, the haptic feedback vibrates even closer to the actual turn than audio cues. The feedback is also slightly different from left turns, right turn and straight ahead. It takes time to distinguish the difference but in time you might. None of the competitors have haptic feedback close to turns. It could be due to Apple being stingy with the API or if competitors have simply not developed the feature into their apps. It makes navigating to new places much more relaxed as a deaf person since it is no longer necessary to depend so heavily on the street name, exit, or tracking the guiding line (remaining blocks) on the map as a turn comes near.
Pro Easy on the battery
It doesn't destroy the battery as much as Google Maps or any other option.
Cons
Con No lane guidance
Lane guidance is very helpful in large urban cities or on the interstate, it's easy to feel lost and miss a turn without lane guidance.
Con POIs not as current as competitors
Points of Interest tend to not to be as up to date as other online apps are. Often another app has to be used in order to look for interesting places, or connect to a hotspot.
Con Some parts of the map are not actually
Con Sans apple watch and haptic feedback, harder to navigate visually
Apple maps is not as good about lane shifts and names of streets where you need to turn. It's not possible to skip to the next turn like you can with Google Maps so as to be prepared for quick successions of turns. Terrain details are very bare while cross streets make things feel busy. Cross streets are great for learning a new city, but distracting when you're just trying to get from point A to point B.