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Took 3 years to turn that around > Apple Maps is now used three times as often as its “next leading competitor” on iPhone and iPad https://9to5mac.com/2015/12

Took 3 years to turn that around > Apple Maps is now used three times as often as its “next leading competitor” on iPhone and iPad https://9to5mac.com/2015/12/07/apple-maps-usage-numbers/ https://9to5mac.com/2015/12/07/apple-maps-usage-numbers/

adamors 10y ago
It's still inferior to Google Maps tho. It's not outright bad, but for directions/traffic Google Maps is still miles ahead (at least in random European countries).
- ghettoimp 10y ago
  Shouldn't it be kilometers ahead in random European countries?
  - neonhomer 10y ago
    I'd say that Google Maps is streets ahead of Apple Maps still. :P
  - vacri 10y ago
    Not in the UK, should the RNG be so disposed.
  - utspekulert 10y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_mile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_mile
  - majewsky 10y ago
    s/random European countries/everywhere except GB/
tdkl 10y ago
Of course, it's the default app opened on click that cannot be changed.
- neonhomer 10y ago
  This! In iOS you can delete Apple Maps but it then just prompts you to re-download it when an app tries to open a map. It's worse than the old IE default browser.
mikejb 10y ago
Those numbers might be driven by the quality of Apple Maps, or by changes in iOS: it became less intuitive to use 'leading competitors' on the iPhone and iPad. At least I was unable to send my mom's iPhone to Google Maps when she clicks on an address I sent her - I have to send her a Google Maps link.
cyberferret 10y ago
I never actually open the maps app on my iPhone. I just ask Siri for directions, and I presume she uses the default Apple maps as the base. I'd suggest that the data is skewed because a lot of people would be doing the same thing. The evolution of the phone UI basically indicates that individual apps are fading as identifiable components. Modern bots and mashup interfaces just pull data from different app/sources and present an amalgamated view. I neither know, nor care whether Siri is pulling her route data from Google or Apple maps, or somewhere else.

adamors 10y ago

It's still inferior to Google Maps tho. It's not outright bad, but for directions/traffic Google Maps is still miles ahead (at least in random European countries).

ghettoimp 10y ago
Shouldn't it be kilometers ahead in random European countries?
- neonhomer 10y ago
  I'd say that Google Maps is streets ahead of Apple Maps still. :P
- vacri 10y ago
  Not in the UK, should the RNG be so disposed.
- utspekulert 10y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_mile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_mile
- majewsky 10y ago
  s/random European countries/everywhere except GB/

tdkl 10y ago

Of course, it's the default app opened on click that cannot be changed.

neonhomer 10y ago
This! In iOS you can delete Apple Maps but it then just prompts you to re-download it when an app tries to open a map. It's worse than the old IE default browser.

mikejb 10y ago

Those numbers might be driven by the quality of Apple Maps, or by changes in iOS: it became less intuitive to use 'leading competitors' on the iPhone and iPad. At least I was unable to send my mom's iPhone to Google Maps when she clicks on an address I sent her - I have to send her a Google Maps link.

cyberferret 10y ago

I never actually open the maps app on my iPhone. I just ask Siri for directions, and I presume she uses the default Apple maps as the base. I'd suggest that the data is skewed because a lot of people would be doing the same thing. The evolution of the phone UI basically indicates that individual apps are fading as identifiable components. Modern bots and mashup interfaces just pull data from different app/sources and present an amalgamated view. I neither know, nor care whether Siri is pulling her route data from Google or Apple maps, or somewhere else.