Also, compared to Android's app, it's also important to emphasize the ability to download map areas [1]. That way, you can download to your phone's cache the ar

Also, compared to Android's app, it's also important to emphasize the ability to download map areas [1]. That way, you can download to your phone's cache the areas you will visit later, using a WiFi connection, so you can use the app without using your data plan or in areas without signal. iOS's version of Maps was very incomplete compared to Android's version. Most probably, Apple was not very happy with Google about that. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/download-map-area-added-to-labs-in.html#!/2011/07/download-map-area-added-to-labs-in.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/download-map-area-...