I retract my complaint about dropping pins. iOS maps requires tap and hold too. What threw me off was that Maps gives you the pin first then loads data. Google

I retract my complaint about dropping pins. iOS maps requires tap and hold too. What threw me off was that Maps gives you the pin first then loads data. Google maps starts loading data then gives you the pin. That's what threw me off. Lack of POI data? The mapping data appears equivalent to the web app. Maps has more POI data it seems, or at least shows it without have to zoom in too near.