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Apple Maps is great because

1. the sign it shows actually matches the sign on the roads

2 UI is clean and clutter free

3. Takes less battery life

4. uses lock screen properly unlike gmaps

5. Better voice

Google Maps on the other hand is just a buggy app and a battery hog. However there're few things Google Maps does better

1. Which lane to use

2. Suggest new route mid route for faster speed

For me (in US) routes are exactly the same all the time.

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Sounds like you're using Google Maps on iOS? Shouldn't you then use Apple Maps on Android for a more fair comparison?

I've never used Android. I'm providing my personal experience of these two tools on the platform I have.

Also you're referring to Western world. In Africa and other less known countries Apple Map is inefficient.

Let's be honest here, all the apps are pretty much written for the Western world. The amount of revenue software products make from the non-western world is less than 5% of the total revenue.

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