Apple Maps is exclusive to Apple hardware - iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. It's built into all Apple-branded devices, even Macs. It's not available on devices outside the Apple ecosystem. Google Maps is a cross-platform service, made available on Android, iOS, iPadOS, web browsers, and so on.

Introduced in 2012 with iOS 6, Apple Maps replaced Google Maps, which was the featured mapping app. Apple Maps includes turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic information and "flyover" 3D views of major cities and landmarks. The public transport networks in major cities is also included.

Apple Maps is a mapping service developed and maintained by Apple. It is available as the default Maps app on iOS, macOS, and watchOS, and it is used to power Find My functionality across all platforms, including the web.

Features like detailed 3D landmarks, road markings, elevation levels and public transit routes make it easier to get where you are going and navigate busy intersections. This helps whether you're walking or driving. When driving, Apple Maps can switch to a "windshield view" when approaching exits and on-ramps.

Location Services uses GPS, Bluetooth, crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspots, and cellular towers to determine your location. If you still can't find your current location in Maps, close the Maps app and reopen it.

Using Apple's Map app via CarPlay for 1 week with total of 4-5 hours of driving consumed 911 MB of data. Using Google Maps for about 7 hours of driving (including a long weekend trip) used 63 MB of data. That is more than a 10-fold difference in data usage with shorter and repetitive trips for Apple Maps.

On an iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Significant Locations to view your location history.

For how much information we're processing when using a map, Apple's "less is more" approach benefits users who just want to find street names and general directions, and not be obtruded by every restaurant and building name on the block (which is the case with Google Maps, for better or worse).

Apple Maps does offer a cleaner design and simpler interface, which is much more appealing than Google Maps' relatively cluttered approach. Most of these comparisons are arbitrary in the long run. Google Maps may well have won more categories than Apple Maps, but numbers don't tell us everything.

Walking. Use augmented reality and Indoor Maps to stay on point when you're on foot. Just raise your iPhone to scan the buildings in the area, and Maps will show step-by-step guidance in augmented reality. You can also use Indoor Maps to easily find your way around major airports and shopping centres all over the world ...

With offline maps in iOS 17 and later, you can use Maps for information and navigation even when you don't have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.

So we'll assume that Google Maps currently has somewhere between one and two billion monthly users. Apple, meanwhile, told us as recently as December 2020 that Apple Maps has “hundreds of millions” of users. From this, we can infer that Apple Maps has at least 200 million users and at most around 900–950 million users.

Apple is conducting ground surveys with vehicles around the world to collect data to improve Apple Maps and to support the Look Around feature. Vehicle surveys may use equipment mounted on the outside of vehicles as well as iPhones, iPads, or other devices inside of vehicles.

1. Open Google Maps on your iPhone or Android, and tap your profile picture in the top-right corner. 2. Tap Your timeline.

Google Maps Timeline is a personal map that helps you remember routes and trips you've taken and places you've been based on your Location History.

Maps help us learn about history by preserving records of the past. We can learn things from maps about how life used to be for groups of people, but maps can also tell us things about the lives of specific people. Some maps show us who owned what properties, and where those properties are located.