Yandex Maps & Navigator alternatives

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1. [R4] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Too many notifications: There's no way to customize important notifications. As a result, the city navigator constantly makes sounds, interfering with listening to the radio or music. With the addition of traffic lights in the app, there are even more sounds. Please provide customization options! · translated
2. [R7] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Ads: Ads, and more ads, and even more ads here. This could be a review, but it's just ads, because using maps has become impossible. Half the interface is ads. It's impossible to build a route your way because when you zoom, a bottom window with the route pops up. I slide it down to see the whole route, but I had zoomed in for a long time and was looking for my place where there were ads again. I'm tired of the ads. · translated
3. [R18] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · GB Good, but...: The maps have become much better recently, in terms of routes and map details. You can save locations and make notes, it's generally convenient, no complaints there. But everything is ruined by the annoying ADVERTISING that appears in the navigator when building a route, even if you have a Plus subscription (399₽), you still get additional promotional materials (such as... · translated
4. [R22] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Too many ads: The app has turned into a dump. Ad banners are annoying. I'll wait until this dump is removed from the App Store! · translated
5. [R3] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · US .: I was checking buses, and it showed that my bus would arrive in 2 minutes. About 5 minutes passed, no bus came. I checked again, and it was gone, and it showed it would arrive in 25 minutes. · translated
6. [R10] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Transport: Bus arrival times are guessed. · translated
7. [R15] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · US Remove the 'this is you' icon when I tap: When I want to tap on the stop I'm at to see the buses, the 'this is you' icon constantly pops up. I have to zoom in a lot for the app to let me tap the stop, and it's always like this. · translated
8. [R32] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Terrible app: Poor route selection. Incorrect bus schedules. · translated
9. [R1] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Inconvenient: Button placement is inconvenient, very high power consumption, doesn't load quickly, provides theoretically the fastest route, but often it's not the fastest and definitely not convenient. · translated
10. [R6] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · US VoiceOver compatibility: VoiceOver screen reader compatibility has deteriorated again. The app doesn't announce the list of stops on ground transport routes. This issue was previously fixed, but it has returned in recent updates. Please fix it and try not to forget to maintain VoiceOver compatibility when releasing new updates. · translated
11. [R12] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · US It constantly crashes lately! + part of the interface is very inconvenient: The reason is absolutely unclear. I constantly have to restart. What happened there, fix it! Regarding the interface: there's no way to simply close a built route with an 'x'; you have to go back with arrows, which is extremely inconvenient and slow! Also, when viewing a built route, something constantly pops up. · translated
12. [R21] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · GB Great apart from one thing!: This is by far one of the best travel apps for Moscow and Russia. However, after selecting the to and from destination you can see the yellow “let’s go” button at the bottom or the screen. Which if pressed will revert you to your previous search, the button which will show you the route is the get route button which is in blue and harder to see. Please do something abo
13. [R13] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Unstable operation: I've used the app for over 20 years. It refuses to work with VPN, and I'm tired of switching back and forth. Google Maps works more stably. RIP. · translated
14. [R19] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Doesn't work with vpn: Doesn't work with vpn
15. [R9] Yandex Maps & Navigator 3/5 · US Bookmarks: Please finally make proper bookmarks and search within each folder! It's impossible to constantly scroll through hundreds of saved places! · translated
16. [R30] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US Update broke the app: Now, instead of showing a search query, a useless window with the most useless AI Alice pops up. · translated
17. [R51] Uber 1/5 · US Can’t order a ride, and support doesn’t help: I’ve been using Uber for years, but about three months ago they suddenly blocked all of my payment cards. Since then, I haven’t been able to order a ride at all. I’ve contacted support multiple times, but nothing has been resolved, and no one has been able to explain why my cards were blocked. It’s incredibly frustrating.
18. [R52] Uber 5/5 · US Great ride: Very friendly, great driver, a pleasure to ride with him!
19. [R53] Uber 3/5 · US The booking service sucks: There is no function to facilitate changes in date or time or airline, etc. without cancelling the entire trip and starting over.
20. [R54] Uber 1/5 · US Money grab: Wait time fees are a money grab. When you are there at an airport pickup area dozens of cars around. Looking for the car. They text you number 14. You eventually get it. All you see is a black vehicle there. It’s supposed to be white. Then you notice the lines are askew. Therefore it’s looks like the car under 13. It can take more than 2 minutes to connect with a driver in a big unfam
21. [R65] Google Maps 1/5 · US Saurabh says you are spoiling your health you will fall sick & soon die: Saurabh says you are spoiling your health you will fall sick & soon die
22. [R66] Google Maps 5/5 · US Superb Bartender: Came in for a quick bite and drink. Sat at the bar where Oowauwe the bartender treated me like family. She gave a beautiful and concise rundown of the menu and drinks. After asking me what kind of cocktail I enjoy she crafted a delicious tropical Rum punch for me. It was beautiful and tasted even better. I ordered the gumbo dumplings and Brussels and I was not disappointed.
23. [R67] Google Maps 3/5 · US Bring back featuring the address on top: I love this app, I’ve used it for years. The only reason I’m writing a review now is because with the new update, they’ve hidden the address below and you have to scroll and search for it. I now have to search for it. I have friends who don’t use this app. “Sharing the location” doesn’t work if you don’t have the app. Stop making me search and lift up rocks
24. [R68] Google Maps 1/5 · US They broke a perfectly good product: I’ve used google maps almost exclusively for years. Yesterday it insisted on not using an address I selected from my address book, that I’ve used many times behind, and instead pushing locations based on ads. After restarting the process it seemed to be taking me to the right place, but in fact it took me to a separate location 8 minutes away. At this point i
25. [R79] Yandex Go 2/5 · US Scum: If you cancel your ride then try again price is higher:/ then i will use Bolt
26. [R80] Yandex Go 5/5 · US Excellent: Clean, smells good, pleasant driver, good music. · translated
27. [R81] Yandex Go 3/5 · US Don't arrive at the location: The first one arrived at the location but stopped about 100 meters short, and I couldn't wait, even though I wrote to the driver in the chat to wait. In the end, the driver canceled the order. They charged money for both waiting and pickup. It's very nasty, it's raining outside, and the service is zero. The next driver was found only after 15 minutes. Everything would be fine, but he stopped 50 meters short of the entrance, it was raining heavily outside, apparently he couldn't drive up. · translated
28. [R82] Yandex Go 1/5 · US Terrible.: They added gas stations. 1. They didn't add it to Yandex.Maps, only to the obscure 'Gas Stations' app that no one uses. They advertised a useless app and ignored users. 2. The review recommendation system is definitely near zero; there are already competitors who solved this problem so clumsily, why do this at all? 3. On iPhone, the filter works inconsistently. Complete shoddy work. · translated
29. [R93] MAPS.ME 2/5 · US Great interface, but limited: I like the user experience. However, it can only find the businesses I’m looking for about half the time. Even major ones like KFC or Tractor Supply. And you can’t put in addresses, so I can’t get to them that way, either. I end up looking up the street on the web, getting directions to that street, and driving around looking for the business. I love the offline capab
30. [R94] MAPS.ME 5/5 · US 😍: ❤️
31. [R95] MAPS.ME 1/5 · US Where are my tracks?: I would buy this app if there was an obvious tab that goes direct to saved tracks.
32. [R96] MAPS.ME 5/5 · US Great travel maps app: I’ve been using maps me for years and it’s never let me down. The maps are up to date and accurate to even small details are included. I’ve used it in several countries and loved using it.
33. [R107] Apple Maps 1/5 · US Default App: The fact that I cannot make another map app my default gives you 1 star. If the app was good we shouldn’t have to be forced to use it.
34. [R108] Apple Maps 5/5 · US Works great: First time really using Apple Maps and it works great! Turn directions along with additional prompts for upcoming turns which is really helpful.
35. [R109] Apple Maps 3/5 · US App crash: Apple Maps navigation constantly stops when switching apps. I start directions, go to WhatsApp or another app for a second, and when I check back the navigation has already exited or stopped guiding me. Very frustrating while driving. Background mode doesn’t work reliably. Please fix this Apple, it should keep running smoothly in the background like other navigation apps. iPhone 14 Pro
36. [R110] Apple Maps 1/5 · US A mapping service that allows duplicate locations nearly sent me to the hospital: Two locations for ONE BUILDING on a college campus, at least a mile apart, when we had to walk to an audition in 95 degree Texas heat. Why would a mapping service ever allow duplicate locations? We walked for a little under an hour and covered nearly 3 miles on foot thanks to Apple Maps screwing up and allowing DUPLI
37. [R36] Yandex Maps & Navigator 1/5 · US HORRIBLE!!!: I regretted a million times that I updated, the old version was much better. Now in Moscow, it doesn't even show transport like the METRO, the layout for choosing transport and routes is terrible, you have to scroll a thousand times to properly see how to get to your desired point, bring back the old design!!! · translated
38. [R43] Yandex Maps & Navigator 4/5 · US Needs improvement..: I don't know why but when you zoom in and out the street names vanish..Can you please fix that?