Google Drive vs Google Maps
Choose Google Drive for better storage and file management capabilities.
Google Drive offers superior features for file storage and sharing, while Google Maps excels in navigation but suffers from recent updates. Users appreciate Drive's ease of use and functionality, despite some complaints about updates and interface changes.
Head to head
you need reliable file storage and management tools.
you prioritize navigation and location services.
Evidence note: Both apps are free, which may skew negative reviews for Google Drive as free-tier users often face limitations. Google Maps users also report frustrations but seem to be more focused on navigation issues.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] Google Drive Update sucks: I hate this update. It makes my job infinitely harder. When I get receipts from employees I need to move them to another folder once they are recorded and there is no way to do that now without multiple new steps. Please put the option to move files back where it was.
- [R13] Google Drive It has so less storage: It really does have really low storage
- [R25] Google Drive Could be a lot better: The time spent redesigning the app icons could have been better utilized making Google drive more functional. With the resources and talent Google has this app and any other Google app should be seamless, easy to use, and intuitive. Google drive is not those things. It gets stuck when you try to upload several files at once. The folder organization is a mess, the layout is s
- [R64] Google Maps 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
- [R7] Google Drive Constant AI assistant interruption: I don’t want the constant AI assistant pop up that interrupts my work and takes up half the screen. I have to X out or say no thanks constantly. I do not need AI to summarize a document I am clearly able to see and read myself. Also, why is it that now when I open a PDF, all of the background workspace is visible and the X and next buttons are clear bubbles I ca
- [R18] Google Drive Update: It is now difficult to navigate
- [R63] Google Maps 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
- [R10] Google Drive Backup broken: The backup link is broken. All it does is present another login screen, and then immediately directs you to a signup page for Google One with no explanation and no exit.
- [R54] Google Drive ‘Content Unavailable’ error on iPad: Consistently get “Content Unavailable The folder contents could not be displayed because of an unknown error. Try Again.” And it never can fix!!! So frustrating! Reinstall drive app restart iPad etc all does not work. Basic bug has been there for years!
- [R46] Google Drive Video processing: Google has started aggressively processing videos that I upload. They determine the thumbnail or whether there will be a thumbnail. They also restrict viewing my videos while they are process. I'm considering other backup cloud storage providers
- [R88] Google Maps Updates have made app worse: The recent updates have made the app worse and almost unusable at times. The "Dropped Pin" location is no longer accurate. And often can't trust the routes provided anymore. Used to be the best maps app available till developers began improving it.
- [R22] Google Drive Nearly HALF a GIGABYTE and bloating… 🚨🚨: Just one of many self-inflicted Google apps that have no regard for end-users’ storage and bandwidth limitations. 420.4 megabytes and growing… Uninstall. Divest from Google.
- [R85] Google Maps Somehow gets worse each year: Even with all the feedback I give, the navigation keeps getting worse with: - dangerous right turns immediately after highway exits - not showing highway exit numbers - routing through road closures that have already been 'accepted' as a valid change
- [R112] Google Maps Limited directions: I stopped using Google Maps since it won’t let me get directions for multiple locations while traveling via metro. This limitation makes the app unusable.
- [R37] Google Drive It’s like they don’t care if you lose 9yrs worth of files: I recently graduated high school and new that my school google account would get deleted eventually. What I didn’t know and no one ever tells you, is that you have to switch the ownership of documents from the account that will be deleted, to the new account, not just share the documents. What infuriated me the most is that google didn’t g
- [R55] Google Drive won’t let me sign in: it just says manage accounts and i can’t click any of them or sign in with any of them
- [R91] Google Maps AI inclusion ruined core features: The addition of AI features (for what exactly? Who knows!) has nerfed core functionality. Want to switch apps while listening to music? Hope you like 4 second skips. Check Notification Center while using it? Hope you didn’t need Bluetooth connected! Classic Google problem of prioritizing new build over core maintenance. This time has finally pushed me over to A
- [R100] Google Maps I wish there were better alternatives: Awful! I feel like this map app got worse. It gives you suggestions like “less traffic” “similar …”, don’t trust it!!! It’s all false!Don’t take them, don’t use google’s atrocious suggestions. Trust me bro. Also, if you take a rerouted suggestion, it restarts your option of cheaper/no tolls. Like it overrides your choice, and chooses for you as in pay $10+ i
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store