Doesn’t match reviews
This app doesn’t match the reviews written about it. The interface is terrible, it isn’t clear or easy to use. The maps are like shades of grey color locks or something. The guidance voice 😱is terrible!!! I couldn’t find settings in any of the menu options, definitely not my jam.
So far so good
Open Street Maps Based so you aren’t compromising for the evil empire, but your roads will remain fairly updated. UI is cleaner than organic maps. Might subscribe at 20$/yr for the traffic updates,, if it works well for the next few weeks. So far so good.
Big price increase
Price has increased from a pound to £12.99 a year, which is just too much. £5 or so would be more reasonable.
bon mais
Il ne fonctionne plus depuis que mon abonnement s'est terminé, alors que le mode gratis devrait permettre au moins d'utiliser les cartes en ligne...
J'aimais bien son estimation d’arrivée (ETA). Certains concurrents sont trop optimistes, donc dangereux.
J'aimais bien son estimation d’arrivée (ETA). Certains concurrents sont trop optimistes, donc dangereux.
Response from developer
Hi, Alex! Thank you for your review. Let's check if the prohibitory traffic signs are properly set in OpenStreetMap. Please email us at support@magicearth.com and give us some examples of locations where you received guidance to dangerous U-turns or streets with prohibitory traffic signs. Thank you and looking forward to your email.
Almost had potential…
The concept is great, but the sudden 20x price increase is not, especially considering a few key issues. I used to be a subscriber but cancelled. I understand cost increases, but 20x is ridiculous.
I like the route statistics showing elevation, road surface, etc. however, you must click on each item to see it. Displaying more info on larger screens would be more helpful.
Issues holding it back: Maps are highly sensitive to rotating when you don’t want them to and then when you try to rotate them back, they don’t change. There’s no snapping at true north, so you have to press the tiny button to put it back. Address location isn’t the fastest. Wish there was trailer mode, but truck options are fine enough.
Seems like some of these issues have been around for a while. Hopefully the developer addresses them if they want to justify the price increase…
I like the route statistics showing elevation, road surface, etc. however, you must click on each item to see it. Displaying more info on larger screens would be more helpful.
Issues holding it back: Maps are highly sensitive to rotating when you don’t want them to and then when you try to rotate them back, they don’t change. There’s no snapping at true north, so you have to press the tiny button to put it back. Address location isn’t the fastest. Wish there was trailer mode, but truck options are fine enough.
Seems like some of these issues have been around for a while. Hopefully the developer addresses them if they want to justify the price increase…
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Promising navigation app
Intuitive UI, easy to navigate the app.
Still some quirks like missing highway exit numbers, skewed/ stretched interstate label graphics in CarPlay.
This app has come a long way since I started using it before the UI refresh. Looking forward to improvements.
Still some quirks like missing highway exit numbers, skewed/ stretched interstate label graphics in CarPlay.
This app has come a long way since I started using it before the UI refresh. Looking forward to improvements.
paid model is ridiculous
if people like your product, they’ll buy it. you don’t need to lock essential things like carplay behind a wall just to test it.
No good for HGV
Been using this app for a week after purchasing a licence. Thought it seemed quite good for the first day. But then running it along side my TomTom with the same HGV dimensions it keeps trying to take me through weight limits as if it is ignoring the profile I had set.
Ehh, needs more work
Used this a couple times in town. Didnt always route me the shortest distance. There’s no CarPlay for the free option. Can’t see paying for this when there are free maps in Google or iOS
gets you there
im interested in more privacy than google maps, and magic earth offers that👍
Hooked me in with a good price, but then …
I have downloaded and tried quite a number of SatNav apps to my phone over the years. Some of them have gone through very heavy testing from me. Some have been discarded very quickly. Only a few have survived the tests. Magic Earth is one that has survived. And more than survived. It’s the only one that I have been willing to pay a subscription fee for. I dare say that the very reasonable price is the most obvious reason why I have been prepared to pay for it, but as the title of this review says, they hooked me in with the price. But now that they have me, they think it’s okay to bump up the price by an outrageous rate of more than 653%
In
One
Year
Oh, of course I could use Magic Earth without paying the subscription price. But what would I lose if I don’t pay? Nothing major. Nothing major, except Apple Car Play, Apple Watch integration, offline maps, elevation map styles, trip recording, sharing activities, cloud backups for favourites and history, more detailed weather information, not only for the destination, but also along the way, and the ability to choose languages based upon my preference and region, not having to stick to the default voice. And there’s a lot more.
But who cares about a promise to keep the subscription price the same? Certainly not these developers. Shocking. And disgusting. Money grabbing behaviour.
In
One
Year
Oh, of course I could use Magic Earth without paying the subscription price. But what would I lose if I don’t pay? Nothing major. Nothing major, except Apple Car Play, Apple Watch integration, offline maps, elevation map styles, trip recording, sharing activities, cloud backups for favourites and history, more detailed weather information, not only for the destination, but also along the way, and the ability to choose languages based upon my preference and region, not having to stick to the default voice. And there’s a lot more.
But who cares about a promise to keep the subscription price the same? Certainly not these developers. Shocking. And disgusting. Money grabbing behaviour.
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Awesome app.
Great substitute for Waze. I prefer apps that don’t support genocide. Works well. Has all the things. Thank you. 🙏
Great app
Great app would love real time traffic integrated into the app would make it 5 stars
Overall okay but confusing navigation
The directions for turns are often wrong or confusing. I find myself needing to look at the map to know where to turn. NYC
Pretty good
07/27/2026
Traffic seems to be accurate at times. Better than before. It’s getting closer to being useful. When navigating specifically in CarPlay it doesn’t show the exit number. In my area it doesn’t show the county road either just a different name that isn’t posted on any signs. Would be nice to show exit number and what’s on the sign so you can visually know your taking the right exit. The speed limit seems to have gone away. Not sure if that was on purpose or a mistake.
05/06/2026
Traffic reporting still doesn’t work in my area. Since traffic is the main reason I use navigation this app is still pretty useless. I’m a premium subscriber but won’t renew without good traffic information.
04/01/2026
Overall works well still. The biggest problem I have is there really isn’t traffic calculated into routes. If they are only using their own app crowd sourcing traffic data it won’t work as there isn’t enough users. Since this is a paid application now I would need good reliable traffic data to keep using this application.
Overall it’s pretty good. Sometimes when I search for a place it will shows me other places with the same name but are not the place. Also when searching on car play the keyboard always shows so you can’t see anything except the first result which is annoying.
Traffic seems to be accurate at times. Better than before. It’s getting closer to being useful. When navigating specifically in CarPlay it doesn’t show the exit number. In my area it doesn’t show the county road either just a different name that isn’t posted on any signs. Would be nice to show exit number and what’s on the sign so you can visually know your taking the right exit. The speed limit seems to have gone away. Not sure if that was on purpose or a mistake.
05/06/2026
Traffic reporting still doesn’t work in my area. Since traffic is the main reason I use navigation this app is still pretty useless. I’m a premium subscriber but won’t renew without good traffic information.
04/01/2026
Overall works well still. The biggest problem I have is there really isn’t traffic calculated into routes. If they are only using their own app crowd sourcing traffic data it won’t work as there isn’t enough users. Since this is a paid application now I would need good reliable traffic data to keep using this application.
Overall it’s pretty good. Sometimes when I search for a place it will shows me other places with the same name but are not the place. Also when searching on car play the keyboard always shows so you can’t see anything except the first result which is annoying.
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Major price hike for what?
I appreciate the privacy focus of this navigation app. For its previous subscription price I could look past the shortcomings and support the developer for providing at least a privacy-focused product. However, the outdated POI database, lack of detailed business information, and laughable public transit database haven’t improved substantially over the last year-ish that I’ve subscribed to the app. If there were significant improvements in the areas I mentioned above *before* the price hike, I might have thought it was worth it. But now, I’ll go look for other options until the developer makes major improvements for charging this much.
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Like it… could use a little work
Best thing that’s not Google sucking up your information. Sometimes i search for something and it thinking I’m 5000 miles away. Also, would be nice to search by voice while driving
Come on now
Despite flaws, I was trying to use Magic Earth as much as possible - I was generally using it for about 75% of my mapping needs. I have had significant issues with it choosing routes that are overtly odd or routes that are ineffective given traffic patterns. I appreciated the privacy respecting approach and an overall functional product. I was willing to pay 0.99 USD/year, but now the dev has increased the price twenty times what it previously was. Unfortunately, the product is not worth that; I’ve cancelled my subscription.
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Good map but…
I have found Magic Earth a useful tool but, in my opinion, not worth the significant subscription fee increase. I wonder whether the map previously downloaded will disappear after the renewal date.
Privacy good, awful search
The app itself is great if you know exactly where you want to go. But if you’re looking up where to go it’ll search thousands of miles away in another state.
