# Tube Map - London Underground — user reviews > 677 indexed App Store user reviews of Tube Map by Mapway Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 18,728 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tube-map-london-underground/id320969612/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tube-map-london-underground/id320969612.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15,559 · 4★ 1,849 · 3★ 523 · 2★ 176 · 1★ 621 ## What do users think of Tube Map? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent for navigating London - 🗺️ Helpful offline map - ⏱️ Accurate route planning - 📍 Highlights nearby landmarks - 👍 Easy to use **Cons** - 💸 Aggressive monetization with ads - 🔍 Lack of transparency around premium features - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🗺️ Outdated map information - 🤔 Confusing route suggestions **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent behavior when switching between landscape and portrait modes - Incorrect station information and routing - Inability to remove ads even after purchasing premium version **Most requested features** - Integration with public transport payment options - More customization options for the map - Real-time service updates and alerts - Improved accessibility features ## Newest reviews (17 of 677) ### 4/5 — Cool *2026-08-18, version 8.2.0* This app is really cool too look at and it’s very useful, however, why would a travel app even have ads?! Still tho, good app👍 ### 3/5 — A good app ruined *2026-08-15, version 8.2.0* Whilst I understand that it costs to develop an application, but unless you are updating so regularly, the main work is done. Having downloaded when it first came out and played with both free and paid versions, the baseline app has now just got so bad with adverts, no countdown, no way to silence them and so frequent as to make the app unusable even for a single journey. I’m now an abandoning this in favour of others that are not just focussed on using me to make money. ### 2/5 — Can’t get in *2026-08-10, version 8.2.0* I used to love this app. Helped me a lot around London. Now can’t get into it. Starts with advertisements that I can’t bypass. Very annoying ### 2/5 — Utterly unusable with adverts *2026-08-06, version 8.2.0* I get the idea of upsell, but making it UTTERLY UNUSABLE by mandating a 30-second ad upon opening the app EVERY TIME feels like I’m being used. Think I’ll stick with a paper map now. ### 2/5 — Ads - why? I paid for lifetime subscription *2026-08-02, version 8.2.0* Why is this app giving me over 1 minute of ads when I open it? I have paid around £20 for a lifetime subscription. Developers - haven’t I paid you enough? Not good. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-08-02, version 8.2.0* Riddled with ads that you cannot close, avoid ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-08-02, version 8.2.0* It is absolutely ridiculous that you come get to the app through ads that last over two minutes and there is no way to exit them shame on you ### 2/5 — Too Many Ads *2026-08-01, version 8.2.0* The ads are incredibly annoying popping all the time when you’re trying to find your route. ### 1/5 — Used to be good *2026-07-29, version 8.2.0* Used to be a decent app used it for years. Now trying to see the map, opened at least 5 times just more and more ads. When app have got more users, this is where they can start to afford to lose users, as new customers won’t know what was there before and think that it’s the norm. It wasn’t. Sad really, but this is the capitalist west, where it’s all about the money, and to hell with the actual service. Goodbye. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-29, version 8.2.0* I’ve had this app for years. I can’t quickly check where I’m going because I’m blocked by ads for at least 30 secs! ### 1/5 — Scam ads *2026-07-28, version 8.2.0* This app supports scam adverts for fake virus cleaners. It will tell you that Apple have detected 256 virus’s and you have minutes to save your phone. TfL supporting scammers ### 3/5 — No landscape *2026-07-27, version 8.2.0* I have been used this app for many years on my iPad but suddenly it won’t switch into landscape mode. Fine if you’re using it on a phone but not on a tablet, why the change? ### 1/5 — too many ads *2026-07-24, version 8.2.0* i get an ad before the map has even loaded and another one when i click anything, not worth the time wasted ### 1/5 — Terrible - ads are too invasive *2026-07-24, version 8.2.0* Don’t download. Used to be the best app for this. Now I will use google and uninstall. The adverts are invasive and too long. Full screen video ads. That crash the app or make it unusable. What a shame ### 1/5 — Used to be good *2026-07-23, version 8.2.0* Great app but become ridiculously unusable due to incredibly long adverts. Silly ### 1/5 — Stuck on advert *2026-07-23, version 8.2.0* This app used to be great now it’s useless as I can’t get past the advert that plays when it opens - I want to look at the tube map not play a stupid game called Royal Kingdom ### 1/5 — Ruined by Ads *2026-07-22, version 8.2.0* This app has been totally ruined by the ads, I can’t seem to get to the end of the ads in the current release. I’ve had this app for so many years it’s a real shame. Deleting and looking for an alternative. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Mr G *2026-08-15, version 8.2.0* This app is free, but it’s a joke, why put adds on that take ages and you struggle to get out of the adds to see updates or travel journeys. It’s really pointless. It’s adds all the way and you struggle to close them as the force you to click on them. ### 1/5 — Avoid - Paywall *2026-08-14, version 8.2.0* Trying to use the MAP - it goes straight to paywall ### 1/5 — Used to be good *2026-08-13, version 8.2.0* Now you have to wait for soooooo long for the ads! ### 1/5 — Ads have ruined it *2026-08-12, version 8.2.0* I do NOT want to have to wait a ridiculous amount of time for an add to disappear when I need an urgent response to work out a route.. Should be a quick efficient app… it used to be… but now now forces you to buy premium version if you want app to do what you’d expect it to do… ffs Don’t install!! ### 1/5 — Find something else to use *2026-08-12, version 8.2.0* Too much ad and mostly malicious. ### 1/5 — Ruined By Excessive Ads *2026-08-12, version 8.2.0* The app itself is great and used to have manageable level of ads. The level of ads as of 2026 is just absurd now. Can’t even get into the app without at least 30 seconds of ads. Real big shame. ### 1/5 — Ruined by Adverts *2026-08-11, version 8.2.0* The app is practically unusable due to the adverts. ### 1/5 — So many adverts *2026-08-10, version 8.2.0* This use to be a great app. Now there’s so many adverts it’s unusable ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2026-08-09, version 8.2.0* It reverts to a virus. Total rubbish. ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads *2026-08-03, version 8.2.0* App used to be great, now if I quickly need to check the tube status, I have to wait for a ridiculous ad which I can’t exit even after watching. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best London train app *2026-08-03, version 8.2.0* Definitely the best app out there. I like that this is a dedicated London Tube app with no more. Simplicity that works superbly! ### 5/5 — Tube *2026-08-02, version 8.2.0* Help's me when am stuck ### 5/5 — Ads freeze my screen *2026-07-27, version 8.2.0* I am so fed up with paid ads being rammed down my throat on this App. I want at a glance info when I’m travelling not WiFi connectivity issues and freezing ads! ### 5/5 — Rubbish *2026-07-22, version 8.2.0* Unusable ### 5/5 — Really good *2026-06-26, version 8.1.4* It is good for finding your way around London and it has helped me know if a line is closed or something else this is a very useful app ### 5/5 — So convenient *2026-06-21, version 8.1.4* Easy to use and gives you so many options. I’ve used it a few times when visiting London and found pre-planning so much easier. For someone not at all used to the tube, I found it invaluable. ### 5/5 — The best London transport app *2026-06-07, version 8.1.2* This is absolutely the best. I’ve had it for years and it is consistently good. Simple interface and always up to date. ### 5/5 — Useful but spoilt by… *2026-03-28, version 8.1.2* Great app - useful, helpful, clear - but spoilt by a pop-up game that I can’t seem to get rid off without deleting the app! ### 5/5 — Tube Map *2026-01-11, version 8.1.2* No update yet? ### 5/5 — Planning *2026-01-04, version 8.1.2* It helps me plan my routes easily --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*