# Waze Navigation & Live Traffic — user reviews > 10,312 indexed App Store user reviews of Waze Navigation & Live Traffic by Waze Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 3,185,480 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waze-navigation-and-live-traffic/id323229106/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waze-navigation-and-live-traffic/id323229106.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,821,452 · 4★ 286,330 · 3★ 37,841 · 2★ 11,502 · 1★ 28,355 ## What do users think of Waze Navigation & Live Traffic? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate real-time traffic updates - 🚗 Helpful hazard and incident reporting - 📍 Precise navigation and route guidance - 🗺️ Community-driven map updates - ⏱️ Accurate ETA estimates - 🔔 Useful alerts for speed cameras, police, etc. - 🎨 Customizable voice and avatar options - 💬 Ability to share ETA with contacts **Cons** - 🐛 Unreliable route recalculation - 🚧 Inaccurate or outdated road closure information - 🔍 Difficulty finding and reporting issues - 🔋 High battery drain - 📱 Distracting in-app advertisements - 🔀 Odd routing suggestions that increase travel time - 🔇 Inconsistent or annoying voice prompts - 🗺️ Lack of lane guidance and turn-by-turn directions **Commonly reported bugs** - GPS connectivity issues - Frequent app crashes - Incorrect address or destination mapping - Delayed or inaccurate traffic/incident reporting **Most requested features** - Ability to report more types of incidents (e.g. weather, potholes) - Option to customize which alerts are provided - Integration with more music/podcast apps - Improved offline functionality - Better support for electric vehicles (e.g. charging station routing) - Lane guidance and more detailed turn instructions - Ability to easily save and recall favorite routes ## Newest reviews (18 of 10,312) ### 4/5 — Almost There *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Id love to see direction of drive on the carplay screen. Id also like to see a slightly better updated interface including a 3D layout. Functionally it appears to be better than Google Maps ### 5/5 — Amazing service *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* This is an amazing app. Totally recommend over the other gps available ### 5/5 — Colorado jouney *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Was very accurate ### 5/5 — Mr *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Reliable and just the best ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* This has been so useful to me ### 5/5 — A must have *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* A great heads up ### 5/5 — So good *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Live updates are so helpful ### 5/5 — App bestie 🩷 *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Looooooooooooove it 🙌🏽 ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Been using this app for a good while now, it’s the most accurate of my mapping apps ### 4/5 — Good app *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* This is the best driver assistance app by far, but sometimes it’ll send you through the most random streets to save you 20 seconds ### 5/5 — Great turn by turn and fun Telenav comp *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* This is just like Telenav with bonus features. ### 5/5 — Good but fix the keyboard bug *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* When I go to type address keyboard won’t appear or when I save a new place the keyboard won’t appear and I thought it was my phone but it wasn’t it is a bug in this app ### 5/5 — So good! *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* So Waze is so good it shows hazards like police weather e.t.c no adds completely free and customizable accounts it shows nearby so restaurants and on screen fast food restaurants very easy to use. Only thing is it does not update on its own you have to go to the apps store to update it yourself ### 5/5 — Best App Ever *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Never fails me !!! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Very reliable and precise ### 5/5 — Goodbye store baught GPS *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* We are constantly on the highway; work or sons hockey. Using Waze has never been easier; always takes you to the best route. Using the old best buy GPS is now a thing of the past, and will never turn back. ### 5/5 — DeanieDino *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Excellent program provide you with entertainment, choices, ratings, and areas of concern ### 5/5 — Love it. *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Saves me so much time and effort, love the live user updates when there are issues. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not user friendly *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* I struggled to find how to cancel the route I entered.. better use google map then ### 1/5 — Worst App I Haver Used *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Constantly wants me to take closed and non-existent roads. I have never seen less up to date maps and when you try to tell the AI that a road is closed it can’t understand. ### 1/5 — Skip it *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* This is a garbage app. It fails to connect to the servers and keeps saying “using offline maps.” I have full cellular capability and WiFi enabled and still nothing. ### 1/5 — Unusable the past two months *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Won’t let me type new addresses most of the time. Says no network when it isnt the case. Used to love this app but now it sucks. Reported problems but thier AI answer bots are worthless ### 1/5 — Not remotely intuitive *2026-08-22, version 5.22.0.1* Couldn’t work out how to use it, so deleted ### 1/5 — It’s gone downhill *2026-08-21, version 5.22.0.1* Waze used to be great! However I found that it has been taking me routes that take significantly longer than alternatives as it expects traffic. Additionally, it often gets confused on your location and therefore the directions aren’t up to date. Lastly, its directions are also very unclear. Unlike Google and Apple, it doesn’t give you specific lane advisements with exits. It’s a shame to switch to Apple Maps, but I’m honestly done. Too many issues. Would love to switch back when they’re solved ### 1/5 — Sending me on gas wasting missions to no where *2026-08-21, version 5.22.0.1* Not sure why your app is now sending me to closed businesses, wrong addresses, wrong everything? Seems a little suspicious since I’ve been using this app religiously since 2016 and have had no issues. But all of a sudden a few months ago I’m getting bad directions every single time??? What happened Waze? ### 1/5 — HUD Integration *2026-08-21, version 5.22.0.1* Please implement HUD integration via CarPlay. If Google and Apple Maps can do it why can’t you! I love using Waze, but no HUD integration is a big inconvenience. Read your community posts this is one of the most upvoted feature requests. ### 1/5 — app currently broken *2026-08-21, version 5.22.0.1* half the buttons in the app no longer work, and when you hit them it crashes the entire app. Has been like this for quite a while with no fixes. ### 1/5 — Very disappointed *2026-08-19, version 5.22.0.1* This app would be good if it would actually start. It’s been “updating the map” for the last 36hrs! I think I’ll stick with Google maps. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun and easy to use *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* The apps itself is easy to use and makes it more fun while driving with the different voices. ### 5/5 — Superb *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Love using this app is easy and user friendly plus very informative ### 5/5 — Couldn't live without this app in the GTA!!! *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Well done! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Helpful ### 5/5 — 2026 flawless *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* No errors all year. Chile, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay ### 5/5 — New update *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* So I been using Waze for a long time , everything was working good , never had a big issue with it I actually love using Waze. Until this new updates I keep getting a glitched, red flashes keep popping up. At first I thought it was my CarPlay. But i started using different apps and nothing happened so came back to Waze and ref flashes again. ### 5/5 — Essentiel! *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Je ne saurais plus m'en passer. ### 5/5 — Very Happy *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Great job! ### 5/5 — My review *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Very good ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-23, version 5.22.0.1* Uses for years with no issues 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 --- *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 2026-08-27.*