what3words User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 829 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of what3words. Based on 44K reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 7 positives and 6 negatives reviewers mention most about this Navigation app.
Positive things
- 🚀Accurate location tracking
- 👍Easy to use
- 🚑Potentially life-saving in emergencies
- 🗺️Precise location sharing
- 🤝Helpful for meeting up with friends/family
- 💻Works offline with GPS
- 🌍Global coverage
Negative things
- 🐛Inconsistent location accuracy
- 🤔Confusing/not well-explained
- 📱Requires data/cellular connectivity
- 🗺️Outdated map data
- 🔍Difficult to find/search saved locations
- 🚫Not supported by all emergency services
Is what3words Safe?
what3words: Navigation & Maps appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for what3words is 96/100.
This assessment is based on 43,899 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 43,899 App Store ratings for what3words.
Is what3words Legit?
what3words: Navigation & Maps appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for what3words is 93/100.
Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
Saved hours looking for tent area
I understand the need for profitability but I feel the app is unusable now without a subscription. The ads are overly intrusive and simple features like saving multiple locations are now behind a paywall.
W3W is just amazing! Fabulous product and service.
Why is this app even a thing?
Used to be free this app cheeky sods I’m not paying
It’s has turned into a data grab and ad fest. Well done there company, you are ruining your product and so alienating your users. App deleted.
This used to be a great app when you could choose your navigation, but the most popular ones are now hidden behind a paywall, and Apple Maps is frequently off line in remote areas. Maybe allow a single choice for navigation, to be helpful to people
My buddy had a medical emergency while we were out trail riding on motorcycles. He was not able to continue and we had no idea where we had to stop. I used the what3words app and provided my location to emergency services and they knew exactly where we were. Highly recommend!
Took away the freedom of using either google maps or Apple Maps. Greed took over and now needs subscriptions. Awful app
It's hard to rate an app when it's so covered by ads you can't do anything with it. Yes I understand that it's to force you to pay to go ad free, but all it's doing is annoying me to the point of deleting it
Tried to upgrade to pro. Nope. Apparently I already have an account. Uh-huh, nope. No possibility of clearing it out. No forgot password button. No contact us button. Disappointing, I’ll be staying with the limited service in the free use version thanks very much.
Downloaded the app, advised creating free account, next step tried taking £22+ from account. Thank you Barclays for declining.
Use this app regularly with Google maps and send locations to friends etc as it’s very good, I went to use it today only to find it need to pay £29 to use it with Google maps or Waze… absolutely disgusted at the greed that these companies resort to when they have a lot of users, surely money from advertising is enough. Anyway sadly cannot use anymore as I’m not going to pay £29 a year for the amount of times i actually use it. Very disappointed.
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Not an ad or bot for the record by the way, but literally saved my sisters life. Was out on an ATV on sand dunes national park and she crashed bad, was able to coordinate with dispatch immediately where she was, god bless this app.
This is a vital app for first responders and others hiking through wilderness territory and now you have to pay for it? Shame on you! Get your income from advertising, not first aiders, Scouts and teachers!
I’m currently broken down have no way of giving an accurate location so decided to use this app it dose not give 3 words and you need the app to locate people no thanks
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I used to use this for work with working for an emergency service, however since it is no longer compatible with my mapping systems without paying I have now deleted the app. What was a great app for use within first response now as much use a map book. Really disappointed
I just want to use the app, don’t push your millions of pop ups to pay for things
It’s the only way pinpointing works!! 🥰



