Yandex Maps & Navigator vs NGTMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yandex Maps & Navigator
Navigate your city with detailed maps, real-time traffic, and multi-modal routing. Find businesses, get directions by car, public transport, bike, or foot, and access offline maps for over 2000 cities.
- Offline maps for over 2000 cities
- Real-time traffic conditions
- Multi-modal routing (car, transit, bike, walk)
- Detailed organization information
- Street panoramas
- Speed camera and speed limit notifications
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Search for an address or the best places nearby both online and offline. Yandex Maps provides information about organizations and helps you reach your destination by car, public transport, bike, or on foot based on current traffic conditions. Search for and select locations: • The largest organization database and filters to refine your search. • Detailed information: contacts, hours of operation, services provided, photos, and reviews. • Floor plans to find your way around Moscow's major shopping malls. • Search for places and addresses without an internet connection (offline maps). • View places saved on your smartphone, tablet, and PC. Custom map settings: • Real-time location of buses, trams, trolleybuses, and minibuses. • Road maps that show current traffic conditions in the city. • Parking layer with the location and cost of official parking. • Street panoramas for a road-side view of any address. • Choose from three map types: Roadmap, Satellite, and Hybrid. Public transport, car, bike, and walking routes: • Pedestrian navigation: paths between buildings, through parks, across squares, and other pedestrian zones. • Bike navigation: road types, underpass and overpass preferences, and highway warnings. • Public transport routes with timetables and estimated time of arrival. • Optimal driving routes based on live traffic conditions and driving options. • Step-by-step instructions with voice navigation. • Speed camera, speed limit, and speeding notifications. • Real-time updates on traffic, road accidents, speed radar, and more. Offline maps: • Driving routes and voice navigation. • Downloadable lightweight maps (minimum storage space, for example, the Moscow map is just 187 MB). • Database of organizations with hours of operation, services provided, and more. • Over 2000 cities in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Estonia. Information from users: • Mark road events on the map and comment on user submissions. • Regular updates to the Public Map keep you informed about your city. • Write reviews, upload photos, and update information about organizations. Yandex Maps has an Apple Watch app. Use it to: • Navigate the map. • View the nearest metro station and public transport stops. • Find out when public transport will arrive at a nearby stop. • Track traffic patterns a few hours ahead of time. • View weather forecasts. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential
NGTMap
Track public transport in Novosibirsk with real-time GPS data. Find buses, view routes, stops, and schedules. Plan your journeys efficiently using this navigation tool.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Search by transport number/type
- Display nearby stops and buses
- Add favorite routes
- View route and bus details
- Journey planner
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Приложение для отслеживания Новосибирского Городского Транспорта через GPS. Данные предоставлены НовосибирскГорТрансом. Замечено, что они могут отставать от реальных на минуту, так что учтите это при планировании своего графика. Основные возможности: • Поиск по номеру и типу транспорта • Отображение остановок и автобусов рядом с Вами, поиск по названию • Добавление в избранное для быстрого доступа • Отображение на карте нескольких маршрутов и автобусов на них • Отображение детальной информации: скорости движения, цены и расписания • Поиск проезда на общественном транспорте в Новосибирске Предложения и пожелания принимаются.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NGTMap at none against Yandex Maps & Navigator's 13. NGTMap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 17.0). Yandex Maps & Navigator's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (40K vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Yandex Maps & Navigator sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. NGTMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
NGTMap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yandex Maps & Navigator has 40K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 38% and 38% positive.
Yandex Maps & Navigator ships an update weekly, NGTMap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yandex Maps & Navigator | NGTMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (40K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 873 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Direct Cursus Computer Systems Trading | XIAG AG |
Customer experience
Yandex Maps & Navigator
NGTMap
Bugs and requests
Yandex Maps & Navigator
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect address and location display
- Malfunctioning route planning
- Disappearing public transport information
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more detailed filters for businesses
- Improve accuracy of location and navigation
- Better synchronization of public transport data
- Provide offline map downloads
NGTMap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yandex Maps & Navigator
- Yandex Plus1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Yandex Plus3 Months trial$0.991 Month
- Yandex Plus$0.991 Month
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- Yandex Plus2 Months trial$0.991 Month
- Yandex Plus3 Months trial$2.991 Month
- Yandex Plus$2.991 Month
- Yandex Plus2 Months trial$2.991 Month
- Yandex Plus1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Yandex Plus1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Yandex Plus3 Months trial$3.991 Month
- Yandex Plus$3.991 Month
- Yandex Plus3 Months trial$4.991 Month
- Yandex Plus$4.991 Month
NGTMap
No in-app purchases






