Comparison

Yandex Navi vs MapFactor Navigator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Yandex Navi

Navigate cities with real-time traffic updates and avoid jams. Plan multi-stop routes, find parking and fuel, and get voice-guided directions. Offline maps ensure you never get lost.

Highlights
  • Real-time traffic avoidance
  • Multi-stop route optimization
  • Parking spot finder and payment
  • In-app fuel payment
  • Offline map downloads
  • Voice-guided navigation
  • Vehicle-specific routing
Features
Currently charting
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Yandex Navigator is the perfect companion for drivers. It helps you find your way around the city with fast, convenient directions that avoid traffic jams and road closures. If road conditions change, Yandex Navigator adjusts your route on the fly. No surprises on the road Get detailed directions as you drive and find out about road conditions ahead of time. The app warns you about traffic, speed limits, cameras, and road closures. It also lets you know when there’s an upcoming turn or complex intersection. And since it does that using voice notifications, you can keep your eyes on the road. Get multi-stop directions There’s no need to waste time planning the most efficient routes if you need to make multiple stops along the way. Let Yandex Navigator do the work for you. Plan a route with 4-10 stops and tap "Optimize." Yandex Navigator will reorder them to make the route as quick and convenient as possible. Get your bearings anywhere No matter where you are, Yandex Navigator shows you how to get to where you need to go. Search for restaurants, cafes, bars, shops, gas stations, pharmacies, stadiums, law firms, or anything else, navigating there quickly and stress-free. Never get lost offline Find places and plan routes even without a connection once you’ve downloaded offline maps for your city or region. Pay for parking Look for convenient parking spots near your destination. And since you can pay for them right from Yandex Navigator, you don’t need other apps. Pay for fuel Choose your fuel type, select how much you need, and pay for it without leaving the app. Just tap the fuel tank button, and you'll see all nearby gas stations along with their available payment options. Steer clear of poor road conditions Turn on "Avoid bad and unpaved roads" in the route parameters or app settings. Yandex Navigator will guide you along smooth, paved roads wherever possible. Plan your trips ahead of time Adjust departure date and time settings to see how long your route is in advance. For example, you can plan how to get to the airport the evening before your flight by setting the departure date for the next day. Yandex Navigator shows how long it usually takes to drive that route at that time, taking into account the usual traffic conditions. You'll definitely get there on schedule. Get directions tailored to your vehicle If you're driving a truck or other freight vehicle, select "Add truck" in the app settings and describe your vehicle's characteristics. Yandex Navigator will get directions that account for any weight, size, or emission limitations. Monitor traffic in real time Yandex Navigator updates your route details when traffic conditions change. You can also add widgets to your phone’s home screen that show traffic levels for your favorite routes so you can keep track of them even without opening the app. See your route laid out in front of you Yandex Navigator is available for CarPlay, making it easy to follow your route on the screen in front of you without getting distracted by your phone. To make that work, you'll need a Yandex Plus subscription. The app works in Russia, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula Privacy policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential

About

MapFactor Navigator

Navigate over 200 countries offline with turn-by-turn voice guidance, speed limit alerts, and camera warnings. Plan door-to-door routes for various transport modes and customize your navigation experience with favorite places and route avoidance.

Highlights
  • Offline maps for 200+ countries
  • Turn-by-turn voice navigation
  • Speed limit and camera warnings
  • Door-to-door route planning
  • Multiple routing modes (car, bus, bike)
  • Points of Interest (POI)
  • 2D/3D map display
Features
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MapFactor Navigator is a free GPS navigation app with free offline maps from OpenStreetMaps (incl. free monthly maps update). You can navigate without an internet connection in 200+ countries. Intuitive voice turn-by-turn navigation in different languages, speed limits, camera warnings and many other useful features. Key features of the MapFactor GPS Navigation app: - voice navigation in various languages - door-to-door route planning - overview of the upcoming manoeuvre and distance shown on the screen - free offline maps with postcodes (full GB postcodes) installed on your device - points of interest - speed limit and camera warnings - favourite routes and places - 2D/3D mode allows realistic visual maps display - day/night map mode - routing modes for car, bus, pedestrian, bicycle, motocycle - route avoidance - block certain road from your route - maps rotate in driving direction, or north up - blue motorway signs - CarPlay connectivity (beta) Premium Features: - Head-Up Display - Alternative Routes - Remote commands - No Ads Live HD Traffic: - reach your destination stress free, avoid any traffic problem - all traffic problems at a glance on the map or in a table OSM maps are created and updated by the community of volunteers at www.osm.org. OSM maps are updated every month for FREE. Optional professional TomTom navigation maps with UK postcodes available - more reliable and accurate for vehicles navigation. Car version or Truck version with enhanced information for large vehicles. If you wish to get help or provide feedback to our GPS navigation app, please email ios@mapfactor.com. --- OpenStreetMap: Available free GPS maps: --- = EUROPE: Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia And Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle Of Man Italy Jan Mayen Jersey Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom UK Postcode - Ordnance Survey  Vatican City = AMERICA: Antigua And Barbuda Argentina Aruba Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Caribbean Netherlands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Crozet Islands Cuba Curacao Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent And The Grenadines St Pierre And Miquelon Suriname The Bahamas Turks And Caicos Islands Trinidad And Tobago Uruguay USA Virgin Islands Venezuela Wallis And Futuna = ASIA: Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia D.Rep. of Timor Leste Gaza Strip China India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Union Of Myanmar United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen = AUSTRALIA: Australia Fed. States Of Micronesia Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea = AFRICA: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo D.Rep. of The Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome And Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Togo Tunisia Uganda Tanzania Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Terms of Use: http://bit.ly/MFTermsOfUse

Screenshots

Yandex Navi4 screens
MapFactor Navigator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Yandex Navi at weekly against MapFactor Navigator's every 6 weeks. Yandex Navi also leads on ratings volume (30K vs 837) and chart position (#82 vs unranked). MapFactor Navigator's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 35%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Yandex Navi sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MapFactor Navigator sells 26 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Yandex Navi against 4.7 for MapFactor Navigator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yandex Navi has 30K ratings behind it against 837, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Yandex Navi's written reviews are positive against 57% of MapFactor Navigator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yandex Navi ships an update weekly, MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Yandex Navi versus MapFactor Navigator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYandex NaviMapFactor Navigator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30K ratings)4.7 (837 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30K — better837
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#82 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size864 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirect Cursus Computer Systems TradingMapFactor

Customer experience

Yandex Navi

All ratings29,179 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral1.9%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews357 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral5.9%
Negative59.1%

MapFactor Navigator

All ratings831 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative33.6%

User reviews

Yandex Navi

From 30K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate traffic information
  • 👍 Convenient and easy to use
  • 💡 Integration with Yandex Music

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🚫 Unreliable address and POI search
  • 🚫 Lack of support for UK and US regions

MapFactor Navigator

From 837 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Colorful app
  • 🚀 Great offline navigation
  • 🚀 Excellent mapping and GPS
  • 👍 Good app overall
  • 👍 Reliable and flawless system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't let you open GPX files
  • 🐛 Clunky and slow on iPhone
  • 🐛 Unintelligible instructions
  • 🐛 Archaic address search
  • 🐛 Can't save addresses or favorites

Bugs and requests

Yandex Navi

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Malfunctioning GPS tracking
  • Incorrect route calculations
  • Disappearing saved locations

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for Apple CarPlay
  • Ability to customize voice assistant
  • Offline map downloads

MapFactor Navigator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Doesn't work after map download
  • Can't set home address properly
  • Doesn't recognize many addresses
  • Continuous map download loop
  • Doesn't allow entry of street numbers

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to export/import favorites
  • Larger house numbers on maps
  • Show all favorites on the map
  • Prefill favorite name when editing
  • Better voice navigation and street announcements
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  • Improved address search and entry

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Yandex Navi

Subscriptions13
  • 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
26 purchases

MapFactor Navigator

Subscriptions20
  • Premium: Remote Commands$0.991 Year
  • America$1.991 Month
  • Premium: Head-Up Display$2.991 Year
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  • Premium: No Ads$2.991 Year
  • America$3.493 Months
  • Searching Online: 1 Year$3.491 Year
  • Premium: Alternative Routes$4.991 Year
  • Premium: Mega Pack$6.991 Year
  • America$8.491 Year
  • Latin America7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Middle East7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • North America & Mexico7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • South Asia7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Europe7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • North and East Asia7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • TomTom Africa7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Truck: North America & Mexico$34.991 Year
  • Truck: South Asia7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Truck: North and East Asia7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Truck: Latin America7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time6
  • Donate$0.99
  • Donate$2.99
  • Premium: Remove Ads$2.99
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  • All Premium Features$6.99
  • North America and Mexico2 variants$20.99
  • North America and Mexico$25.99

Questions

Is Yandex Navi free?
Yandex Navi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapFactor Navigator free?
MapFactor Navigator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yandex Navi or MapFactor Navigator?
MapFactor Navigator is rated higher. Yandex Navi averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30K ratings, while MapFactor Navigator averages 4.7 from 837 ratings.
Do Yandex Navi or MapFactor Navigator have ads?
Both Yandex Navi and MapFactor Navigator show ads.
Which is updated more often, Yandex Navi or MapFactor Navigator?
Yandex Navi ships an update weekly, and MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. Most recently, Yandex Navi was updated on October 27, 2026 and MapFactor Navigator on October 26, 2026.

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