Comparison

Seven Ways 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

Seven Ways

Navigate with an intuitive and accessible interface. Features include address and name search, optimal route selection, clear voice prompts, and customizable preferences. Supports offline maps and provides real-time warnings for road conditions.

Highlights
  • Address and name search
  • Best route selection
  • Voice prompts
  • Ergonomic interface
  • Customizable preferences
  • Offline OSM Maps
  • Map and object drawing algorithms
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Have you ever used a navigation which is understandable and accessible? This program is for you! Please contact us via support@navikey.ru or http://www.navikey.ru/vanilla/. We are not able to reply on comment in App Store! - Search by address and name. - Selecting the best route. - Nice unobtrusive voice prompts. - Comfortable ergonomic interface. - Huge selection of clear preferences. - Improved algorithms for drawing maps, and objects. - The fastest route search. - Ability to create your own maps! "Sometimes you ride on the highway, and like a familiar road, but forget some details of sharp turns or crossing location. The program will warn you - it is better than the signs on the roads, which are hidden by snow - then pulled down by vandals ... In general, this pilot, which do not fall asleep on the way, as fellow travelers, and always tell the direction and warn about the situation! " Only these emotions you will experience with our program. We do this program for ourselves, and are ready to share it with you! Openstreetmap maps supported offline (offline OSM Maps)! Attention! Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

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

Seven Ways1 screens
MapFactor Navigator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MapFactor Navigator at 4.7 against Seven Ways's 3.3. MapFactor Navigator also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 30%) and ratings volume (831 vs 8). Seven Ways's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Seven Ways sells 3 one-off in-app purchases 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

MapFactor Navigator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapFactor Navigator has 831 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Seven Ways's written reviews are positive against 57% of MapFactor Navigator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seven Ways ships an update monthly, MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Seven Ways versus MapFactor Navigator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeven WaysMapFactor Navigator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings)4.7 (831 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.4% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8831 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNAVIKEI, OOOMapFactor

Customer experience

Seven Ways

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive30.4%
Neutral14.1%
Negative55.4%

MapFactor Navigator

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

Bugs and requests

Seven Ways

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

3 purchases

Seven Ways

One-time3
  • Premium version (one month)$0.99
  • Sibreg maps of Siberian District$0.99
  • Premium version (one year)$2.99
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 Seven Ways free?
Seven Ways 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, Seven Ways or MapFactor Navigator?
MapFactor Navigator is rated higher. Seven Ways averages 3.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while MapFactor Navigator averages 4.7 from 831 ratings.
Do Seven Ways or MapFactor Navigator have ads?
MapFactor Navigator shows ads; Seven Ways does not.
Which is updated more often, Seven Ways or MapFactor Navigator?
Seven Ways ships an update monthly, and MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. Most recently, Seven Ways was updated on October 14, 2026 and MapFactor Navigator on October 13, 2026.

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