Google Maps vs Live Satellite View & Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Maps
Navigate the world with real-time traffic data, turn-by-turn directions for various transport modes, and discover millions of businesses. Plan trips with Street View, Immersive View, and offline maps. Explore local places with user reviews and photos.
- Live traffic data
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Public transport updates
- Street View previews
- Offline maps
- Business discovery
- Immersive View
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Explore and navigate the world with confidence using Google Maps. Find the best routes with live traffic data and real-time GPS navigation for driving, walking, cycling, and public transport. Discover over 250 million businesses and places - from restaurants and shops to everyday essentials – with photos, reviews, and helpful information. Navigate the world, the way you want: • Get to where you need to go with fuel-efficient route options • Find the best route with real-time, turn-by-turn voice, and on screen navigation • Save time with automatic rerouting based on live traffic, incidents, and road closures • Catch the bus, train, and ride-share effortlessly, with real-time updates • Find bike or scooter rentals to get around more easily Plan trips and experiences effortlessly: • Preview an area before you go (e.g. parking, entrances) with Street View • Use Immersive View to experience what landmarks, parks and routes look like, and even check the weather so you can be ready in advance • Create custom lists of your favorite saved places and share with others • Order delivery and takeout, make reservations, and book hotels • Don't get lost with offline maps in an area with bad signal • Search for local places and things to do, and decide based on user reviews and photos Discover and explore like a local: • Explore with confidence knowing 500 million users contribute and keep the map up to date each year • Avoid the crowds by seeing how busy a place is before you get there • Use Lens in Maps to see walking directions overlaid on the real world • Filter restaurants by cuisine, hours, price, rating and more • Ask questions about a place, from dishes to parking, and get quick answers Some features not available in all countries or cities Navigation isn't intended to be used by oversized or emergency vehicles
Live Satellite View & Maps
Explore the world with live satellite and street views, find optimal routes, and discover nearby points of interest. This free navigation tool helps you locate traffic, measure distances, and even shows your compass direction.
- Live satellite and street view
- Route finder with voice search
- Current location display
- Nearby place discovery
- Traffic condition locator
- Distance calculation tool
- Compass functionality
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Live Satellite View & Maps Navigation The satellite view and maps app will give you a 100 percent free customized plan for your trip, route finding, destination location, and live satellite view of all the beautiful places in the world. If you want to plan your trip, you can easily get help from our Maps & Live Satellite View application to show you live views of the most beautiful places in the world. Following are the features we have in this app Live Satellite & Street View The app has a live satellite view of the most beautiful location in the world, you can simply search for the country, and the app shows you a list of all the most beautiful and historical locations in that country. You can easily see its satellite view, street view, and location and can find routes in that location. Route Finder You can easily find your route from source to destination, you will need to input your destination and search for it, and it will guide you to the most suitable route of your destination location. You can also do a voice search, to find your desired location. My Location The app has the feature to show you your current location, you can see your Current Location on the map and can share it with anyone. Nearby Place This is one of the most important features where you can see all of your nearby locations, like you can see your nearby café, nearby hospitals, nearby restaurants, Nearby coffee shops, nearby ATM machines, Nearby Parks, Nearby police stations, nearby schools, nearby shopping malls, etc. Traffic Locator You can locate traffic conditions, congestion, roadblock from our traffic locator app , and can decide if you need to travel this way or change it. This will help you to avoid traffic congestion and roadblocks while traveling. Area Management This tool will help you to calculate the distance between two points. You can simply see the distance in kilometers between your source and destination. Compass This will show your location like North, south, east, and West. Install our Live Satellite and maps navigation app and enjoy all free features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Google Maps at 4.7 against Live Satellite View & Maps's 2.9. Google Maps also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 8%) and ratings volume (7.4M vs 36). Live Satellite View & Maps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence, 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. Google Maps sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Live Satellite View & Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Google Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Maps has 7.4M ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Google Maps's written reviews are positive against 8% of Live Satellite View & Maps's.
Google Maps ships an update every 6 days, Live Satellite View & Maps weekly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Google Maps | Live Satellite View & Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.4M ratings) — better | 2.9 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.3% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.4M — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #1 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 464 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zia Ur Rahman | |
Customer experience
Google Maps
Live Satellite View & Maps
Bugs and requests
Google Maps
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to save/access favorite locations
- Frequent crashes or freezes
- Incorrect address/location detection
- Voice navigation issues
Requested features
5 requests- Option to avoid tolls or specify vehicle type
- Ability to manually edit/update maps
- Better integration with public transit
- Improved offline functionality
- More customization options for routes
Live Satellite View & Maps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Maps
- 100 GB1 Month trial2 variants$1.991 Month
- 100 GB$1.991 Month
- 200 GB1 Month trial2 variants$2.991 Month
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- 200 GB2 variants$2.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)$9.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- 100 GB1 Year trial$19.991 Year
Live Satellite View & Maps
No in-app purchases
Questions
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