Comparison

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps 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

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps

Navigate anywhere with offline 3D maps and real-time traffic alerts. This app offers voice-guided directions, speed camera warnings, and advanced safety features like lane assistance and a Head-up Display. It also includes specialized modes for motorcyclists and features to help save money on parking and fuel.

Highlights
  • Offline 3D maps
  • Real-time traffic alerts
  • Speed camera warnings
  • Voice-guided navigation
  • Dynamic Lane Assistant
  • Head-up Display (HUD)
  • Motorbike Mode
Features
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Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps is innovative GPS navigation app with monthly-updated offline maps and with precise live traffic & speed camera alerts, both updated in real-time. It‘s trusted by more than 200 million drivers worldwide. Offline 3D maps are stored on your phone for GPS navigation without an internet connection. We update the maps multiple times per year for free, so that you can always rely on Sygic GPS Navigation. NAVIGATE ANYWHERE, EVEN WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION • 3D Offline maps of all countries in the world, from TomTom and other providers • Free map updates multiple times per year • Voice-guided GPS navigation with precise directions and spoken street names • Millions of interesting Places (POI) • Pedestrian GPS navigation with walking directions and tourist attractions (POI) • Customize your navigation arrow. Try everyday car, van or even formula. ESCAPE THE TRAFFIC • Avoid traffic jams with the most accurate real-time traffic information with data collected from more than 200 million users worldwide* STAY SAFE • Advanced safety features make driving in unfamiliar territories easier • Speed limit warnings show you the current speed limit and the upcoming speed limit changes • Dynamic Lane Assistant guides you into the correct lane • Head-up Display (HUD) projects navigation onto the windshield of your car, making driving at night safer • Dashcam records the road ahead and automatically saves a video in case of an accident • Real View Navigation is an augmented reality feature for even better and safer driving experience • Real-time route sharing lets you share your estimated time of arrival & current position on a map* • Compatible with CarPlay - all navigation features on your car’s built-in display. • Cockpit shows you the real-time performance of your car. • Wrong-way warning (in partnership with Bosch)**. If you are driving in the wrong way or someone is driving in the opposite direction, we will warn you.* MOTORBIKE MODE Switch to a professional motorbike navigation profile built for two wheels: • Twisty Routing: Skip highways for the best curves and hills. • Glove-friendly UI: Large buttons and high contrast for easy use. • Lean & Elevation: Real-time side tilt and route altitude tracking. • Safety Alerts: Glowing screen edges for speed limits and hazards. • Offline Maps: Reliable motorbike GPS without mobile signal. SAVE MONEY ALONG YOUR ROUTE • Park easily with parking place suggestions and live info about prices and availability* • Set your fuel type and fill up for the best price with live information about fuel prices* • Avoid speeding tickets with Speed camera warnings* • Save money on roaming charges with offline maps Try Premium+ for free! Free trial of all Premium+ features is available in the app. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Questions? Visit sygic.com/support. We’re here 7 days a week. Love Sygic? Rate us or spread the word at sygic.com/love. *Requires internet connection. Feature glossary: sygic.com/what-is Privacy Policy: www.sygic.com/company/privacy-policy Terms of Use: www.sygic.com/company/terms-of-use Note: Sharing videos from Dashcam is forbidden by law in these countries: Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Slovakia, Spain. Note 2: Dashcam, Traffic Sign Recognition, and Real View are part of the new feature SmartCam. SmartCam merge all camera features into one. The SmartCam is a part of our Premium+ subscription. By installing, copying or using all or any portion of this software you accept all the terms and conditions of this agreement: https://www.sygic.com/company/eula

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

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps4 screens
MapFactor Navigator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps at weekly against MapFactor Navigator's every 6 weeks. Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps also leads on ratings volume (57K vs 831) and chart position (#104 vs unranked). MapFactor Navigator's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 41%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ads, 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. Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per 3 months 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps has 57K ratings behind it against 831, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps's written reviews are positive against 57% of MapFactor Navigator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps ships an update weekly, MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps versus MapFactor Navigator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSygic GPS Navigation & MapsMapFactor Navigator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (57K ratings)4.7 (831 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57K — better831
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#104 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size429 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSygic a. s.MapFactor

Customer experience

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps

All ratings56,783 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews2,577 reviews
Positive40.8%
Neutral13.0%
Negative46.2%

MapFactor Navigator

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

User reviews

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps

From 57K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Offline maps and navigation
  • 👍 Good interface and features
  • 🚗 Works well for driving
  • 🌍 Global coverage
  • 🔋 Doesn't require data connection

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🗺️ Outdated or inaccurate maps
  • 💰 Expensive with many paid add-ons
  • 🤖 Poor voice guidance and instructions
  • 🔍 Unreliable search and POI functionality

MapFactor Navigator

From 831 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

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incorrect lane guidance and turn instructions
  • Issues with GPS signal detection and positioning
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices and iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved route recalculation and traffic avoidance
  • More customization options for alerts and notifications
  • Better integration with CarPlay and other platforms
  • Regular and transparent map updates

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

16 purchases

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps

Subscriptions15
  • Premium+ 3 Month subscription$12.493 Months
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$12.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$14.491 Year
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  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription2 variants$14.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$16.491 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$17.991 Year
  • Premium+ subscription1 Year trial$17.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription7 Days trial2 variants$18.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$19.491 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription1 Year trial3 variants$19.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$19.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium+ 1 Year subscription$26.991 Year
One-time1
  • Middle East PremiumFree
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 Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps free?
Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps 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, Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps or MapFactor Navigator?
MapFactor Navigator is rated higher. Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps averages 4.5 out of 5 from 57K ratings, while MapFactor Navigator averages 4.7 from 831 ratings.
Do Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps or MapFactor Navigator have ads?
Both Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps and MapFactor Navigator show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps or MapFactor Navigator?
Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps ships an update weekly, and MapFactor Navigator every 6 weeks. Most recently, Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps was updated on September 24, 2026 and MapFactor Navigator on September 24, 2026.

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