Comparison

Apple Maps vs Street View Maps

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

Head to head
About

Apple Maps

Navigate and explore the world with detailed maps, turn-by-turn directions for driving, cycling, and walking, and real-time traffic information. Discover places with photos, ratings, and curated guides, and access offline maps for uninterrupted exploration.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Offline maps
  • Real-time traffic
  • Place discovery
  • Curated guides
  • Augmented reality walking directions
  • Topographic maps
Features
Read full description

Apple Maps is the best way to navigate and explore the world - all with your privacy protected. What's new: • Local Lists uses intelligent insights from Apple Maps to surface locally relevant places for meeting friends, dining, and more. • Enhanced Flyover combines aerial imagery with AI to enable you to view cities in stunning detail. Get around with ease. • Plan up to 15 stops with multi-stop routing, and sync routes from Mac to iPhone automatically. • Follow easy voice and lane guidance to stay in the correct lane before your next turn. • Avoid delays with real-time traffic incidents like accidents and road closures. • View speed limits and get alerts for speed and red-light cameras along your route. • Report and see incidents like accidents, hazards, and speed checks. • Download offline maps to your iPhone or Watch for places information like hours and ratings, and turn-by-turn directions for driving, walking, cycling, or transit. • Get real-time transit updates so you never miss a bus, train, or ferry. • Follow bike lanes, paths, and roads with cycling directions that include elevation information • Get AR walking directions that overlay step-by-step guidance onto the real world around you. • Create and save custom walking routes for easy offline navigation. • Explore topographic maps with contour lines, hill shading, and trail information for hikes in select parks around the world, and save them for offline access and turn-by-turn navigation. Explore and discover places • Explore the world with an interactive 3D globe featuring enhanced terrain details. • Navigate major cities worldwide with detailed 3D features like elevation, landmarks, and crosswalks. • Experience immersive ground-level exploration with Look Around. • Discover places to eat, shop, and explore with curated Guides by trusted publishers. • Search using natural language queries like “pet-friendly restaurant with free wifi.” • Make reservations, view menus, or order directly within Maps. • Ask Siri to find places you'd like to go. • Save places and add personal notes in Places Library. • Revisit your history anytime with Visited Places. • Rate and add photos to places you've visited. • Find directions to your gate at the airport or your favorite store in a shopping mall with indoor maps. Maps on CarPlay • Access your favorite and frequent destinations with one tap. • Report incidents such as accidents, hazards, speed checks, and more. • Share your ETA with friends and family members with ease. Apple Business is a free tool that allows businesses to claim their locations and take control of how their information is seen across Apple. Owners can add details like a logo, business hours, address, photos, promotions, events, and more. Visit business.apple.com for more details. *Availability and features vary by country, region or device.

About

Street View Maps

Explore the world with real-time 3D street panoramas and live map navigation. Discover landmarks, businesses, and points of interest with detailed street views and satellite imagery. Plan your trips and find your way with ease.

Highlights
  • 3D Street Panorama View
  • Live Map Navigation
  • Search World Landmarks
  • Save Favorite Locations
  • Share Street Views
  • Live Earth Webcam
  • Traffic Highlights
Features
Read full description

3D Street View Allow you to find your location and show real time street panorama view with 3D Panorama 360 degree & Street Panorama View. Street view search world landmarks, discover natural wonders and also explore location such as museums, arenas, restaurants, small businesses, universities, tourists, hospital, shopping, train stations, airport, casino, club with 3D Street Panorama View, gps map camera. Live Street Panorama View & Live Map Navigation Features: - Search Address and see Street Panorama View & Live Map of the Address. - Both Map & Street Panorama View display in same screen and full screen functionality is also available. - Search any location around you or all over world. - Search location by building name or street name or city name. - Search Street Panorama View of famous places in world. - Search Street Panorama View and Live Maps of your current location. - Word suggestion when you search address and also search near by location. - Save favorite street location. - Share street Panorama view location to your friends. - Change map according to your choice like: normal, satellite - Street View is shown for the position you tap on the map. - If you move in Street View, the marker on the map also moves. - If you change direction in Street View, the direction of the marker on the map also changes. Also, street view application will help you on your trains. You can easily find hotels, bus stations, banks, airports, so that later you can enjoy your trip and not worry about the location of the desired objects! Live Earth Webcam As the most popular live earth camera view the earth on 3D global map, it is very easy to see all the live streaming around the world. You can have a free live earth view real time, and find the most exciting places, landmarks, destinations via webcam HD live street cameras streaming. Live Earth Map HD The Satellite World app of world satellite maps can allow you to directly view the street in your area for 3D panoramic view, find a live map and see both functions. GPS Satellite Direct Maps navigation and direction finds information about your street, world leader, real-time live traffic, and images on maps. Street View 360° Do you want to have a street view panorama 3D live map? It is worth to downloading a free Live Street View 2021 to see any street live satellite view real time. As your Live Street GPS Navigation, and you can arrange your travel plan well. Mobile Phone Map location We also provide you a Map Locator in our Live Earth Map 2021 3D. You can find your GPS phone location, and see the live world map offline. It is very handy to have live street map view & travel tools all at once in your pocket. Traffic Latest traffic highlights Mobile Earth Camera and Satellite Mapping share current news for traffic in the area. Live satellite street view. Traffic obstructions and clearances will be mentioned from time to time on Live Street View 360. GPS Map Camera As the most popular live earth camera view the earth on 3D global map, it is very easy to see all the live streaming around the world. You can have a free live earth view real time, and find the most exciting places, landmarks, destinations via webcam HD live street cameras streaming. Subscription Details: 1. One Monthly - Subscription price: $9.99 2. One Year - Subscription price: $29.99 3. Life Time - Subscription price: $49.99 Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period Note:- Privacy Policy :- https://www.privacypolicycenter.com/view_custom.php?v=RDh6VytnTU9OV0xGUytiNGZqVzBXQT09&n=Ai-Photo-Generator Terms Of User :- https://amitlakhaniprivacypolicy.blogspot.com/2022/09/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Apple Maps4 screens
Street View Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Street View Maps at 4.4 against Apple Maps's 2.2. Street View Maps also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Apple Maps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Street View Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Apple Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Street View Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apple Maps has 63K ratings behind it against 786, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Apple Maps's written reviews are positive against 17% of Street View Maps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Apple Maps ships an update every 4 months, Street View Maps weekly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Apple Maps versus Street View Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApple MapsStreet View Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (63K ratings)4.4 (786 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.6% of reviews16.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings63K — better786
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleAmit Lakhani

Customer experience

Apple Maps

All ratings63,058 ratings
Positive27.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative67.3%
Written reviews7,068 reviews
Positive14.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative76.9%

Street View Maps

All ratings786 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive16.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative78.0%

User reviews

Apple Maps

From 63K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent navigation
  • 🗺️ Beautiful and intuitive UI
  • ⏱️ Accurate ETA and traffic updates
  • 🔍 Helpful search and location features
  • 🌐 Seamless integration with iOS ecosystem

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate or outdated map data
  • 📍 Incorrect location pinpointing
  • 🚦 Delayed or confusing turn instructions
  • 🗺️ Lacking detailed information for some areas
  • 🔍 Poor search and POI database

Street View Maps

From 786 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for home shopping
  • 🤩 Amazing

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Not live/up-to-date
  • 💰 Waste of money
  • 🤬 Terrible
  • 📢 Too many ads
  • 🤖 Inaccurate/outdated data

Bugs and requests

Apple Maps

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent route recalculation
  • Incorrect lane guidance information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline map downloads
  • Customizable route preferences
  • Integration with other navigation apps
  • More detailed traffic and incident reporting
  • Enhanced business information and reviews

Street View Maps

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subscription/purchase issues
  • Crashes/freezes
  • Compatibility problems

Requested features

3 requests
  • Live/real-time street view
  • Better address/location accuracy
  • Improved language support

In-app purchases

None

Apple Maps

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Street View Maps

Subscriptions2
  • One Month Access3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • One Year Access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life Time Access$24.99

Questions

Is Apple Maps free?
Apple Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Street View Maps free?
Street View Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Apple Maps or Street View Maps?
Street View Maps is rated higher. Apple Maps averages 2.2 out of 5 from 63K ratings, while Street View Maps averages 4.4 from 786 ratings.
Do Apple Maps or Street View Maps have ads?
Street View Maps shows ads; Apple Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, Apple Maps or Street View Maps?
Apple Maps ships an update every 4 months, and Street View Maps weekly. Most recently, Apple Maps was updated on September 26, 2026 and Street View Maps on September 26, 2026.

Other comparisons