Comparison

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation vs NAV

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

Head to head
About

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation

This free navigation app offers a fresh, intuitive design for local and global travelers. It provides turn-by-turn voice guidance for driving, walking directions, and public transport information in over 1,900 cities. Save favorite locations, add waypoints, and download offline maps for uninterrupted journeys.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn voice navigation
  • Offline map downloads
  • Public transport information
  • Walking directions
  • Save favorite locations
  • Add waypoints to routes
  • Parking finder
Features
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Welcome to the new HERE WeGo! HERE WeGo is a free navigation app that guides local and global travelers on journeys both familiar and foreign. The app now has a fresh, new design and clearer, easier to use navigation. Enjoy a more carefree journey and reach your destination effortlessly, however you need to get there. Get there on foot with easy-to-follow walk guidance. Take public transport in more than 1,900 cities around the world. Or use turn-by-turn voice guidance with accurate driving directions and go by car. You can even find parking at your destination and get guided directly to it. Visit the same places often? Save them in a collection to stay organized and find them easier. Or use shortcuts to get directions to them in one click. Need to make an extra stop or want to go a specific way? Simply add waypoints to your routes and HERE WeGo guides you there. Want to save your mobile data and stay on course even without an internet connection when travelling? Download a map of a region, country or continent and complete your journey while staying totally offline. HERE WeGo also works with Apple CarPlay® so you can enjoy world-class navigation in your car's built-in display. And what's next? - More ways to get around, such as bike and car-sharing - Services you can enjoy on the go, such as hotel booking and parking - A way to find places of common interest and organize trips with others - And much more! Stay tuned, and don't forget to send your feedback to appsupport@here.com. We hope you enjoy your journey with HERE WeGo!

About

NAV

This advanced driving companion offers real-time, multi-vector route scanning, allowing you to compare multiple paths and travel times simultaneously. It provides detailed pre-navigation briefings, adaptive camera controls, and live destination intelligence for a more informed journey.

Highlights
  • Strategic route scanning with multiple branches
  • Pre-navigation mission briefing
  • Adaptive camera intelligence
  • Live destination intelligence
  • ETA-specific weather forecasts
  • Driver-focused HUD with alerts
Features
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NAV – Navigation Assistant is an advanced navigation companion designed to provide greater route awareness and driver control. Rather than relying on a single suggested route, NAV scans and displays multiple route options simultaneously, helping you compare travel times, distances, and alternate paths before and during your trip. Core Features • Strategic Route Scanning: Analyze a primary route alongside multiple alternate routes with live travel time and distance comparisons. • Mission Recon Summary: Review estimated travel distance, duration ranges, and arrival windows before starting navigation. • Dynamic Route Switching: Automatically transitions to a more suitable scanned route if you naturally follow an alternate path. • Adaptive Camera Intelligence: Speed-based camera automatically zooms in for city driving and out for highways. • Manual Zoom Controls: Override the automatic camera with dedicated Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Auto Reset controls. • Live Destination Intelligence: View satellite imagery, business information, phone numbers, websites, and destination weather before departure. • Current & ETA Weather: Displays current weather at your location and forecasted conditions expected at your estimated arrival time. • Toll Awareness: Identifies known toll facilities along scanned primary and alternate routes before navigation begins, while live toll detection continuously monitors nearby toll facilities as you drive. Voice alerts provide a caution when approaching a toll area. Toll awareness is also available in Manual Mission Mode (Portrait and Dashboard) and Dashboard Mode, helping you stay aware of tolls even without an active navigation route. • Voice Guidance: Spoken navigation announcements, route summaries, arrival notifications, and toll approach alerts. • Driver HUD: Live speed, compass heading, GPS accuracy, altitude, and route information presented in a clean, high-visibility interface. • Tactical Map Mode: Monitor live traffic, speed, heading, and current street information without starting navigation. • Manual Mission Mode: Track free-drive sessions without a destination while recording distance, speed, travel time, and a live breadcrumb trail. Choose between Portrait or Dashboard layouts. • Dashboard Mode: Transform your iPhone into a landscape driving dashboard featuring navigation telemetry, traffic, weather, GPS precision, media controls, battery status, connectivity indicators, and mission tracking. • Integrated Address Management: Save up to 48 destinations in your Address Book and maintain a Favorites list for one-tap navigation. • Continuous Path Visualization: A live breadcrumb system creates a seamless visual trail behind your vehicle, providing a continuous record of your journey while maintaining a unified navigation experience. • Mission Summary: Upon arrival, review a complete post-trip report featuring total distance, travel time, average speed, top speed, and an interactive Mission Map with color-coded speed visualization and route recap. NAV combines Apple Maps, live traffic, weather intelligence, destination previews, toll awareness, and intelligent route monitoring into a single navigation experience designed to give drivers more information before and during every trip. Always obey traffic laws, remain attentive while driving, and use NAV as a supplemental navigation aid.

Screenshots

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation4 screens
NAV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NAV at 5.0 against HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation's 3.7. NAV also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NAV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation ships an update every 4 weeks, NAV every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation versus NAV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHERE WeGo Maps & NavigationNAV
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHERE Europe B.V.Ronald Fella

Customer experience

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation

All ratings1,574 ratings
Positive64.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews2,059 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative28.9%

NAV

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing offline maps after updates
  • Inability to download maps on mobile data
  • GPS signal loss during navigation
  • Incorrect routing and directions
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more languages and voice options
  • Improve search capabilities, especially for offline use
  • Enhance CarPlay integration with more features
  • Provide more customization options for the interface
  • Implement a true offline driving mode without requiring a destination

NAV

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation

No in-app purchases

None

NAV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation free?
HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NAV free?
NAV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation or NAV?
NAV is rated higher. HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation averages 3.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while NAV averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation or NAV have ads?
NAV shows ads; HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation does not.
Which is updated more often, HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation or NAV?
HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation ships an update every 4 weeks, and NAV every 2 days. Most recently, HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation was updated on October 27, 2026 and NAV on October 24, 2026.

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