Timed with the spread of its first-party mapping data, Apple is giving the Maps app a big upgrade in iOS 13 that represents the company’s biggest push yet to overtake Google Maps as the world’s most trusted, go-to mapping service. Apple Maps in iOS 13 represents – if you’re in the US at least – Apple’s purest vision to date for a modern mapping service.
I really like Apple Maps these days. Yes, it had a difficult start, but that was years ago and Apple has been doing a lot of work to make Maps the best.
I’ve always liked Apple Maps better. Just the fact that Google in Safari won’t even allow choosing Maps is part of the reason I prefer it. I switched to DuckDuckGo in part because of Google’s forced choice.
My fave new feature? “Share my ETA”. You can share an ETA with an arbitrary number of your contacts and if it changes materially, Maps will update them.
I prefer Ulmon maps for Europe and México.
I never use maps in the USA.
The thing that keeps me from liking Apple Maps is that the colors are too desaturated for my liking. I prefer the stronger colors from the competition.