Replaces Google Maps

European alternatives to Google Maps

Navigation apps from European mapmakers

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Google Maps is a mapping and navigation app used around the world. It routes you by car, on foot, by bicycle or on public transport, shows live traffic, holds a large database of businesses with opening hours and reviews, and offers street level imagery. It costs nothing to use and is funded through advertising and the usage data it collects along the way.

Location history is revealing data, since it shows where you sleep, work and spend your weekends. A European alternative to Google Maps gives you navigation from an EU or EFTA maker, in several cases with offline maps so routing does not depend on a connection. HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation and TomTom GO Navigation come from established European mapping companies, Mapy.com and Organic Maps work well offline, and komoot focuses on cycling and hiking.

European options 8

Our pick

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation

Free navigation app from the Netherlands

HERE WeGo is a navigation app from HERE, a mapping company based in the Netherlands. It gives directions for driving, walking and public transport, so a route through a city or across a country can be planned and followed in the same app.

NetherlandsFree plan

Mapy.com

Czech navigation app for every kind of trip

Czech RepublicEU hosted

Sygic GPS Navigation

Offline GPS navigation from Slovakia

Slovakia

Magic Earth

Offline navigation app from the Netherlands

NetherlandsFree plan

komoot

Outdoor route planner and navigation from Germany

GermanyFree plan

TomTom GO Navigation

Offline car navigation from the Netherlands

Netherlands

OsmAnd

Offline open source navigation app for phones

NetherlandsOpen sourceFree plan

Organic Maps

Open source offline navigation app from Estonia

EstoniaOpen source

Questions

Can I use these offline?

Offline map downloads are a strong point of several options here, notably Organic Maps, OsmAnd and Mapy.com. That also helps when you travel outside your data plan.

Can I take my saved places with me?

Google Maps exports saved places through its data export, and many apps import KML or GPX files. Check what OsmAnd or Mapy.com accept, since the supported formats differ.

Which European alternative is closest to Google Maps?

HERE WeGo Maps & Navigation and Sygic GPS Navigation are the closest for everyday driving with live guidance. For walking, cycling and outdoor routes, komoot and Organic Maps are better suited.