MAPS.ME Reviews

Social recommendations and mentions

• How much data?

  It's vital you go into cellular setting and turn off all the data sucking services / apps. I like maps.me for offline maps and as said google offline maps are good. There is also a low data mode on iOS. - Source: Reddit / 2 days ago

• Solo travel with no sense of direction?

  Get the app maps.me. It doesn't require internet or data and works with offline maps. It's great for navigation, especially for walking. - Source: Reddit / 4 days ago

• Navigation app that isn't a subscription

  Yeah I checked out Organic Maps, I'll definitely be using that instead of maps.me, but the topo maps are still kind of painful. - Source: Reddit / 8 days ago

• Travel clothing

  Maps.meamazing . works on GPS so no internet needed when one is deep in the Amazon, remote beaches in Mexico, the Canadian rockies or anywhere in Montana :). - Source: Reddit / 8 days ago

• How many km's should I walk daily to prepare for a long hike?

  I'd figure out the heightprofile of your hike figured out.. Apps like maps.me and even google maps I think will show this to you when you select 'walking' for the find a trip option. - Source: Reddit / 8 days ago

• 10 Nights in Aruba - Torn Between Two Places

  I've heard good things about maps.me and Here We Go. Google maps can now do some offline stuff, but make sure you try it before you need it. Here We Go needs you to download the Aruba map for offline use. - Source: Reddit / 12 days ago

• Does GPS routing (following a PRE MADE/SAVED route) still work without mobile data?

  You might consider an offline-maps app. I use Guru Maps (subscription required; can load your own route). There's also Maps.me -- I'm not sure whether it can let you load routes. In either case, having offline maps can be very useful in a pinch, so I recommend one or the other (or something similar) regardless. - Source: Reddit / 12 days ago

• ad-free life

  Funny that you mention it, maps used to be "the last of the apps" for me, the only one that I thought was still too good to pass up. Then it got worse. And worse. Now I use maps.me (I'm sure there are others as well) and I don't miss it. - Source: Reddit / 12 days ago

• Best GPS/map apps for the walk?

  I used maps.me for my first camino because I didn't have an international plan on my phone. No data required, it uses the phone's GPS and internally stored maps. Even had listings for most of the albergues built in. Even if you have an international plan with data, it's great for areas where you don't have any coverage. - Source: Reddit / 13 days ago

• Alternative for Google Maps? And for Uber/Grab?

  I use Sygic and maps.me in China. Baidu maps is quite horrible (although accurate), but there's another Chinese one that's pretty goo,d, but I forget it's name. - Source: Reddit / 17 days ago

• Sudan trip report, February 2023

  Final recommendations: I’d recommend the iOverlander app to find hotels, cafes, cell phone stores, etc. In Sudan. There isn’t a whole lot on Google Maps or maps.me, so in many cases iOverlander might have the most robust or up-to-date information. Also, though many people speak English in Sudan, Google Translate was sometimes helpful in a pinch (we downloaded it for offline usage). - Source: Reddit / 19 days ago

• isan recommendations 🤠

  Thanks for the tip, I'll probs rent a motorbike & use google maps for nav mainly, if no internet, I'll use "maps.me" 👍. - Source: Reddit / 19 days ago

• Nice chilly ride out yesterday, took this pic before my phone decided to go from 50% battery to dead in about 5 seconds. lost in the north penines for about half an hour was not fun!

  Google maps is just fine, but I'd advise you to have a permanent usb power source on your bike to keep the phone charged, and to download some offline maps in case you have no signal. The offline maps app can be pretty much anything, as you'd only use it as a backup and ride most of the time with google. I personally have maps.me for it. - Source: Reddit / 22 days ago

• What do you always forget to pack?

  Pre-download apps for foreign currency exchange, translation, etc. Depending on where you are going. Get some maps.me on your phone for places where you might have a tough time getting around without service. - Source: Reddit / 28 days ago

• insight into solar generators and handheld gps plus satellite communication units

  You would need an offline maps program, I uses maps.me, and then you have to download some maps for it. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago

• Do you need a SIM card to use your phone in China? What apps should I download before I go?

  WiFi is pretty accessible, I'd get some offline maps app (e.g. maps.me) as a backup if you're stranded. Pretty sure apple maps will have transit information, I don't know if wechat/alipay let you add foreign cards by now, but if so, it's a useful feature to have. In the past I've always grabbed a sim card, but clearly that's not an option with the iPhone 14. - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago

• 4 days Mestia-Ushguli hike in Georgia. Absolutely stunning views and a great adventure!! I did not camp, I stayed in the villages on the way.

  For navigation, I used maps.me. The trail is marked fairly ok, I just got lost once on day 1 ;). - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago

• Explain yourselves please.

  That is why I don’t trust Google Maps. I use maps.me instead. - Source: Reddit / about 2 months ago

• Navigating driving without a car GPS

  I don't drive but use https://maps.me/ for offline navigation. It's based on openstreetmap. If I were you, I'd download multiple apps and see what works best for you in Iceland. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago

• Vegan food in Luang Prabang

  This will show up on supporting apps such as OrganicMaps or Maps.me in a month or two in their next map update for Laos, or the one following. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago

• Nine Days on the Ring Road (long post ahead)

  Google maps was very reliable and we had coverage (t-mobile) for the vast majority of the trip. I also had maps.me downloaded which worked well in the cities, but didn’t seem to pick up well on the F roads. I wouldn’t depend on maps.me as your sole form of navigation. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago