iPhone X Best Maps app for directions while driving

[960design]

Let’s assume that you enter your destination before leaving the house and have no need to touch the screen while the car is moving. Which app is the best for reading with a quick glance? Street view (whatever) isn’t important, nor are landmark descriptions. Nor mass transit nor biking details.

I just want help driving from Point A to Point B. Turns, lanes, routing, speed limit, all at a glance - you get the idea.

Thanks

Apple CarPlay -> Apple Maps.

Actions:
Turn on Car > Say out loud "Siri, directions to nearest Caribou coffee".
No button screen touching required.

PS. Read many great reviews on Waze.
Said in the voice of Tribore: "Why have I not started using Waze? It doesn't make any sense, I wish there were sense. Where did all the sense go?"

 

[dmaxdmax]

Apple CarPlay -> Apple Maps.

Actions:
Turn on Car > Say out loud "Siri, directions to nearest Caribou coffee".
No button screen touching required.

The next model year of my car has CarPlay.

 

[960design]

The next model year of my car has CarPlay.

I understand, but why wait?

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[dmaxdmax]

I understand, but why wait?

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Because my car has the sweetest stereo I’ve ever owned (home or car) and I’ll go back to paper maps and AAA trip-tiks before I mess with it!

 

[Zaft]

I would say Google maps and Apple Maps just because compared to Waze they show the turning lane.

I mostly use waze but I do use Apple Maps at times and it’s pretty good, the UI is very clean.

The only issue with waze is that sometimes it will take you a weird path that’s not faster.

 

[960design]

Because my car has the sweetest stereo I’ve ever owned (home or car) and I’ll go back to paper maps and AAA trip-tiks before I mess with it!

Excellent excuse. I know just what you mean.

 

[Bandaman]

The next model year of my car has CarPlay.

You can just upgrade the deck in your car to one with CarPlay.

 

[psac]

Because my car has the sweetest stereo I’ve ever owned (home or car) and I’ll go back to paper maps and AAA trip-tiks before I mess with it!

My wife and I were reminiscing about both those things this past weekend when we were driving somewhere new with Carplay. The kids these days don't know how easy they have it! I remember writing notes on my trip-tiks for a route that I had to take every 6 months for a number of years. (Which stops had good eating choices, cheaper gas than others, etc.) My wife was an auditor so she had to go new places with paper maps all the time.

 

[one more]

There is no “best map app”, they all have their pluses/minuses. I have tried all the major ones - Apple Maps, Google Maps, HERE, Maps.me, TomTom Go and Waze. I ended up using Apple Maps 99% of the time, while other folks I know happily use Google Maps or Waze. Try them to see which one you like the most.

 

[dmaxdmax]

You can just upgrade the deck in your car to one with CarPlay.

While you might be right, and I haven’t done the research, I doubt it. The odds of finding a Mark Levinson deck with Apple Play that fits the dash are so long that I’ll suffer with Apple Maps and getting lost!

 

[zorinlynx]

Apple is even better if your area got the update with the stop lights and signs. Makes it tons easier to know where to turn in an unfamiliar area, especially when there are like three roads back to back to back.

Is there a schedule anywhere telling when these updates will make it to various cities? Still not seeing this in my area (suburban Miami, FL)

 

[Bandaman]

While you might be right, and I haven’t done the research, I doubt it. The odds of finding a Mark Levinson deck with Apple Play that fits the dash are so long that I’ll suffer with Apple Maps and getting lost!

Why would you get lost just because you have a Mark Levinson sound system?

 

[dmaxdmax]

Why would you get lost just because you have a Mark Levinson sound system?

Meaning that I’ll accept any nav system, including paper, if I must before I’d give up good sound in a quiet car. I drove a rattletrap minivan for 15 years and in the mood to be coddled.

 

[Bandaman]

Meaning that I’ll accept any nav system, including paper, if I must before I’d give up good sound in a quiet car. I drove a rattletrap minivan for 15 years and in the mood to be coddled.

Just use your iPhone with a dash mount.

 

[ericwn]

Don’t use google stuff and have made very good experiences with Apple Maps and the watch integration is neat.

 

[compwiz1202]

Because my car has the sweetest stereo I’ve ever owned (home or car) and I’ll go back to paper maps and AAA trip-tiks before I mess with it!

Woo forgot about Trip-Tiks!
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My wife and I were reminiscing about both those things this past weekend when we were driving somewhere new with Carplay. The kids these days don't know how easy they have it! I remember writing notes on my trip-tiks for a route that I had to take every 6 months for a number of years. (Which stops had good eating choices, cheaper gas than others, etc.) My wife was an auditor so she had to go new places with paper maps all the time.

GPS has sort of made us weak though. When all I had were paper directions and maps, I could go somewhere like three times and have it mastered. Crap all someone would have to do today is disable the GPS Satellites somehow, and most drivers would stop dead and be clueless where to go.