Apple Maps is 3 times more used than Google Maps on Apple's iPhone terminals or iPad tablets, the service registering 5 billion data requests from this type of device every week.
Considering that Apple Maps is accessed natively by most native iOS applications and that Apple offers the service including Find My iPhone, it is normal that in iOS Google Maps no longer has the same degree of use as it had 3 years ago .
Moreover, the company that analyzed the usability of Apple Maps and Google Maps claims that many new iPhone or iPad users did not experience the initial problems of the service and use it now that it offers a much better user experience.
Here we are only talking about the degree of use in the US, one of the largest markets where iPhone terminals are sold, and although Google Maps is used less often in iOS, in general Google Maps has 2 times more users than Apple Maps.
Apple says its mapping service is now used more than three times as often as its next leading competitor on iPhones and iPads, with more than 5 billion map-related requests each week. Research firm comScore says Apple has a modest lead over Google on iPhones in the US, although comScore measures how many people use a service in a given month rather than how often.
If this figure still seems small to you for Apple Maps, you should not forget that this service is offered exclusively on the iOS platform, so over 1 billion Android users do not have access to it, otherwise the difference between the systems would probably have been smaller .
Apple takes data for Apple Maps from over 3000 sources and although the service has improved dramatically in the US, in countries like Romania there are still serious deficiencies, big cities having decent coverage, while small cities have almost none, the points of interest being available in decent numbers only in Bucharest.
