Waze, on the other hand, has a slightly cartoonish and friendlier user interface. Google Maps has an industrial look to its interface and focuses on function than form. This makes Google Maps great for getting from point A to B and exploring newer places in general. This is quite useful when travelling or exploring newer places as you can download the necessary maps in advance. Google Maps also offers users the ability to download maps to their storage for offline usage. Users tend to add missing information and Google Maps is their first-go-to when listing their business locations and such. Google Maps provides more details and information on locations on its maps. Google Maps integrates well with other applications – say, ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft, music applications, and car-services like Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Existing for longer and being quite popular has its perks. Google Maps supports most common modes of travel – whether that’s driving, public transportation, walking, bicycling. This has allowed Google Maps to gain more data and insight, which has helped build a robust feature set. It bought mapping and navigation services into the palm of your hands and has proved to be the most preferred mapping service by many. Google Maps has been around for a while and has grown rapidly ever since it was offered as a smartphone app apart from just being a desktop site.
