# HERE WeGo

6 Hacker News commenters recommended HERE WeGo and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend HERE WeGo as a free map and driving navigation app that works as an alternative to Google Maps, with traffic and search.

## Why people recommend it

- Free alternative to Google Maps (3 comments): "There are very good map alternatives, like Organic Maps and HERE WeGo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380590)) "HERE WeGo does traffic, if you want to ditch Google Maps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812049)) "TomTom and HERE WeGo are better alternatives." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529642))
- Good for driving and search (2 comments): "I use HERE WeGo for searching and driving" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812033)) "It's been good enough for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236040))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Waze](https://hackerapproved.com/p/waze.md): 27 recommend
- [MapQuest](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mapquest.md): 16 recommend
- [HERE Maps](https://hackerapproved.com/p/here.md): 5 recommend
- [ABRP (A Better Route Planner)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/abrp.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "HERE WeGo", https://hackerapproved.com/p/here-wego/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).