HERE WeGo
Ranked 9 of 12 navigation apps by recommenders
People recommend HERE WeGo as a free map and driving navigation app that works as an alternative to Google Maps, with traffic and search.
People recommend HERE WeGo as a free map and driving navigation app that works as an alternative to Google Maps, with traffic and search.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free alternative to Google Maps
“There are very good map alternatives, like Organic Maps and HERE WeGo.”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left” “HERE WeGo does traffic, if you want to ditch Google Maps.”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps” “TomTom and HERE WeGo are better alternatives.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “MapQuest is No. 1 on the App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario's name” Good for driving and search
“I use HERE WeGo for searching and driving”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps” “It's been good enough for me.”
Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM”
Other navigation apps people recommend
The four most recommended other navigation apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | 272 | 479 | 36% | 12 | 14 yrs4 owners | — |
| Apple Maps | 145 | 206 | 41% | 12 | 9 yrs5 owners | — |
| Waze | 27 | 19 | 59% | 10 | — | — |
| MapQuest | 16 | 14 | 53% | 7 | — | — |
| HERE WeGoThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“TomTom and HERE WeGo are better alternatives.”
“It's been good enough for me.”
“HERE WeGo does traffic, if you want to ditch Google Maps.”
“I use HERE WeGo for searching and driving”
“There are very good map alternatives, like Organic Maps and HERE WeGo.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.