HERE Maps
Shares rank 10 of 12 navigation apps by recommenders
Recommended for offline map downloads and working well alongside Waze. Critics say the mobile app's zoom and pan are awkward and some local streets are missing.
Recommended for offline map downloads and working well alongside Waze. Critics say the mobile app's zoom and pan are awkward and some local streets are missing.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Offline map data downloads
“Bundled HERE Drive let you pre download map data long before competitors had the option.”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “Study: "Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?"” Works well alongside Waze
“Waze and Here Maps work well.”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “GrapheneOS – When an app is slow”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Awkward two-finger zoom on mobile
“HERE maps are unusable on mobile because of whacky two-finger zoom and pan algorithms”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Migrating to the EU” Missing streets in some towns
“HERE doesn't know that some streets exist on my town”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription” Not good enough to win
“HERE maps and third-party clients were not good enough to tip the scale”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Windows 8 Desktop Environment for Linux”
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 MapsThis page | 5 | 5 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Waze and Here Maps work well.”
“is not really a thing in any major mapping app”
“Bundled HERE Drive let you pre download map data long before competitors had the option.”
“HERE doesn't know that some streets exist on my town”
“HERE maps are unusable on mobile because of whacky two-finger zoom and pan algorithms”
“HERE maps and third-party clients were not good enough to tip the scale”
“best malick movie that wasn't a malick movie i saw recently”
“a great video from one of favourite urban bloggers”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.