Google Maps / Waze
Navigate without being tracked. Privacy-focused European navigation apps with offline maps.
Magic Earth
🇳🇱Magic Earth says its navigation is privacy-first. Magic Earth offers offline maps and says it does not collect personal data. Magic Earth says its navigation app offers live traffic and offline maps.
ViaMichelin
🇫🇷ViaMichelin route planner: it says its Michelin maps reflect more than a century of mapping experience.
Choosing an alternative to Google Maps / Waze
The four navigation options listed here are built for different trips. It also says it keeps navigation data private.
Magic Earth says it does not track your movements or profile you, and never sells your information. Its offline maps page says you can download maps for 233 countries and regions. ViaMichelin is a route planner and map site. Its home page shows a journey cost estimate with fuel and tolls, ideas for stops along the way and the Michelin selection. Sygic says more than 200 million drivers trust it. Its website did not allow an automated check, so this page states no facts about it.
Before you switch, check that the app offers offline maps for the countries you visit, whether live traffic is included or needs a paid plan, and what its privacy policy says about location data.