Is there a good app for navigate with turn-by-turn directions?
Prime Gap: 82 apps already serve this, and 58 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed August 3, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to navigate with turn-by-turn directions, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| confusing navigation | ux | 6 | Everything is all over the place and difficult to navigate |
| difficult navigation | ux | 4 | it's impossible to find where im supposed to go for anything |
| app navigation | ux | 3 | App update sucks. Impossible to navigate |
| unintuitive navigation | ux | 2 | nada es intuitivo, muchas secciones y poca congruencia |
| no turn-by-turn voice directions | missing-feature | 1 | announce to "stay left" or "straight" when following a pre mapped path when coming to forks |
| no HUD turn directions | missing-feature | 1 | Both Google Maps and Apple Maps support upcoming turn directions in the HUD. Please add this support back for Waze |
| hard to follow navigation instructions | ux | 1 | It's hard to follow the instructions using google map |
| vague navigation instructions | missing-feature | 1 | It doesn't give specific instructions, vague with navigation |
| navigation sending to car | bug | 1 | Sending navigation instructions to car rarely works |
| wrong next-turn guidance | bug | 1 | in the process of adding what could be helpful comments about a next turn, it gives wrong information |
| navigation gives nonexistent/dangerous turns | reliability | 1 | the navigation asked us to take left and right turns that don’t exist, make a U-turn in a two-lane two-way road |
| navigation instructions not thorough enough | ux | 1 | I just wish the instructions were more thorough and complete |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | 4.7 | 7,298,926 | Free |
| Waze Navigation & Live Traffic | 4.8 | 3,182,658 | Free |
| MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps | 4.2 | 20,651 | Free |
| Nakasendo Route Map Navigator | 0.0 | 0 | $2.99 |
| GuideAlong | GPS Audio Tours | 4.9 | 14,233 | Free |
| Yandex Navi – navigation, maps | 4.7 | 24,933 | Free |
| Ride with GPS: Bike Navigation | 4.7 | 35,271 | Free |
| Street View - Map & Navigation | 4.5 | 211 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 78 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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