# Maps and navigation privacy ratings

Map and navigation apps.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CoMaps](https://privacyratings.com/maps/comaps/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Community-run, non-profit offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data. Search and routing run on the device. |
| [Organic Maps](https://privacyratings.com/maps/organic-maps/) | B (80/100) | Estonia | Offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data, run by Organic Maps OÜ in Estonia. Governance disputes among contributors led to the CoMaps fork. |
| [OpenStreetMap](https://privacyratings.com/maps/openstreetmap/) | C (65/100) | United Kingdom (Five Eyes) | Collaborative world map built by volunteers and published as open data under the ODbL. The website offers map browsing, search, directions and editing, and the data powers many other map apps. |
| [OsmAnd](https://privacyratings.com/maps/osmand/) | D (50/100) | Netherlands (Nine Eyes) | Offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data, with routing for driving, cycling and hiking, contour lines, GPX tracks and plugins. Developed by OsmAnd BV. |
| [Magic Earth](https://privacyratings.com/maps/magic-earth/) | F (35/100) | Netherlands (Nine Eyes) | Navigation app using OpenStreetMap data, with offline maps, traffic, public transit and activity recording, and paid premium features. Run by Magic Lane International B.V. |
| [Apple Maps](https://privacyratings.com/maps/apple-maps/) | F (25/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Apple's built-in mapping and navigation app for Apple devices, with turn-by-turn directions, transit, place information and a web version. |
| [Google Maps](https://privacyratings.com/maps/google-maps/) | F (0/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Google's mapping and navigation service with traffic, public transit, Street View, business listings and reviews, available on the web and as mobile apps. |
| [HERE WeGo](https://privacyratings.com/maps/here-wego/) | F (0/100) | Netherlands (Nine Eyes) | Free maps and navigation app from HERE Technologies, with driving, transit and walking directions, offline maps and a web version. |
| [Mapy.com](https://privacyratings.com/maps/mapy-com/) | F (0/100) | Czechia | Map and navigation service from the Czech company Seznam.cz, formerly Mapy.cz, with offline maps, tourist and cycling routes, and a web version. Coverage is most detailed in Central Europe. |
| [Waze](https://privacyratings.com/maps/waze/) | F (0/100) | Israel | Community-driven navigation app owned by Google, with live traffic, hazard and police reports shared by drivers, route suggestions and fuel prices. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/maps/