# Sick of Google Maps? Try these apps instead

> I find it hard to remember what life was like before navigation apps burst onto the scene. I owned my first smartphone when I was aged 15, so prior to that point in time, I just relied on my parent’s paper map-reading…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/sick-of-google-maps-try-these-apps-instead?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=68387e0880670939a4cb539c)
- **Published:** 2025-05-29
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #smartphones #google #apps #instead #maps #remember #sick #abilities
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