# Mapway: Maps & Transit Planner

> Metro Subway Tram Bus Train

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443581415](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443581415)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6443581415`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mapway Inc.
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (1,139 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.10.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11
- **First published:** 2022-12-12
- **Size:** 143 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapway-maps-transit-planner/id6443581415)
- **Website:** [https://mapway.ai/mapwaymapsios/](https://mapway.ai/mapwaymapsios/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://mapway.ai/mapwaymapsios/privacy/](https://mapway.ai/mapwaymapsios/privacy/)

## Description

Mapway - Your Ultimate Transit Companion!

Navigate the world's busiest cities with ease using Mapway, the go-to transit app for tourists, travelers, and commuters. Seamlessly blending transit and geographic maps, Mapway covers metro, subway, and tram networks across major cities worldwide. Key features include instant city switching, mobile-optimized interactive maps, and simple journey planning with live information, even when offline.

Stay ahead with real-time city updates and live departure boards, crowdsourced station busyness, saved favorites, and over-the-air map updates. Mapway also offers comprehensive city coverage with travel guides, fares information, and flexible options: an ad-supported free version or a premium subscription to unlock exclusive features. Availability spans many cities (London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Barcelona, and more), with some features limited by city.

## Rankings

- #53,268 — Overall

## Review summary

Users broadly criticize MapWay for ad-heavy usage and a slow, cluttered interface. The app blocks workflows with pop-ups, pushes premium to remove ads, and offers limited transit data (mostly subway). Routing and planning are frequently unreliable, with poor search/input capabilities. A minority still finds value for travelers in Tokyo and across multiple cities using offline maps, but the overall sentiment is that ads and limited coverage hinder core functionality.

### Pros

- Cross-city support across multiple subway networks (works in several cities)
- Offline maps that some users rely on for travel across cities
- Helpful for travelers navigating city transit (e.g., Tokyo)

### Cons

- Pervasive ads that block the screen, including full-screen ads; paid option often seen as necessary to avoid ads
- Limited transit coverage (primarily subway) and missing other services/lines
- Inefficient or inaccurate routing and weak trip-planning features (walking directions, wrong routes)
- Poor UI/UX and performance (slow, bloated, hard to navigate)
- Search/input functionality often broken or missing, with issues like unable to search stations or input locations and date planning bugs

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443581415)