Google Maps vs Waze Navigation & Live Traffic
Google Maps
Google
App Store
$4.86M/mo
~$58.35M/yr · 646.6M installs
VS
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic
Waze Inc.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 537.7M installs
Revenue winner
Google Maps wins
+486255300% vs other
Installs winner
Google Maps wins
+20% vs other
MAU winner
Google Maps wins
+20% vs other
Rating winner
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic wins
+4% vs other
Why Google Maps is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Google Maps earns roughly 4862553× more per month than Waze Navigation & Live Traffic - $4.86M vs $0.
- More monetization surfaces. Google Maps runs 4 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Google Maps
vs
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.86M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$58.35M
◀
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
646.6M
◀
537.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.4M
◀
16.1M
App Store rating
4.68★
▶
4.84★
Total ratings
7.2M
◀
3.2M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Navigation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 13, 2012
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- File size
- 423.9 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 26.18.0
- Languages
- SQ, Arabic, HY, AZ, MY, Catalan +36 more
- Category
- Navigation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 1, 2009
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 215.4 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 5.18.8.0
- Languages
- AF, Arabic, AZ, EU, BE, Bulgarian +41 more
Google Maps trajectory
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Google Maps or Waze Navigation & Live Traffic? v
Google Maps earns about $4.86M per month, while Waze Navigation & Live Traffic earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$4.86M more per month for Google Maps). Annual revenue: Google Maps ≈ $58.35M/year, Waze Navigation & Live Traffic ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Google Maps or Waze Navigation & Live Traffic? v
Google Maps leads with about 646.6M estimated downloads vs 537.7M for Waze Navigation & Live Traffic - a 1.2× gap. Google Maps's App Store downloads are estimated from 7.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Waze Navigation & Live Traffic's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.2M ratings.
Are Google Maps and Waze Navigation & Live Traffic in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Navigation category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Google Maps and Waze Navigation & Live Traffic offer? v
Google Maps: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Waze Navigation & Live Traffic: no IAP detected on the public listing. Google Maps runs a "Free + one-time IAP (4 tiers)" monetization model; Waze Navigation & Live Traffic runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Google Maps or Waze Navigation & Live Traffic? v
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Google Maps 7.2M ratings, Waze Navigation & Live Traffic 3.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Google Maps vs Waze Navigation & Live Traffic revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.86M for Google Maps and $0 for Waze Navigation & Live Traffic are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Navigation) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Google Maps or Waze Navigation & Live Traffic to a different App Store app? v
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