Waze
Waze Mobile Ltd, doing business as Waze, formerly FreeMap Israel, is a subsidiary company of Google that provides satellite navigation software on smartphones and other computers that support the Global Positioning System.
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Apple Maps
Apple's built-in mapping and navigation service. Apple Maps has no Israeli corporate ownership — an alternative to Waze (Israeli, Google subsidiary) and Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation on Apple devices.
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HERE WeGo
Mapping and navigation app from HERE Technologies, owned by a consortium of German car manufacturers (BMW, Mercedes, Audi). HERE WeGo provides turn-by-turn navigation offline with no Israeli corporate ownership — an alternative to Waze (Israeli, Google-owned).
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Maps.me
Free offline maps app based on OpenStreetMap data for iOS and Android. Maps.me works without data connection and is particularly useful for international travel — an alternative to Waze (Israeli, Google-owned) and Google Maps.
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OsmAnd (open source)
Free and open-source offline maps and navigation app based on OpenStreetMap data. OsmAnd works without internet, collects no personal data, and is developed by a small independent team — a privacy-preserving alternative to Waze (Israeli, Google subsidiary) and Google Maps.
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