Like a pair of sumo wrestlers, Apple and Google are facing off in the field of iOS mapping services. First Google held the upper hand, controlling the map database underlying Apple’s first Maps app.

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Now what makes any of this interesting is that like I mentioned, things went South for Google Maps about the ...

Google didn't just give us our subway directions back—a feature Apple Maps doesn't have it all—it made them much, much better. The old Google Maps app (pictured below at left) would overlay directions ...

NEW YORK - Like a lot of people, I was happy and relieved to see Google Maps return to the iPhone. I'd been frustrated with the Apple mapping software that had replaced it three months ago. For one ...

Our readers have spoken. The best iOS app of 2012 has been selected. And the winner, by a considerable margin, is: Google Maps. Woot! Google Maps is an excellent replacement for the maps we loved and ...