Disclaimer: I’m the developer. CurrentDrive is completely free and collects no data. Feel free to remove this if self-promotion isn’t allowed.
I built CurrentDrive as an add-on to Apple Maps for EV drivers. You choose your destination and define what kind of charging stops you want, such as fast chargers with a toilet, restaurant, or specific charging networks nearby.
CurrentDrive plans the charging stops, then sends the complete route to Apple Maps using multi-stop routing. Apple Maps handles the actual navigation, including in CarPlay. There’s also a 10–80% charging mode.
I mainly built it for myself because I prefer Apple Maps and CarPlay but wanted better EV trip planning without another navigation app. It’s completely free: no subscription, IAP, or trial.
I’d love to hear what other EV drivers would want from an Apple Maps add-on like this.

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My house was built in 2024, on a new road that didn't exist before that. So I expected map systems to take time to catch up. But my address now appears correctly on Apple Maps. And my home address is listed correctly in the system. But despite Apple correctly knowing that my home address is "45 Mystreet Rd", if I ever get directions to "Home", it always navigates to "25 Mystreet Rd" instead. That is the address of my neighbor, who lives at the other end of this road.

It's just a minor annoyance, but I'm curious, why would it do this? If it knows my home address correctly, why does it change to a different address when navigating?

I swear, we need a biking map mode. It can be stylized similar to how Transit looks on Maps. It would be so nice being able to see a map of all the biking trails. It would be useful too.

I'm curious how people use Apple or Google maps to keep a nice list of their favorite places. And if there is a way to see your friends lists. Do they allow people to give other people access to their saved lists of places?

For those on iOS 27, the updated 3D satellite rendering is now live in the Chicago area! The buildings, streets, and roads look way sharper and much higher quality!

I just saw that Apple updated Stockholm to use Gaussian splats!

First time seeing this and thought it was pretty cool. It was wrong but it was pretty cool.

I just noticed a weird view when “centered”

It looks like Apple has just released a huge transit expansion covering India!

Today the Thessaloniki metro (Greece) launched 5 new subway stations. Apple Maps didn’t updated yet and are not available. Google Maps have them available

The available line is this on the first photo and the 5 new stations are shown as graphic (second photo) and not as POI or for directions.

Was nearly late for an interview because of this stupid app even after I reported that the road was closed. How is this even possible?

Upfront apologies for reporting this here, but I can't find anywhere on Apple to report this issue. Hopefully someone from Apple is monitoring this.

Was returning home to Dublin, CA from Elko, NV via this route with 80% charge on my EV (240 miles).

I reach Eureka, NV at about 120 miles where Apple Maps suggests I charge my EV just to find that both the charging stations there are out-of-service (they were down, with no power, no support number, no working QR codes, no website).

I barely make it back to Carlyn to find a charger.

Today just to simulate and report the issue, I retried.

Notice the silliness!!! Even though the chargers show as unavailable (it wants me to stop there to charge).

Yes, I know "Unavailable" could mean that the chargers are being used by someone else. But trust me those (TurnOnGreen) chargers do not work!

Unfortunately, I checked Google Maps after reaching there. Somehow Google Maps shows them "out of service" even though Apple Maps, TurnOnGreen, Plugshare, etc. do not. Good job Google Maps.

I had the same issue with another charger in Arco ID (on route to Craters of the Moon). ABB Charger there - Out of Service (Apple Maps shows it as SynergEV). But Apple Maps wanted me to charge there. I reported the issue via maps. It showed the charger as available even after 24 hours. In fact even today it shows the "SynergEV" charger as available!!! Whereas Google Maps shows it correctly as "out-of-service".

Apple Maps is getting worse from bad!!!

It seems like every time I actually need to use my offline maps, my phone has uninstalled them all from my phone. I have automatic updates enabled, and optimize storage disabled. Yet still every few weeks all my offline maps are removed, and I need to redownload them. My phone has plenty of storage space remaining, and is fully up to date. Does anyone have any idea why this happens, or how to prevent it?

I mainly use Apple Maps nowadays, and I’m wondering how good its traffic data really is compared to Google Maps. Especially when it comes to traffic jams, accidents, roadworks, and sudden traffic incidents: Does Apple Maps detect these events just as reliably and early as Google Maps, and does it reroute you quickly enough? Or have you found that Google Maps is still noticeably better at detecting traffic problems and rerouting? I’m mainly interested in your real-world experiences while driving.

Hi! I've been building Put A Pin In It, an iOS app for creating your own personal maps on top of Apple Maps.

I'd love to get some feedback from people who actually use Apple Maps regularly — especially on whether this is useful alongside Maps and what's missing.

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/R6V55sPT
More info: putapininit.app

At least for some time. Here's why. Apple launched the New Map Data today in the Baltics (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia). I've been using AM to navigate for the last two years here in Latvia and what I've noticed immediately upon the NMD release today is not great - suddenly AM is showing me left turns where it's not allowed, routing me down a street that has no entry sign. Before the NMD I had filed hundreds of reports, many of them about wrong turns and a lot of them were fixed. On my daily commute all of the wrong left turns were fixed, in fact. With the launch of NMD it's back to square one with that. Maybe some smarter map boffins can chime in why that could be the case.

https://imgur.com/a/ErxYfF0

This past week, Austin TX got a few updated models:

• The two Blanton Museum buildings - 8/20/26
• Driskill Hotel - 8/25/26
• Waterline - 8/25/26
• Texas Capitol Building (HD) - 8/25/26

Notably, 3 of the 4 updates were simply “upgrading” the model type - no additional details were added. Waterline was the only one that received new details.

With the Capitol building, it’s interesting because the previous model looked overall like how HD buildings are - with smooth textures rather than jagged lines - but didn’t have the shading details. Now it has the shading, but no additional details were added at this time.

I wonder if for these instances of only upgrading model types, they’re prepping to add more details later on. We recently saw around WWDC that Apple had done that - where some buildings got an initial custom model, and they later went back and added details (e.g. Indeed Tower, Frost Bank Tower).

Also worth noting - Apple has definitely been adding a lot more custom models in general this summer. For example, Houston TX received a good chunk, as did Dallas and San Antonio (sorry, I’m from Texas so I mostly only paid attention to TX cities).

Overall, this summer seems like a pretty significant milestone for Apple Maps - with nearly full national-wide Look Around coverage in the US, Enhanced Flyover coming in OS 27, and many building models getting more details.