Google Maps has lost much ground on Apple Plans

Despite an erratic start and unusual act of contrition on the part of Tim Cook, Apple Maps / Maps app has gained considerable ground at the expense of Google.
 
The latest figures released by ComScore institute concern the United States but it is probably possible to extrapolate, even though they show that users are not that sensitive to comments. Indeed, despite the launch totally missed the one riddled with inconsistencies and application bugs, which earned the door a few Apple executives, and an act of public contrition from Tim Cook, Apple Maps now has 35 million users in the United States against 58.7 million for the Google equivalent, a decrease of 23 million dollars for the latter compared to the same figures in September 2012.

On these 58.7 million, 6 million use Google Maps on the iPhone, including 2 million who can not switch to iOS 6 for hardware incompatibility issues. In fact, after being ejected from the Apple Store, Google Maps finally came but it did not have the desired effect on the audience.

Remember that Apple's decision to engage in mapping his own back in 2009 when Google refused to provide Apple with some features of its application to retain only the Android platform, and thus to provide a competitive advantage and also store data about users without Apple can benefit. Therefore, Apple has launched its own design tool based on existing data, particularly from TomTom or other suppliers.

According to figures reported by ComScore, there were in September 2012, some 81.1 million users of Google Maps on a total 103.6 million iPhone and Android users. A year later, that number is 58.7 million despite a user base that is now 136.7 million. Regarding the use of the Apple Maps application, ComScore notes that it is used by 35 million people on 60 iPhone million outstanding in the USA.