Maps & Navigation
TriNav: Car Navigation & Maps
Compares routes and ETAs from Apple, Google and Yandex maps side by side before you set off.
Get the app
Opens the official store page
- Developer
- Erdi Tuncalp
- Score
- 5.0
- Downloads
- 2 ratings
- Age
- Rated 4+
- Version
- 1.3.0
- Price
- Free
Screenshots
About this app
Which map app gets you there fastest today is the small but real question TriNav sets out to answer. Enter a destination once and it shows the route, estimated time and distance from Apple Maps, Google Maps and Yandex Maps side by side, then launches whichever you choose. It's for drivers who already flip between map apps and want to stop re-typing addresses. During a drive you can switch providers without entering the destination again, and the app alerts you when another provider is offering a meaningfully quicker route. Voice guidance comes from whichever provider you picked. Home, Work and favourite places can be saved, and there's a light and dark appearance. Unlimited switching between providers needs a Pro subscription, weekly or yearly. The app is independent, with no connection to Apple, Google or Yandex, and its store text still calls it Navigation Pro.
TriNav: Car Navigation & Maps: the full guide
What the app is
Type the destination once and see what Apple, Google and Yandex each think about it. TriNav lines up the three providers' routes, times and distances side by side, then hands off to whichever you pick. It's a small tool for a specific annoyance: re-entering an address in a second map app to see if it's quicker.
Mid-drive you can switch providers without re-typing, and the app alerts you if another one finds a meaningfully faster route. Home, Work and favourites are saved, there's a light and dark look, and unlimited switching needs a Pro subscription. It's an independent app, unaffiliated with any of the three.
How it works day to day
Before setting off, you enter where you're going and read three estimates in a row. Usually they agree within a minute or two; sometimes one has spotted a closure the others haven't, and that's the moment the app earns its keep. You tap the winner and navigation starts in that provider, with its own voice guidance.
On a long drive, the comparison keeps running. An alert says another provider is now quicker, and switching is a tap. Free users will hit the switching limit; Pro removes it.
Why people look for it
Habitual map-hoppers. Some drivers already check two apps before every trip, and a tool that does the comparison for them is exactly what they'd search for. Yandex coverage matters in regions where it's the strongest provider. Beyond that niche it's little known, with only two ratings, so most people find it by accident or by that specific search.
Look and feel
Five screenshots are on the page, and for an app whose entire interface is a comparison table they should tell you most of what you need. Expect a destination field, three rows of results and a launch button, with the actual map views belonging to the provider apps rather than this one. Light and dark appearances are mentioned. Maps & Navigation apps rarely come simpler.
Updates and upkeep
Two ratings, both apparently five stars, is not a sample to read anything into. Version 1.3.0 is early. The developer is an individual, Erdi Tuncalp, and the store text still calls the app Navigation Pro, which suggests a rename the listing hasn't fully caught up with. App Store only. The app's usefulness also depends on three other companies not changing how they accept handoffs.
