Alternatives européennes à Waze
Community-based GPS navigation app owned by Google. Real-time traffic alerts, speed cameras and incidents reported by users.
Fonctionnalités de Waze
- Real-time traffic
- Speed camera and police alerts
- Community reports
- Dynamic rerouting
- Spotify integration
- Fuel prices
Prix : Free (with advertising)
Pourquoi quitter Waze ?
- Waze massively collects your location data to sell through targeted advertising
- In February 2025, 7.7 million Waze accounts (IDs and GPS positions) were put up for sale on the dark web
- Users can be tracked in real-time through Waze API vulnerabilities that expose their GPS coordinates
- Waze is subject to the US CLOUD Act: US authorities can demand access to European users' location data
- Google uses Waze traffic data to power its advertising services and data ecosystem
Recommandé : HERE WeGo
GPS navigation app based in Eindhoven (Netherlands), published by HERE Technologies — a consortium owned by Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Intel and Pioneer. Uses the same professional maps as German carmakers. Free, ad-free, no account required.
Pays : NL
Scores de compatibilité
- Migration : 70/100
- RGPD : 92/100
- Fonctions : 85/100
- Score global : 84/100
Fonctionnalités de HERE WeGo
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation in multiple languages
- Downloadable offline maps (full countries)
- Public transit + multimodal (car, bike, walking, taxi)
- Real professional maps (Audi/BMW/Mercedes/Bosch consortium)
- No ads, no account required
- CarPlay and Android Auto compatible
Prix : Free
Pourquoi ce choix ?
HERE WeGo is our recommendation for Waze users who want to leave the Alphabet ecosystem without losing navigation quality: free, ad-free, no account required, with the real professional maps from the Audi/BMW/Mercedes/Bosch consortium. It naturally replaces Magic Earth after its 2026 paywall switch, while offering offline maps by full country for data-free navigation abroad.
Passer de Waze à HERE WeGo
Points forts
- Free, ad-free (Waze shows sponsored ads at red lights)
- No account required (Waze requires a Google or Facebook account)
- Real professional maps from the Audi/BMW/Mercedes/Bosch consortium (Waze uses Google crowdsourcing)
- Downloadable offline maps by country (Waze requires a permanent connection)
- Data hosted in the EU, outside CLOUD Act (Waze is owned by Alphabet, subject to CLOUD Act)
Points faibles
- No real-time community alerts (speed cameras, accidents, traffic jams) like Waze
- Smaller user community
- Fewer crowdsourced speed camera warnings
Toutes les alternatives
- HERE WeGo (NL) — Score : 84/100 (Recommandé)
- TomTom AmiGO (NL) — Score : 85/100
- Roole Map (FR) — Score : 73/100