Top 5 Maps and Navigation Apps in UAE: Q4 2022 Performance

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the top 5 maps and navigation apps in the United Arab Emirates demonstrated diverse performance metrics. Here's an overview of their weekly downloads and active users trends, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Careem – rides, food & more saw a fluctuation in weekly downloads, starting at 22.2K in late September and experiencing a dip to around 13K in mid-October. The app later rebounded, reaching approximately 19.7K downloads by the end of December. Active users for the app varied, starting at 107.7K and falling to a low of about 92.1K in mid-December before climbing back to 101.4K by the end of the year.

2GIS: Offline map & navigation had relatively stable weekly downloads, fluctuating between 6.5K and 11.9K throughout the quarter. Active users for the app remained steady, with minor variations, starting at 62.8K and ending the quarter at 63.9K.

Yango — different from a taxi experienced a decline in weekly downloads, beginning at 7.9K in late September and dropping to 5K by mid-December, before slightly recovering to 6K by the end of the year. Active users showed an upward trend, increasing from 9K to 11.3K over the same period.

Waze Navigation & Live Traffic maintained a consistent download rate, starting at 7.7K and peaking at 10.5K in the final week of December. The app's active users exhibited minor fluctuations, beginning at 304.6K and ending at 285.8K.

Aramex Mobile displayed varied download numbers, from 8K in late September to a low of 6.2K at the end of November, before closing the year at 7.5K. Active users for the app showed a slight increase, starting at 24.7K in late September and rising to 27.1K by mid-December, before ending the quarter at 24.7K.

For more detailed insights into the performance of these apps, visit Sensor Tower.