Top 5 Maps and Navigation Apps on Android in UAE - Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the maps and navigation category saw notable trends on the Android platform in the United Arab Emirates. Here, we delve into the performance of the top five apps in this category, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Careem: Rides, Food & more experienced a remarkable increase in weekly downloads. Starting the quarter at approximately 15.5K downloads, it peaked at around 24K in early February before settling at 17.7K by the end of March. Weekly active users followed a similar trend, beginning at 595K, peaking at 728K mid-quarter, and closing at 561K.

Waze Navigation & Live Traffic showed a consistent download pattern, starting with 13K and reaching a high of 19.5K in early February. Active users grew steadily from 318K to 379K, demonstrating increasing engagement throughout the quarter.

Uber - Request a ride saw significant fluctuations in downloads, beginning at 3.9K and peaking at 11.4K in early February. However, downloads declined sharply to around 3.9K by the end of March. Active users mirrored this volatility, starting at 95.8K and ending at 85.2K.

2GIS: Offline map & navigation maintained a stable download rate with slight variations, beginning at 12.2K and decreasing to 5.6K by March end. Active users, however, showed growth, starting at 106K and increasing to 125K by the quarter's close.

Yango: taxi, food, delivery started the quarter with 6.9K downloads, experiencing minor ups and downs throughout, and ended at 7.4K. Active users showed a positive trend, starting at 24.8K and rising steadily to 38K.

These insights provide a snapshot of the dynamic landscape of maps and navigation applications in the UAE, with more detailed analytics available from Sensor Tower.