According to the data of China's mobile map application market in 2018, AutoNavi ranked first in the market share with a proportion of 33%, with 370 million monthly active users ranking first, followed by Baidu Map's 32.7% market share and 320 million monthly active users. Therefore, in fact, the domestic mobile phone map can be divided into three echelons:
The first echelon includes AutoNavi Maps, Baidu Maps and Tencent Maps. The second echelon includes the He map, the Map Map, and the Sogou Map. The third echelon includes Google Maps, among others.
The three maps of the first echelon are actually controlled by BAT, and the actual controller of AutoNavi map is Alibaba, so China's map APP is actually a "battle" between BAT. The duopoly of AutoNavi and Baidu Maps firmly controls the market for Chinese map apps. So, which is better to use, AutoNavi or Baidu Maps? I'm a depth user of these two maps, so let's compare them from the following aspects.
Positioning accuracy
Two map software, in the signal is better, open outdoors, basically can do second positioning, in the location of the signal is not good, the performance of the two software are not satisfactory, the mobile phone is to GPS positioning, base station positioning and WiFi positioning with each other to achieve the purpose of accurate positioning, when the mobile phone positioning appears a large deviation, may be due to GPS and base station signal reception is weak, so the positioning accuracy, mainly depends on the signal strength.
Route planning
When you enter your destination and estimated departure time, both maps can plan your route and tell you how much time you might need to travel. However, in this regard, I personally feel that the accuracy of AutoNavi's time planning is a little stronger, and my actual driving time is often almost the same as the time planned by AutoNavi, and the accuracy of Baidu Map in this regard needs to be improved.
Real-time navigation
In terms of real-time navigation, urban driving I will be more inclined to Baidu map, mainly because on the one hand, AutoNavi map can only choose detailed broadcast or concise broadcast, and Baidu map voice broadcast option can be set a lot of options, you can choose whether to broadcast before the intersection of hundreds of meters, for the city multi-fork, multi-overpass and other complex road conditions are very friendly; on the other hand, Baidu's AR real-life navigation function is very good, the frequency of occurrence is very high, almost every intersection has, and at a glance, in comparison, 3D navigation on AutoNavi maps appears less frequently, generally only at more complex intersections.
And long-distance driving, I will be more inclined to Gaode map, because Gaode map for the broadcast of congested road sections in a more timely manner, will also help you plan a non-congested road section for you to choose, but AutoNavi map prefers to navigate to some small roads, for some novices may not be very friendly. Baidu Maps is relatively not so timely for the reminder of congested road conditions and route switching.
Voice broadcast
In terms of voice broadcasting, AutoNavi Map and Baidu Map have launched many celebrity voice packages, such as Baidu's Shen Teng, Yang Zi, Hua Chenyu, Gaode's Lin Zhiling, Guo Degang, and Huang Ling. However, in comparison, Baidu's voice packages are still richer, and there are more voice packages to choose from.
At the same time, both APPS support recording their own voice, but this aspect of the function, or Baidu is more perfect. Therefore, in terms of voice broadcasting, Baidu Map has to do better.
Other features
Charging pile search function: For new energy models, the function of finding charging piles is very important, in this regard, AutoNavi to do better, Baidu can only look for special call, Yue Yi charging, star charging, Yiwei energy, Potevio new energy, Tesla these six brands of charging piles, and AutoNavi map can search for charging pile brands are much more.
In terms of navigation means of transportation, Baidu has 11 types (zhixing, taxi, driving, bus, walking, cycling, train, plane, bus, motorcycle, truck), while AutoNavi has 10 types (taxi, driving, bus, cycling, walking, airplane, train, bus, truck, motorcycle), both of which are rich in choice. In terms of other functions, both support illegal inquiry, illegal payment, driving, car washing, parking payment, maintenance, etc. Functions, and the richness of the functions is good, which can be said to be a one-stop service covering the car maintenance of the owner.
From the comparison of the above aspects, AutoNavi and Baidu Maps actually have their own advantages, Baidu Maps' advantages are more exquisite in some small functions, such as voice packages, navigation broadcasts, AR scenes, and AutoNavi does the best job in the functions of navigation itself, such as route planning, avoiding congestion and so on. For these two mapping software, which one will you pick?