what3words: Navigation & Maps

Find any exact location with a what3words address - for easy navigation and more

what3words: Navigation & Maps

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By: what3words

Users: 37,543,448

23.26K

Rating: 4.06

(45,915)

13 new ratings

Version: VARY (Last updated: 2024-11-25)

Creation date: 2013-06-11

Email: su*****@what3words.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Device & app history: retrieve running apps

Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Camera: take pictures and videos

Microphone: record audio

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Other:

receive data from Internet
view network connections
full network access
change your audio settings
run at startup
control vibration
prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

# 3,328 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#151 in Maps and navigation (Free) ▼ 17 #155 in Android wear (Free) ▼ 25 #19 in address keyword 41 ▼ 9 #20 in location keyword 87 ▲ 1 #22 in navigation keyword 92 ▲

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App summary

Analyze keywords

what3words is an easy way to identify precise locations. Every 10ft square has been given a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. Now you can find, share and navigate to precise locations using three simple words.

Easy navigation, simple deliveries and more
Use what3words to:
- Help emergency services know exactly where to find you - especially in hard to describe locations or places with inaccurate addresses
- Plan exact meet-up locations, simplifying navigation for you and others
- Give car breakdown services your precise location
- Navigate to any destination easily
- Save your favorite memorable spots so you know how to navigate back to them - a viewpoint, waterfall or proposal location
- Save key locations, from incident reporting to delivery entrances
- Help people find your business or Airbnb - perfect for travelers tired of relying on inaccurate street addresses
- Help people navigate to accessible entrances

Help others find and navigate to you
what3words addresses are accepted by over 4,800 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centers from across the United States, helping first responders locate and navigate to you easily and quickly. Businesses and hotels display what3words on their contact pages and booking confirmations - anywhere you would normally find location information: on maps, in guidebooks and more.

Discover your favorite new location app
Popular features:
- Find your current what3words address offline
- Compatible with other navigation and map apps, including Google Maps and Apple Maps
- Save your favorite locations and categorize them into lists
- AutoSuggest prompts you with intelligent suggestions
- Available in over 50 languages
- Navigate offline with Compass mode
- Add a what3words address to a photo
- Wear OS support for smartwatch navigation

More accurate than street addresses, simpler than GPS coordinates
Street addresses and postcodes aren’t accurate enough to specify exact locations - for navigation, deliveries and more. what3words is a more precise way to do so - and it’s also a more accessible way to communicate location information than latitude/longitude coordinates or GPS - in short, it’s a simple ‘geocode’.

Navigate adventures, big and small
Offline navigation and compatibility with your favorite map apps - like Google Maps, Apple Maps and more - make what3words the perfect tool for daily trips and bigger adventures.
- Walking somewhere unfamiliar? Use what3words to navigate to your precise destination stress-free
- Find the perfect camping spot - and remember how to find it later - by saving the what3words location
- Meetups made simple: help others find hiking trailheads, shop car parks, precise entrances and more by sharing the what3words location
- Navigation couldn’t be easier with the what3words Compass, which guides you straight to where you need to be

If you experience any problems or have any questions, email us at [email protected]

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy to remember and communicate locations using three words.
Indispensable for large events or rural areas.
Simple to use after a short learning period.
Useful for coordinating meetings and locating individuals in distress.
Innovative concept that works well for specific applications.

Cons

Frequent pop-ups and notifications that disrupt usage.
App crashes and performance issues, especially on certain Android versions.
Difficulties in integrating with Google Maps for navigation.
Poor interface design that obstructs usability.
Word choices in address could be improved for better recognition.

Most mentioned

App crashes and performance issues.
Too many pop-ups and notifications.
Difficulty using with Google Maps.
User-friendly concept after learning how to use it.
Effective in rural or emergency situations.

User reviews

Interface is clunky, dark mode hides all the buildings which is...pointless. I run Google Maps in dark mode all the time, the buildings are visible so it's not that causing the problem. But it's definitely useful if you find yourself somewhere obscure and you need to tell someone about it.

Norm, 2024-11-03

Here's a suggestion for the Tesla drivers in the W3W community. Whenever you're at a Supercharger, press the little target button in the lower right corner of your current position screen to find the w3w address of the supercharger. Then write a Google Maps review of the supercharger, and put in the W3W location. Sometimes the location of the supercharger is not exactly the location shown on your car's navigation app. Your W3W app will lead you right to the supercharger.

Henry Farkas, 2024-10-23

This is an almost perfect location app. The only problem, and it's critical, it's really easy to find the w3w address on the app, but Gmaps doesn't recognise the w3w address, and it's so difficult to equate addresses between these apps. I will carry on using it in the hope they can crack this problem.