NAVER Map, Navigation

Lucianne Bernal

6 months ago

Very helpful during our trip to S. Kor ea but buggy. You can't search for some stations such as Bukhansan UI station which is weird. It also sometimes takes you the lonf way around, such as the time we were looking for Busan X the sky. aone improvement would be to change the color of the track if recommending underground routes.

Robert Thomas

5 months ago

Absolute life saver while "walking" the streets of south Korea, didnt really use it for transportation options. Only minor issue (that may just be operator error) is when you look things up it's not in English, so no way of reading the description. Extremely accurate.

Martinus Cheung

4 months ago

Getting incorrect information. Not using the shortest way. And looking up the name needs to be exact. Guidance could be more accurate. Manage to use but double check the results as the direction could be the other way.

Lukas

5 months ago

This app is not user-friendly for foreigners. Only a handful of elements are translated, with the majority remaining in Korean. The desktop/web version crashes whenever you attempt to translate it. Additionally, the registration process is nearly impossible. The blue dot on a blue track with a blue arrow is impossible to read when navigating. Overall, this app is a hassle to use, and I can't imagine anyone outside of Korea finding it practical.

A Google user

5 years ago

Older version was better because tracking via GPS (even without mobile data connection) was better. Newest version requires mobile data to be turned on all the time. Newest version seems to freeze alot. All in all the older version was much more stable and versatile. Why did you guys screw up an app that was already pretty effective????

A Google user

4 years ago

Maps are good, the English UI is good enough. Several basic features are locked if you aren't logged in, sign up and sign in is frustrating, a mobile phone number is required. I'm traveling in Korea, tried going through the sign up and the account was immediately suspended. Tried the login through line and it says it "Temporarily Unavailable". If there was another option I would use it instead, but Google maps and open street maps are both fairly incomplete in Seoul.

Chad Perreault

4 years ago

I used to use this app always for navigating, yet something happened when I try to navigate, it skips way ahead of my GPS location. Like way ahead. I have to memorize a turn it takes 2 km from my position. Often missing the spot. I've stopped my motorcycle only to find that it just keeps moving along the route. I cant find a setting to change it and dont know why it started doing that.

Fabio Costa

1 year ago

Even when set to English, Naver Maps can't find a lot of places when written in English (or with Roman letters for that matter). Naver Maps, for some strange reason can't provide walking routes. Google Maps, however, is worse than a few years ago in South Korea. You simply get a blank screen when clicking on directions.

Marvin Powell

1 year ago

This app is so horrible. Despite claiming it has an English version, it can ONLY give you results when you type in Korean. It can also ONLY give you results when you put in the exact (Korean) word with absolutely no mistakes. If you put in "Mcdonalds" without the apostrophe, it won't give you any results. When you DO get results on something, it only gives you results by "relevance" instead of distance from you, meaning everything is far away, instead of the closest options to you. Horrible!

Brandon Lucky

1 year ago

Being an English speaker, I'm grateful for Naver taking the time to include an English option while navigating. However, the voice has been updated to include new features (long-winded/ repetitive responses) that have forced me over to look to other sources of navigating Korea while driving. P.s. please stop the voice from saying "in a minute"

Dong Wook Won

2 years ago

Useful app. The details of Korean map information is much better than those of Google map. However, its gps function is not working properly often. Several times it locates me in a nearby, but not exact place, so it calculates the travel information incorrectly, especially when I use buses in Seoul. As far as gps is concerned, Google map is much more accurate. But if you plan to travel with subway in the city, it's pretty good.

TheOtherChef

1 year ago

Was trying to use this app in South Korea due to Google maps not working properly. Was very frustrating even in English mode because they were places that I wanted to look up and go to. However, there was no English translation or Roman letter translation. Plus the app does not give the most optimal walking conditions. buses were either late or not as accurate. Such a huge letdown. I would hope that the app would improve especially for the English version.

A Google user

4 years ago

Decent app, horrible experience. When trying to sign up, I used my US number (I'm traveling) but it blocks sign up because my IP address is in Korea. I'm traveling! I fixed this by using a VPN, but then the verification code doesn't arrive. I tried several times. Hours later I receive all the codes. I try again and sign up successfully. Then my account is immediately suspended. This is super frustrating. I'm traveling. Naver doesn't seem to support that use case.

Weon

2 years ago

Great navigation app for Koreans. Horrendous public transportation options for non-Koreans. This app doesn't give the optimal route when you need to catch the next train or bus. They give you the following train or bus, which adds between 5-10 minutes to your expected arrival time. It's also ironic they tell you the best car to enter for fast transfer but they don't tell you which platform to take. My bad experience makes me wish Google Maps was a thing in Korea

Tamar Harrington

4 years ago

Pretty essential for living in Seoul. The English version isn't very good, imo. I use the Korean version. I appreciate the detailed info about public transport arrival times and which train door to use to shorten your next transfer time. (Arrival times aren't always 100% accurate, but would it be reasonable to expect that?) I have sometimes had a little trouble with looking up addresses on the app, but I suspect that is because of poor choices in the way the addresses are written.

A Google user

5 years ago

An absolutely essential app if you are driving in Korea since it now has an English interface. We drove the length of the country relying entirely on this to get around, would have been lost without it. Honestly I think it's probably even better than Google maps in the US, the interface is clear and uncluttered, and the spoken directions are accurate and timely. Warns of speed cameras (these are everywhere in Korea) and flashes red if you are over the limit when approaching a camera, and more.

Behrad Javidirad

9 months ago

Completely useless. If you can get a taxi at all, most of the time the drivers struggle to read street addresses in English or Korean..? Every single taxi experience involved us sitting and waiting for 5 mins for the driver to figure out where the map is pointing to... The app itself is buggy and laggy with navigation, and location information is more or less useless. We resorted back to Google Maps almost every time. Don't go without a translation app, and still you will struggle in South Korea