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Just turn the voice off in Google maps?
I do. Magic Earth is still better. I think Google Maps actually expects you to drive with the voice on so when you turn it off you need to look at all the other cues. For me just looking at the map in Google Maps is not enough to understand where it wants me to go. I have to do things like counting the lights until the turn on read indications on the signs and compare them with the map. With Magic Earth I can just see where to go.
Interesting, I might try it, although Google Maps has the advantage of having live traffic info...
Magic Earth has live traffic. What it's missing are all the POIs. You pretty much have to know the address to go somewhere. Saying 'get me to the business name' rarely works. But if you're using it for longer trips and just want directions to a different town or can bookmark the most common destinations it's fine.