Google Maps to top the list of travel apps in 2021

The website Apptopia recently published its results for the year 2021 in the field of mobile applications. Its focus on tools dedicated to travel tells us that Google Maps was the most downloaded mobile solution worldwide last year. The navigation tool was downloaded 106 million times, compared with 94 million times for Uberon the second step of the podium. The VTC platform dominated the previous edition of the Apptopia rankings. But its number of downloads fell slightly - it was 95 million in 2020 - while Google Maps leapt ahead: 18 million additional downloads over the last twelve months. Booking completes the podium of a largely successful list dominated by VTC applications. In addition to Uber, Didi, Bolt and Grab also feature in the top 10.

It's worth noting that the rankings are quite different for the US market. American travellers favoured Uber, Lyft and the airline and hotel booking tool Hopper, while when it came to accommodation Airbnb (4th) was once again ranked ahead of Booking (5th). Two airlines also made it into the US top 10 published by Apptopia.

In the field of business applications, Apptopia confirms, if confirmation were needed, the advent of Zoom, which dominates both the US and global rankings. Overall, the video-conferencing tool is ahead of Google Meet and WhatsApp Business. Microsoft's mobile solution Teams came 4th, with Webex Meetings in 9th place.