Mapbox is a location data platform that gives developers tools to add customizable maps, real-time navigation, and geospatial data to applications. It addresses the need to build mapping experiences for mobile apps, websites, and embedded devices.

What company sizes and industries is Mapbox Mobile the best fit for?

Mapbox Mobile’s strongest user-reported fit is among small businesses, with a range of industries represented. The most noticeable company-size and industry segments are:

Small businesses: The clearest concentration of positive users is at companies with 50 or fewer employees.
Software and technology: Software and computer networking companies appear repeatedly.
Higher education: Universities and higher-education organizations are represented.
IT services and travel: These industries also recur among users.

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Aleksei J.

Java Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 12/3/2020

"Map tool for real Android and iOS programmers"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

The library contains everything we need to draw different objects, rotated overlay images, or popup message windows above the map they provided. Also, you can apply different styles to the map, and change the properties of the objects on the map. You can use not only standard MapBox maps but also integrate OpenStreetMap maps, by example. You only need to know the proper URL of the map tiles server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

Official documentation could be wider and deeper. Although Mapbox provides docs with help of practical examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Mapbox Mobile:

Sometimes it could be a lack of necessary examples, but Mapbox provides the necessary minimum. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mapbox Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used Mapbox in Android native development. It allows me to create a stable Java application, that shows maps with different interactive features. Draw shapes and figures, calculate the distance between objects in real time, show alert modal popups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajan K.

Android Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 1/7/2021

"Mapbox UI is very good"

4/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

Mapbox UI is very good, but the size is quite large, so increase the size of the app otherwise Mapbox is more attractive and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

The size of the Mapbox SDK is really disliked, otherwise it's very nice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos R.

Desarrollador Unity 3D & Angular

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/13/2021

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Awesome"

5/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

I never seen apps like this before, I totally recommend to download it!, the fast use when your open the map and the customization with the website, the great API compatibility I recommend like a user and developer, like developer it's very easy to create apps I created like 10 apps with maps using only Mapbox Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

sometimes my phone are warming but not all time, but I would like that the documentation of the API can be more specific and updated, for example I develop apps in Unity 3D, but i found more information in Web and Android that in Unity 3D Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Mapbox Mobile:

The recommendation it's that you can develop any app that you can, this tool have a lot of options and setting to custom your apps and make that professional look and feel, I've worked from 3 years old with Mapbox in my company and I recommend it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mapbox Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you?

I replaced google maps to use it, because Mapbox Mobile have a better presition with my location, this is a new experience to use apps not only the traditional, and the most impressive to the website manager it's that you can personilze your maps and put that look and feel that you need for your app, like developer it's very easy to use and implement into my apps that use geolocation what I love it's the native and hybrid compatibility to the time to develop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 1/6/2021

"Beautiful looking maps with tons of customization. It's good but could've been great though"

4/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

1. There are tons of map styles available with Mapbox

2. It’s very easy to customize the map tiles

3. Beautiful base maps that can be modified via click-editing

4. Extensive documentation

It's very easy to get started, all you have to do is get an access token and a style URL from Mapbox, and you're good to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

1. It might be too complex to use for simple projects

2. The learning curve is steep

3. Pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Mapbox Mobile:

1. Layout your requirements and your budget first and in most cases Mapbox turns out to be a good choice

2. There is a steep learning curve so beware of that

3. Mapbox is available on all platforms so it's a one-stop-shop for all of your map requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mapbox Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used Mapbox in building two things

1. An AR application that showcases the junk/pollution in outer space.

2. In a geo-spacial analysis on a map interface.

Benefits:

1. Mapbox has plugins ready for engines like Unity and Unreal.

2. With Mapbox JS it's very easy to build maps on a web application.

3. Mapbox supports other web graphic libraries like deck.gl or even kepler.gl which is an excellent geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets.

4. I like how clean the map design turns out in the end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raj t.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/24/2020

"Mapbox makes it very easy to plot a list of geolocations on map with detailed custom banners"

5/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

It's open source and documentation is detailed and have almost every example to showcase all features of mapbox Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

It is not available as a framework specific library, if you want to use mapbox in web you have to import jquery as a dependency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mapbox Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you?

In my project I required to plot all nearby garages with their own logos and extra information like phone number text address pincode contact person name, using mapbox it was very easy to create those custom banners for geo tags, so it become easy to showcase garage identity on map using mapbox once the user selects any of these garages then we required to get user location user can either select their current location any continue or they can search a specific location using an input bar which provides suggestions based on user input from the mapbox REST APIs I also needed to restrict the search functionality to a specific geoboundries it was possible using mapbox REST APIs after getting the text based address I needed coordinates of selected location to plot it on the map for that I used Mapbox's reverse geo-coder API Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ganesh K.

Senior Associate Experience Technology

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/9/2020

"A very good attempt, lot of positives"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

Mapbox is one of the largest providers of custom designed maps for websites and mobile apps. Their service is used by GitHub, Pinterest, Foursquare, and other popular companies. And Mapbox moves with the times, offering advanced features such as geospatial mapping and augmented reality (AR). The majority of data Mapbox uses is openly available, and Mapbox supports a community of volunteer mappers. They often provide the freshest updates, including fast-changing location data. Mapbox data sources include OpenStreetMap (OSM), USGS, Landsat, Natural Earth, and OpenAddresses. Mapbox offers many tools to help you integrate maps and other Mapbox online web mapping services – such as Directions, Geocoding, and Static Images – into a mobile app. In order to keep the Maps SDKs for iOS and Android small, Mapbox provides different APIs for interfacing with Mapbox web services: the Mapbox Directions API, Geocoding API, and Static Images API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

Relatively weak coverage. There are many places where Google has better coverage than OSM based services. The reason for this is mainly the fact that Google Maps gets continuous updates. In India and Israel, for example, Google Maps will be a better option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohsin R.

Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/8/2021

"A platform: capable to diversify"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

I have used Mapbox for one of our biggest client's project in Sweden. Even though I was new to Mapbox, the Documentation & platform, Data sets, tiles, designing part, and Api were so easy to understand and implement. A dedicated technical support system also gives a significant edge as compared to other platforms. I have also used Mapbox Api in my final year project and in my personal portfolio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

The only thing that I realize is, the application becomes a bit slow when we add large number of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tessa J.

Associate Quality Assurance Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/2/2020

"Perfect tool for developers!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

As a developer, we rely heavily on proper documentation when reviewing tools to implement in our software. Very well documented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

It's still very much new and not so widely used, therefore, many solutions to problems won't be found online. You can always try to contact support though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Mapbox Mobile:

Compare it to other map services and you would see for yourself! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Mapbox Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using a synchronized map across web and mobile platforms. We wanted to have the ability to customize maps to our liking and Mapbox Mobile helps greatly in that arena compared to other map services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2021

"Mapbox for Android"

4/5

What do you like best about Mapbox Mobile?

Vision SDK offers a nice AR view while driving that’s not too distracting. One example is the persistent arrow shown on the road which points to the destination and appears under vehicles on the route as to not obstruct the driver’s view of any vehicles in front. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mapbox Mobile?

There is a learning curve, at least for our team, getting the Kotlin tester code to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.