> If you would step out of your bubble, you would realize how terrible Apple Maps is aside from a few blessed regions.

Okay, but I'm trying to get around inside this blessed region, so you'll forgive me being happy that there's an option that works here without being Google.

what map applications work best in your non-anglophone region of interest?

In Czechia, for example, there's a fairly successful (in some ways even superior) Google Maps competitor in Mapy.cz. Google Maps are better in Prague and other larger cities. Mapy.cz focused on providing features Google didn't really care about, like mapping hiking and cycling trails or having nearly every backcountry road covered in their Street View alternative.

https://mapy.cz

If you check the attribution, mapy.cz is an OpenStreetMap consumer!

(I also do a lot of OSM mapping, so I know my edits when I see them :D)

I know! Too bad they don't contribute more, because they've got lots of very precise data from different public organizations.

It's also better in Japan[0]. Can't comment about China but it's probably ok there.

[0] transit directions have been better since they first came out, Google Maps has gotten worse recently by switching to a cheaper basemap provider

In Québec, Apple Maps is pretty good for directions in french language. I asked relatives in France and they say Apple Maps has improved a lot, and is better than Google Maps on public transit because of the better lisibility of lines, easy to use integration of realtime schedules (one click on a stop) and subway stations maps.