> You notice Google maps, that failure of an Application
"Google Maps for mobile is the world's most popular app for smartphones, with over 54% of global smartphone owners using it at least once during the month of August 2013.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps
I think your bias might be showing?
The idea that Apple won't let google applications on their store is just google zealot paranoid fantasy.
Hell, Apple's bringing Apple Music to android. It's treating it like a real platform.