what3words

4.0
46.1K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

what3words is an easy way to identify precise locations. Every 10 foot square has been given a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. Now you can find, share and navigate to precise locations using three simple words.

Use what3words to:
- Find your way anywhere in the world using just three words.
- Plan exact meet-up locations.
- Help people find your apartment, business or airbnb entrance.
- Always find your way back to your parking space.
- Save key locations, from incident reporting to delivery entrances.
- Save your favorite memorable spots – a sunset, a waterfall, proposal location.
- Guide people to accessible entrances.
- Help emergency services find you.

You can find what3words addresses in travel guides, website contact pages, invitations, travel booking confirmations and more – anywhere you would normally find location information. If you’re invited to a friend’s home, ask them to share their what3words address.

Popular features:
- Compatible with navigation apps including Google Maps
- Save your favorite locations and categorize them into lists
- AutoSuggest prompts you with intelligent suggestions
- Available in over 40 languages
- Navigate offline with compass mode
- Dark Mode support
- Add a what3words address to a photo
- Wear OS support

If you experience any problems or have any questions, email us at support@what3words.com
Updated on
Apr 28, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.9
44.7K reviews
Neil Young
March 29, 2025
Confusing to use. There is no refresh icon. So if you are moving it shows where you were when you opened the app. To refresh, you have to close the app and reopen it! If you save a location, then when you later select it, it should offer an option to navigate there. It doesn't! It opens an edit name screen!!! If you selecte "navigate" you'd think it would offer a way to say where you want to navigate to, so you could select the saved location, but it doesn't. It's just so user unfriendly.
23 people found this review helpful
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Elijah-Aaron Rowan
April 27, 2025
It's a great idea, and works to show you where someone is exactly on a map. HOWEVER once you have your 3 words & click "navigate" this app doesn't have its own navigation... so instead opens Google maps which doesn't use the 3 words system, meaning it often can't direct to the exact location... So I'm a bit confused as to what the point is? why have such a specific location sharer if there's no built in navigation? I might as well just use Google maps if it's not going to direct me.
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Greg
April 2, 2025
No multilingual integration. Visitors using app in different languages can't use 3 words in local language, so disappointed and other way round, no way in using 3 words without exchanging identity by sharing data, this is a massive limitation and make it useless for lost people rescue attempts if their battery dies. Also design become overcomplicated and often misleading. Shame that the priorities have changed.
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What’s new

Performance improvements and bug fixes