[101km]

This is beta.

250,000 map initializations 25,000 service requests

Per day. Correct me (it is quite late here) if I'm wrong but isn't this x10 the Google maps free tier?

No pricing information beyond this so far, they just suggest you contact them if you want more. They're probably still deciding.

Edit: I think Apple are specifically releasing it now because this week was the week the new Google Maps Platform (https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/) pay as you go pricing kicks in, the deadline has been pushed back by a month.

Under the new pricing you get $200 worth of credits as a monthly free tier which approximately maps (har har) to what this Apple beta gives you a day.

[chrisoverzero]

> I think Apple are specifically releasing it now because […]

This presentation is from WWDC 2018. The timing strikes me more as coincidence.

[warent]

I'm skeptical on beta limits particularly when they haven't made pricing clear yet. Anectodally it's a typical marketing tactic to build hype. Expecting that it's temporary, rates will be throttled, and proper pricing tiers will kick in.

[dmortin]

I hope it will affect Google's pricing, so I don't have to rewrite everything.

[vijaybritto]

Rewrite these things under an abstraction layer so that you don't have to worry about third parties anymore

[wpdev_63]

Google maps api tos forbids third party abstractions.

[toomuchtodo]

Seems like a great reason to not rely on Google Maps (forced lock in).

[dmortin]

Do you need a paid Apple developer account for this too? I don't like to give my credit card details just to use the free limits.