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Google Maps Go

Travel — Lighter version of the original Google Maps — Designed to run smoothly on devices with limited m…
Travelest. 2017
● Stable
Category standing real
75th pctl · Travel
25.7
Signal score
0–100 composite · real
#265
Category rank
of 1,223 · real
63th
Universe percentile
vs 79,105 modeled · real
8%
Mortality P(dead)
model est. · model est.

Signal trajectory

real

Signal 11.123.2 across 37 readings (+12.1). Composite of press, GitHub velocity, community heat, liveness and funding.

Cross-sectional profile

percentile rank vs 79,105 modeled products
Signal (universe) real
63
Signal (category) real
75
Profile maturity real
63
Tag breadth real
48
Network position sparse
0
Press footprint sparse
0

Percentiles computed over the modeled cohort (embedding + signal + tags). Sparse dimensions — network and press — reflect that most products have zero, so a single edge or mention lifts the rank; read those with the coverage flag.

Mortality outlook

model estimate
8%
P(inactive)
Low risk
Higher risk than 16% of the universe.

This is a model estimate, not a verdict. 78,505 of the 79,105 modeled products are unlabeled and scored by the model only.

  • LightGBM · binary mortality (dead vs surviving)
  • Held-out AUC 0.71 · CV AUC 0.79 ± 0.05 · Brier 0.21
  • Trained on 600 verified labels (150 dead / 450 surviving)
  • Leakage-guarded: excludes status, discontinued_year, profile_maturity
  • Top drivers: tag breadth, signal, vintage, liveness, business model

n=600 is thin → 95% CI on AUC ≈ ±0.10. Treat as a directional signal, not a calibrated probability.

Analyst read

generated from the metrics above · no external narrative

Google Maps Go sits in the 63th percentile of Launch Sentinel's 79,105-product universe by signal, ranked #265 of 1,223 in Travel. The mortality model puts its probability of going inactive at 8% — a model estimate with a wide confidence band. It has no curated competitive-alternative edges yet, so the comparable set below is functional tag-similarity — read it with the confidence flags. Signal momentum is roughly flat.

Comparable set

curated alternatives → functional tag-similarity
CompanyBasisSignalP(dead)
HyperSleephealthtag-overlap64.35%
FocusReaderentertainmenttag-overlap32.962%
Opera Mini 8 (iOS)productivitytag-overlap15.792%
Allergohealthtag-overlap64.32%
Hole 19entertainmenttag-overlap15.751%
Bookmark and view in vertical columnsproductivitytag-overlap30.073%
Microsoft Edge for iOSproductivitytag-overlap22.943%
Strollhuntentertainmenttag-overlap30.012%

Confidence reflects source and category coherence: curated = an editorially linked alternative; similar = strong functional tag-overlap in the same category; tag-overlap = shared tags only and may be noisy. Signal & P(dead) are real / model.

Structure

observed attributes
Business modelunknown
Liveness tierquiet
Open sourceNo
Public APINo
Free tierNo
Enterprise tierNo

Funding & team

real

1 disclosed funding round on record. See the full cap table on the product profile →