The year-end holiday travel season is here, and if you’re skipping the airport and hitting the highway for your family gatherings, both Google Maps and Apple’s Maps have apps that can help save you time and money. Sure, online map navigation has been around for years, but if you haven’t used the apps for the long haul lately, both companies have recently improved their tools for modern road-trip concerns — like finding electric-vehicle charging stations or not getting lost in low-signal country. Here’s an overview.

Pick a Route

For many people, Google Maps (for Android, iOS and WearOS) and Apple’s Maps (for its iOS devices and Apple Watches) have become the go-to tools for getting around. The apps are free, easy to use and often installed by default on a device. (Ad-free subscription products like TomTom GO and Sygic GPS Navigation are app-store alternatives for those who want options.)

Getting started is simple: Open Google Maps or Apple’s Maps, enter the destination point for your trip, tap the Directions button and enter your departure point. The app shows you potential routes — with time and toll costs — between the two places. Both apps let you add stops along the way and filter out toll roads, highways and other factors from your driving route.