That Apple’s new Maps app included with iOS 6 is subpar isn’t news. In fact, it’s been done to death. You can read/watch some of the complaints here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, etc. Just as bad are the complaints that the Google Maps app is not available for iOS 6 and the only way to get driving directions on the iPhone 5 is to use Google Maps on the phone’s web browser.

These complaints are so widespread that Saturday Night Live even did a sketch about it on last night’s show, which you can watch the hilarious video here.

I just don’t get the uproar. Sure, it is annoying that the default iOS 6 mapping app is half-baked and that a Google Maps app isn’t available right now. But you know what? Apple’s going to get the kinks worked out,  Google would be insane to not be developing Google Maps for iOS 6, and there are plenty of other navigation apps available for the iPhone. To all you iPhone 5 owners out there, look at this as an opportunity to try out one of the other navigation apps.

After doing a quick search of the Apple App Store, I’ve put together a list of free alternative navigation apps for the iPhone (all these links go to the app’s page on itunes.apple.com).

• Waze
• MapQuest
• Maps+
• GPS by TeleNav
• Navfree GPS Live USA

A complete list of navigation apps for the iPhone (free and otherwise) is available from itunes.apple.com here.

Note: I use an Android phone, so I haven’t used any of these apps on an iPhone. That being said, I use the Android version of the Waze app, which just blows the Google Maps app out of the water.