Spend $10 on a real compass (one-time cost, not a subscription). Learn which direction the sun rises and sets. If you get lost, knowing "the ocean is west" is more valuable than a crashing app.

When you use a free, manual method, you are forced to slow down. You look at the topology of a place, not just the ETA. You notice the state parks instead of the interstates. You become a cartographer of your own experience, not a passenger to an algorithm.