MapQuest is a perfectly reasonable commercial alternative that has all of the things you'd expect - dynamically-loaded map tiles, turn-by-turn nav, etc. If you want to look at options that use OpenStreetMap data, I've found CoMaps to be very good. The biggest drawback is that you have to download maps (~100-300MB per geo area) all at once, which can be a problem if you're on the road and don't have great signal strength.

Home assistant has a perfectly serviceable map in it I forget where it gets the data from

Openstreetmaps

Android app OSMAnd+

Cartes is probably the closest thing that I've found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).

• You can share links with anyone, and they don't need a particular app to open it.
• The interface will be familiar to Google maps users.
• It supports leaving reviews for locations.
• It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax.
• It's really good for public transit routing.
• It's okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you'll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).

Apple has been fine but it is apple

Not if you live more wild away from civilization.

OrganicMaps:
https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps

Thanks it sounds really good

I heard of issues* with OrganicMaps not being fully open source**, I switched to CoMaps instead. Still use OSM and seems to function pretty well

Edited spelling bc I was typing too fast and didn't proof read.

Which map is good depends largely on your needs, I think. Do you need it for car navigation, walking, biking, or public transport?
OSM maps are better for pedestrians and cyclists in many regions, while Google Maps is more designed for car drivers.

I’ve been using CoMaps for a while as my only map app and I’m very happy with it.

Magic Earth is good but it's proprietary and some features require a subscription. I also vote for CoMaps.

Omg why haven't I heard of that one before ???

I use CoMaps for walking and for searching around, but Magic Earth's been better for driving. It's genuinely pretty good, but it sucks that it's closed source and proprietary, I'll gladly replace it with CoMaps or another FOSS alternative if one catches up.

Osmand+

@InterestingUsername +1 for #CoMaps and #OSM . Also started using #NuNav as a replacement for Magic Earth for Car Navigation. It also uses Maps from #OpenStreetMap .

Interesting. I really need one that does public transit.

Funny how this one has random snippets of French in the UI.

Co-maps generally works good for me, bht the bjg disadvantage is it has no traffic data (I think this might be inherently incompatable with standard foss, would love to be wrong though).
So my go to when driving is HERE wego, which works well and is up to date (and not evil as far as I know)

It's a French project, I guess it's translated in French before English. Non-English speakers are used to seeing snippets of English in translated UIs but I understand the other way around is unusual

Is there a difference between OsmAnd+ and OsmAnd~ ?

I don't understand your comment

https://github.com/PimpinPumpkin/Vela

I read enough French that I didn't notice at first, but then I was like "wait that said ride for 2 arrêtes...", and chuckled.

You get more map updates as it offline unless you are an OSM contributor. There's also some online services they offer for favourites and stuff

Suppose Isis is supposed to be issue, ai should be and

They are still looking for translators if you have some time available. They are on codeberg

@stritt @InterestingUsername #comaps works fine for navigation. But #nunav looks nice. It seems commercial, though?

Osmand is so good, Maps is a shittier alternative these days. I only use Osmand and occasiobaly "gmaps wv" wrapper for google maps from fdroid if I need traffic density.

Here Wego is proprietary and corporate, BUT it's non-USA and it has live traffic

edit: to clarify, non-USA ownership, but usa roads and traffic data are available

came here to say comaps.
they are also wprking on live traffic

No android auto support though..

Sorry, typed too fast and didn't proof read...

More context https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/

From my own recent tests, Maps.me is good for finding businesses, citymapper is good for public transport, and TomTom is good for driving directions with live trafic.

OSMAnd is amazing, customisable, can do everything (I use it for hiking, saving locations, and topography) but for things you'd use google for (finding businesses, driving, street view) google does those things much better.

And PSA for those who don't know, Waze is owned by google and maintained in Israel.

I've been using a few but mostly CoMaps. What I would love to see most in any google maps alternative is voice search, but not sure that is an option outside big tech.

Comaps is what I use because it is free, Osmand+ is what you should use if you are willing to pay a bit, but don't use Organic Maps.

Np, my mobile keyboard sucked too, but it's slowly getting better, using futo keyboard swipe

Whats wrong with organic?
I've used all of these and it felt almost identical to comaps

deflock
Half joking

I wish there was a way to export a pre-calculated route from deflock to CoMaps though that would just be the bees knees

Holy shit im impressed by this project! Vela is degoogled gmaps, like newpipe is an alternative for youtube. Mighty impressive what they have done so far, seems like a new project, keeping my eyes on this one!

Edit: lts ofc entirely AI generated...

I go between FUTO and Helioboard 😅

I use Comaps on my phone and OpenStreetMap data on a Garmin Nuvi I got from the thrift store for $8.

The problem with Here Wego maps and MapQuest that they do contain outdated information, but in Osmand and CoMaps, you can just login and add this information yourself.

https://dontgetflocked.com/app/

Gross thank you for that PSA, will swap.

I pay to use Sygic for turn by turn driving directions and it's been worth it. Can even pay through their website and bypass paying through Google Play, which I feel is a big blind spot for a lot of these services.

Also it's a euro based company, so data sovereignty is possible.

https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/

Despite being advertised as a community-driven project, key decisions, including financial management, partnerships (with Kayak, for instance), and the inclusion of proprietary components in the code were made by a small group of shareholders, often without input from the broader contributor community.
These shareholders have reportedly used the project’s donation funds for personal expenses, like holiday trips, raising serious concerns about financial transparency.

Which is why they forked CoMaps.

Osmand is free on fdroid. Comaps is probably a better google maps substitute for most people though. Osmand has deep features but is comparitively a bit clunky.

This is fucking gold. Thank you so much.