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bossito lemmy.world bossito@lemmy.world
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soaringbirdie lemmy.zip soaringbirdie@lemmy.zip
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Does anyone have a good replacement for Google Maps? I feel like options like OpenStreetMap and Here We Go don't have many points of interest, especially in smaller cities. The ones that do exist are often not up to date. It's a tedious job updating POIs yourself

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Attacker94 lemmy.world Attacker94@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-02
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Does anyone have a good replacement for Google Maps? I feel like options like OpenStreetMap and Here We Go don't have many points of interest, especially in smaller cities. The ones that do exist are often not up to date. It's a tedious job updating POIs yourself

As far as I am aware, open street maps is the most mature non corporate maps app, I think unfortunately at present you have to deal with its quirks or run apple or google maps.

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john_t piefed.ee john_t@piefed.ee
Joined: 2025-08-21
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We're mainstream baby, yeah!

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IanTwenty piefed.social IanTwenty@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-17
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Does anyone have a good replacement for Google Maps? I feel like options like OpenStreetMap and Here We Go don't have many points of interest, especially in smaller cities. The ones that do exist are often not up to date. It's a tedious job updating POIs yourself

Have you tried comaps? Once you login to OSM via settings it's not too bad to edit places directly.

https://f-droid.org/packages/app.comaps.fdroid

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jello programming.dev jello@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-12-08
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Have you tried comaps? Once you login to OSM via settings it's not too bad to edit places directly. https://f-droid.org/packages/app.comaps.fdroid

I do this all the time. The great thing is that you get your edits first, meaning you don't have to wait for them to be public before using them.

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JiffyBag feddit.org JiffyBag@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Does anyone have a good replacement for Google Maps? I feel like options like OpenStreetMap and Here We Go don't have many points of interest, especially in smaller cities. The ones that do exist are often not up to date. It's a tedious job updating POIs yourself

For travel, I've tried CoMaps and CityMapper and Magic Earth

I always end up coming back to CityMapper because its nicely made and does what I need best; which is public transport routes.

But it sounds like maybe you're looking for ALL THE OTHER STUFF; reviews, opening times, menus, etc. for local businesses?

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erebion news.erebion.eu erebion@news.erebion.eu
Joined: 2025-11-20
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Does anyone have a good replacement for Google Maps? I feel like options like OpenStreetMap and Here We Go don't have many points of interest, especially in smaller cities. The ones that do exist are often not up to date. It's a tedious job updating POIs yourself

Not sure whether that is the right thing for your use-case, but mapy.com (Czech Republic) works extremely well for satellite view, their images often are of higher quality than those of Google.

EDIT: I also prefer heir simple no-bullshit UI.

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Europellinore europe.pub Europellinore@europe.pub
Joined: 2025-03-31
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As far as I am aware, open street maps is the most mature non corporate maps app, I think unfortunately at present you have to deal with its quirks or run apple or google maps.

All other non-us maps mentioned here are, afaik, based on openstreetmap. OpenStreetMap itself is a database rather than a useful googlemaps replacement for navigation etcetera.
Apps like Mapy and CoMaps are more useful for day-to-day use.

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An Otter feddit.org ottieplod@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-01-27
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I recently switched to Fairphone 6 with e/OS/ and loving it so far. Almost everything works just as smoothly as on Google android. A few apps need a bit of fiddling around to get them to work but it's totally worth it.

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Just_Lyin lemmy.org Just_Lyin@lemmy.org
Joined: 2026-02-24
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Does anyone have a good replacement for Google Maps? I feel like options like OpenStreetMap and Here We Go don't have many points of interest, especially in smaller cities. The ones that do exist are often not up to date. It's a tedious job updating POIs yourself

A separate device by Garmin.

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djdarren piefed.social djdarren@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-07
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Non paywalled link, if anyone wants it.

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NorskSud piefed.social NorskSud@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-21
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Non paywalled link, if anyone wants it.

Ah? There's no paywall at the Guardian, just a banner you can easily close.

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djdarren piefed.social djdarren@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-07
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Ah? There's no paywall at the Guardian, just a banner you can easily close.

Yes, if you're happy to agree to accepting their cookies. Otherwise you have to pay.

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sachamato lemmy.world sachamato@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
#15 · Quote Reply

For travel, I've tried CoMaps and CityMapper and Magic Earth I always end up coming back to CityMapper because its nicely made and does what I need best; which is public transport routes. But it sounds like maybe you're looking for ALL THE OTHER STUFF; reviews, opening times, menus, etc. for local businesses?

Thanks just downloaded city mapper for my next trip. Looks awesome!

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NorskSud piefed.social NorskSud@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-21
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Yes, if you're happy to agree to accepting their cookies. Otherwise you have to pay.

Ah ok..

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Malta Soron sopuli.xyz maltasoron@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-04-24
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I recently switched to Fairphone 6 with e/OS/ and loving it so far. Almost everything works just as smoothly as on Google android. A few apps need a bit of fiddling around to get them to work but it's totally worth it.

Do banking apps work as well?

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djdarren piefed.social djdarren@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-07
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Ah ok..

In fairness, I opened the link on my dekstop with uBlock, and the cookie banner was filtered away. But not on my phone.

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An Otter feddit.org ottieplod@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-01-27
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Do banking apps work as well?

They do! I'm banking with three different banks and have no problems. The apps were all available directly on the e/OS/ Appstore. So there was no need to use any shady tricks to get them.

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spipau feddit.org spipau@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-08-03
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Do banking apps work as well?

There is also a curated community list of working banking apps:

https://community.e.foundation/t/list-banking-apps-on-e-os/

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Malta Soron sopuli.xyz maltasoron@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-04-24
#21 · Quote Reply

They do! I'm banking with three different banks and have no problems. The apps were all available directly on the e/OS/ Appstore. So there was no need to use any shady tricks to get them.

Nice, that's good to know! Thanks!

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Malta Soron sopuli.xyz maltasoron@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-04-24
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There is also a curated community list of working banking apps: https://community.e.foundation/t/list-banking-apps-on-e-os/

Thanks!

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