What is the best-in-class iOS app using OpenStreetMap? For iPhone, MagicEarth lo...

Terretta · on Feb 9, 2021

Arguably, “Windy Maps” is up there:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/windy-maps/id1201228182

Same devs as the stunning https://www.windy.com/ weather site which also has an app:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/windy-com/id1161387262

If you're more about hiking, maybe “Gaia GPS Hiking, Offroad Maps”:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gaia-gps-hiking-offroad-maps/i...

DavideNL · on Feb 12, 2021

I wonder what's the best-in-class iOS app using OpenStreetMap in terms of privacy.

Functioning offline without sharing your location (or data derived from it) with some big-tech company selling it for $.

habi · on Feb 13, 2021

OsmAnd (https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/osmand-maps-travel-navigate/id...) does only collect usage data and diagnostics according to the App Store.

habi · on Feb 13, 2021

Mapy.cz (https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/mapy-cz/id411411020?l=en) does collect some data (see App Privacy in the App Store), but is not linked to „your identity“.

habi · on Feb 13, 2021

Magic Earth (https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/magic-earth-navigation-maps/id...) does not collect any data according to the App Store.

DavideNL · on Feb 13, 2021

Magic Earth seems the best option of the apps mentioned, as they collect no data at all, indeed.

Thank you!

blendergeek · on Feb 10, 2021

Have you tried OsmAnd?

Their iOS offering has gotten fairly good recently. It does cost a small amount of money to get the full version. The free version is complete (it is only limited in how many regions you can download) and more than useful for trying it out.

tppiotrowski · on Feb 10, 2021

I have been using maps.me for about 5 years. It is becoming more and more commercialized but it's fast and has a simple interface.

blendergeek · on Feb 10, 2021

Maps.me was recently purchased by a weird payments company and replaced with a generic reference MapBox OSM app.

This might have been reverted later but it was big on HN a few weeks ago.

andrewshadura · on Feb 10, 2021

It was reverted, but a fork started nevertheless, OMaps, currently in an early stages of development.

https://github.com/omapsapp

Matrix chat: https://matrix.to/#/#omapsapp:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=...