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2023-05-13

Marine Ways - Nautical Charts (4.6@1,661) Ǥ 8 2
Cruiser (4.6@154) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ [OSM Wiki EN
Magic Earth Navigation & Maps (4.5@24,219) 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OSM Wiki; Test 9/2018 - 10/2020 Interview 9/2019 DE | EN; Test 12/2019 | 8/2020; Datenschutz-Test 10/2021
Parking Plugin — OsmAnd (4.5@2,427) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
Kurviger - Motorcycle Navi (4.5@1,868) Ǥ 11 2 OSM Wiki EN
OsmAnd — Maps & GPS Offline (4.4@162,562) Ǥ 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OsmAnd+ — Maps & GPS Offline (4.5@35,109; ~EUR 30.00) Ǥ 20 1 Github; Wikipedia DE | EN; OSM Wiki DE | EN; Video Review 9/2016 (DE) | 12/2016; Test 9/2018; Video Promo 3/2017; Radfahrer-Testbericht 12/2017; Review 3/2019; Video Tutorial 1/2016; Video Vorstellung 4/2019 (10min) | 3/2020; Praxistest Fahhrad 12/2017-5/2020; Anleitung 9/2020; Vorstellung 12/2020; Izzy's OsmAnd resource collection; IzzyOnDroid Recommendation
Offline Organic Maps Hike Bike (4.4@5,415) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OSM Wiki; download maps on PC; Kurzvorstellung 12/2021; Vorstellung 1/2022 | 10/2022; Offline maps with turn-by-turn navigationbased on OSM data
OsmAnd API Demo (4.4@85) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-12 for developers: test integration with OsmAnd and functioning of the main features
Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps (4.3@1,848,511) Ǥ 23 4 Screencast 7/2019
Naviki – Bike navigation (4.3@19,340) Ǥ 23 6 / Impulse E-Bike Navigation (4.5@1,601) Ǥ 18 4 OSM Wiki EN
Nautical Charts — OsmAnd (4.3@2,161) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Plugin for OsmAnd
Karta GPS Navigation & Traffic (4.2@112,358) Ǥ 20 9 Vorstellung 11/2018; OSM Wiki
Genius Maps Car GPS Navigation (4.2@11,467) Ǥ 19 1 offline navigation & POIs
i-Boating:Marine Navigation (4.2@11,026) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Contour lines plugin — OsmAnd (4.2@2,133; ~EUR 4.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Ski Map Plugin — OsmAnd (4.2@788) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
SmartNavi - GPS independent Na (4.2@659) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2020-10-08 Android Experiment Intro; Github; energy efficient pedestrian navi focusing on internal sensors
Bikemap: Cycling Tracker & Map (4.1@44,599) Ǥ 17 5 Rezension 1/2020
Polaris GPS: Hiking, Offroad (4.1@43,233) Ǥ 14 2
Google Maps (4@16,976,295) Ǥ 37 1 / Google Maps Go (4.2@262,138) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datensammlung 12/2017 - 10/2020; Screencast 7/2019
TomTom GO Navigation (4@231,126) Ǥ 22 8 Vorstellung 4/2015
Guru Maps — GPS Route Planner (4@7,913) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Guru Maps Pro & GPS Tracker (4.2@1,929; ~EUR 60.00) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OSM Wiki
V-Navi (4@7,250) Ǥ 12 6
ViaMichelin GPS Route Planner (3.9@78,655) Ǥ 18 9
AzNav Offline GPS navigation (3.8@25,900) Ǥ 17 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-20
GeoNET. Maps & Friends (3.8@5,044) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OSM & HERE maps; car, bicycle, pedestrian
CoPilot GPS Navigation (3.7@105,077) Ǥ 16 4
C-MAP - Marine Charts (3.7@10,894) Ǥ 33 13 incl. offline maps
MAPS.ME: Offline maps GPS Nav (3.5@1,240,206) Ǥ 19 9 Test 9/2018; OSM Wiki; Maps & POIs
7 Ways Navigator (3.5@22,302) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-10-29 OSM Wiki
ZANavi (3.5@948) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-23 Github
Navmii GPS World (Navfree) (3.4@113,564) Ǥ 17 10 / Navmii GPS USA (Navfree) (4.2@5,994) Ǥ 17 10 OSM Wiki EN
Navitel Navigator GPS & Maps (3.3@212,359) Ǥ 15 4
bGEO GPS Navigation (3.3@3,869) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Maps (3.1@254) Ǥ 11 2 GitLab; FOSS fork of Maps.ME with ads and trackers removed (OSM based)
Navit (2.9@2,438) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-11 Open Source: Github; Navit Wiki; OSM Wiki DE | EN; Wikipedia DE | EN
ADFC Karten & Radroutenplaner (2.9@145) Ǥ 9 2
PocketMaps (2.9@53) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OSM Wiki; offline only; search only by coordinates; street names not always visible
MapQuest: Get Directions (2.6@64,586) Ǥ 14 2
HERE WeGo: Maps & Navigation (2.5@498,791) 12 1 Vorstellung 8/2016; Test 9/2018; Wikipedia DE | EN; requires account with MS to get access to maps
GPS Navigation, Live Traffic, HD Maps - Live Roads (2.5@1,634) Ǥ 12 5 LastUpdate: 2019-08-10 Vorstellung 12/2018; account required?
GPS, Driving directions: maps (0@0) Ǥ 11 6 Online & Offline navigation
Easy Route Finder & Voice Maps (0@0) Ǥ 13 10
GPS Navigation - Route Finder (0@0) 7 5
Truck GPS navigator - Directio (0@0) 5 5
osmin (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; on- and off-road navigation based on OSM

Outdoor Navigation

2023-05-13

Climb The World (5@1) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Rock climbing application that shows individual climbing routes
Windy Maps (4.6@0) Ǥ 19 2
komoot - hike, bike & run (4.5@291,727) Ǥ 26 11 Testbericht 3-5/2019 | 3/2021; Test 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 7/2019: fragwürdig; Video Intro 8/2019
AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run (4.5@188,253) Ǥ 17 11 Video Review 6/2019; Privatspähre-Test 7/2021 full version USD30/year
Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping (4.5@75,254) Ǥ 19 5
All-In-One Offline Maps (4.5@44,262) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ape@map - Hiking Navigation (4.5@7,218) Ǥ 16 1 Desktop Program available; Tour Service, license maps, and more
Locus Map 4 Outdoor Navigation (4.3@54,839) Ǥ 26 6 / Locus Map 3 Classic (4.6@44,925; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 26 2 Video Tutorials for Beginners 2017; Izzy's Locus Ressourcen-Sammlung; Online & Offline; KML/KMZ/KMX Import (POIs/Routen/Bilder), GeoCaching, ANT+ Support
Gaia GPS: Offroad Hiking Maps (4.3@13,863) Ǥ 17 7 Review 6/2018; pro version for ~USD 40/year
E-walk - Hiking offline GPS (4.2@717) 8 1
ViewRanger (4.1@46,492) Ǥ 16 8 OSM Wiki EN; Route Planning, Navigation, LocationSharing
AlpineQuest Explorer Lite (4.1@15,088) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer (4.7@8,260; ~EUR 10.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Guide 7/2019 | 9/2019
OruxMaps GP (4.1@6,298; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 21 2 Wikipedia
Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS (4@78,826) Ǥ 19 3
Trekarta Lite - offline maps f (3.9@71) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Trekarta - offline outdoor map (4.3@218) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OSM Wiki / Github
PathAway Outdoor GPS Navigator (3.6@363) Ǥ 17 3 / PathAway LE (Outdated) (4@20; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 12 1 LastUpdate: 2021-06-02 / PathAway Express (Outdated) (4.8@50; ~EUR 20.00) Ǥ 13 1 LastUpdate: 2021-06-02 Record tracks, capture points, create and follow routes, navigate with online maps. Intended for aviation, boating, off-road driving, hiking, cycling, touring, Geocaching, …
Maverick: GPS Navigation (3.5@29,639) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-25 / Maverick Pro (3.8@15; ~EUR 7.50) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2017-02-16 with Pebble support
BackCountry Nav Topo Maps GPS (3.1@4,786) Ǥ 18 13 LastUpdate: 2021-10-08 / BackCountry Navigator GPS PRO (3.7@6,877; ~EUR 14.00) Ǥ 18 8 Review 6/2018; Track+Waypoint+More
Trailforks (2.1@5,700) Ǥ 25 6 mainly for bicyclers: find trails for MTB & more
Alpi Maps (0@0) 10 1 Github
Wayfinder: Trail Guides & Maps (0@0) Ǥ 7 3
Hikar (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-22 GitLab; overlays camera with virtual sign posts; data from OSM

Other Navigation Apps

2023-05-13

XCSoar (4.8@2,971) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; tactical glide computer and maps
Luftlinie - Navi for Birds (4.8@11) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; an arrow pointing to where your target is
Enroute Flight Navigation (4.7@442) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; flight navigation app for VFR pilots
MapFactor Navigator (4.4@994,618) Ǥ 19 13 works offline (must download maps); car/pedestrian/bus/bicycle; search by address/poi/coords; needs ~100 MB initial download (plus maps) on first start
Geovelo - Bike GPS & Stats (4.4@15,284) Ǥ 15 6 bike navigation, bike sharing & more
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic (4.3@8,636,783) Ǥ 39 4 Test 9/2018
Bike Citizens Cycling App GPS (4.1@6,160) Ǥ 19 3 navigator, cycle route planner, bike tracker & more
TrekMe - GPS trekking offline (4.1@345) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
OSMfocus Reborn (4.1@7) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; help improving accuracy of OSM data
Naviator (4@1,110) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-21 from pilots – for pilots; 30d trial, then subscription
Avare (3.8@6,094) Ǥ 17 2 Github; Wikipedia EN; Video Tutorials (channel); Aviation GPS
BRouter Offline Navigation (3.7@1,281) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Radreise-Wiki: Vorstellung und Einrichtung; Video-Vorstellung 4/2020 (~10min); offline bike routing
DotWalker Pro (3.6@137) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-16 text based navigation application for the visually impaired
TrackyTry, Off-road GPS naviga (3.3@1,563) 8 1 / TrackyPro, Off-road GPS naviga (3@484; ~EUR 3.00) 8 1
A Better Routeplanner (ABRP) (3.2@2,155) Ǥ 28 3 learn and plan your trips with an Electric Vehicle
GPS Map Camera & Compass (2.2@949) Ǥ 14 5
The Tours (0@0) Ǥ 15 6 Switzerland: motor bike tours & navigation
GetBack GPS (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; find your way back to a previously visited location
GraphHopper Maps (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; online routing & navigation with OSM maps and Grashopper API
Touchless Map (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-10-16 Github
WairToNow (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Aviation
OSMfocus (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-05 GitLab; help improving accuracy of OSM data
BwareArea (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-27 Github; Offline POI alerter
OpenTopoMap Viewer (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Screencast 1/2019
OpenOrienteering Mapper (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-11 Github; create maps for the orienteering sport
Tileless Map (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-15 Github; Offline Map
WalkersGuide (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; navigational aid for the blind and visual impaired based on OpenStreetMap

Further Readings:

Category Marine: Boat & more (specifically: Maritime Navigation)
Category Locus Maps & OsmAnd Resources
The 4 Best Apps to Navigate Mountain Biking Trails and Avoid Getting Lost (11/2022)
The Best 6 Apps for EV Route Planning (9/2022)
Navi-Apps: Diese Top 5 geben Orientierung – und noch mehr (8/2021)
The 7 Best Map Apps for Getting Directions Somewhere (7/2021)
The 9 Best Compass Apps for Android (4/2021)
Die besten kostenlosen Navi-Apps für iOS und Android (7/2020)
GPS-Apps zur Tourenplanung und Navigation (4/2020 - 5/2022)
Die fünf besten Navi-Apps: So kommst du immer ans Ziel (2/2020 - 8/2021)
Top 15 Free GPS Navigation Apps for Android and iOS (1/2019 - 6/2022)
The 8 Best Free Offline GPS Navigation Apps for Android (12/2018 - 1/2023)
Navigations-Apps: Welche sind datenschutzfreundlich? (9/2018)
Navigations-Apps für Android bringen Euch entspannt ans Ziel (6/2015 - 9/2016)
Offline-Maps in Android: Diese Kartendienste funktionieren ohne Internet (5/2014 - 4/2019)
The best GPS app and navigation app options for Android (with many embedded videos; 4/2014 - 2/2022)
Google Maps: Tipps & Tricks, um schnell und sicher ans Ziel zu kommen (10/2013 - 10/2019)
10 Most Reliable Android GPS Navigation Apps to Bet your Life with (8/2013 - 11/2019)
Outdoor Navigation
- The 10 Best Apps for Mountain Biking (3/2014 - 12/2016)
- Segel-Apps für Ihr Mobiltelefon, Smartphone und Tablet (8/2013 - 5/2021)

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