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2022-09-20

Marine Ways - Nautical Charts (4.6@1,661) Ǥ 8 2
Cruiser (4.6@119) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ [OSM Wiki EN
Parking Plugin — OsmAnd (4.5@2,426) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
OsmAnd — Maps & GPS Offline (4.4@144,521) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OsmAnd+ — Maps & GPS Offline (4.5@32,617; ~EUR 25.00) Ǥ 19 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
Magic Earth Navigation & Maps (4.4@21,390) 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
OsmAnd API Demo (4.4@78) 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@1,828,750) Ǥ 24 6 Screencast 7/2019
Naviki – Bike navigation (4.3@18,721) Ǥ 23 7 / Impulse E-Bike Navigation (4.5@1,555) Ǥ 17 7 OSM Wiki EN
Nautical Charts — OsmAnd (4.3@2,126) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27 Plugin for OsmAnd
Kurviger - Motorcycle Navi (4.3@1,492) Ǥ 13 2 OSM Wiki EN
Karta GPS Navigation & Traffic (4.2@107,517) Ǥ 20 9 Vorstellung 11/2018
Offline Organic Maps Hike&Bike (4.2@3,670) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation
Ski Map Plugin — OsmAnd (4.2@787) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
SmartNavi - GPS independent Na (4.2@658) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2020-10-08 Android Experiment Intro; Github; energy efficient pedestrian navi focusing on internal sensors
TomTom GO Navigation (4.1@221,020) Ǥ 22 7 Vorstellung 4/2015
Polaris GPS: Hiking, Offroad (4.1@42,778) Ǥ 14 2
i-Boating:Marine Navigation Ma (4.1@10,205) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Contour lines plugin — OsmAnd (4.1@2,126; ~EUR 4.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-17
Google Maps (4@16,307,391) Ǥ 36 2 / Google Maps Go (4.2@237,438) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datensammlung 12/2017 - 10/2020; Screencast 7/2019
Bikemap: Cycling Tracker & Map (4@41,424) Ǥ 17 5 Rezension 1/2020
V-Navi (4@7,250) Ǥ 12 6
Guru Maps - Offline Navigation (4@6,663) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Guru Maps Pro (4@1,845; ~EUR 60.00) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ViaMichelin GPS Route Planner (3.9@77,986) Ǥ 17 9
AzNav Offline GPS navigation (3.9@25,315) Ǥ 17 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-20
GeoNET. Maps & Friends (3.9@5,035) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OSM & HERE maps; car, bicycle, pedestrian
MAPS.ME: Offline maps GPS Nav (3.7@1,221,164) Ǥ 22 9 Test 9/2018; Maps & POIs
C-MAP - Marine Charts (3.7@9,992) Ǥ 33 14 incl. offline maps
CoPilot GPS Navigation (3.6@104,441) Ǥ 16 4
7 Ways Navigator (3.5@22,238) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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@113,664) Ǥ 17 10 / Navmii GPS USA (Navfree) (4.2@6,005) Ǥ 17 10 OSM Wiki EN
bGEO GPS Navigation (3.3@3,823) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Navitel Navigator GPS & Maps (3.2@210,080) Ǥ 15 4
Maps (3.1@254) Ǥ 15 2 GitLab; FOSS fork of Maps.ME with ads and trackers removed
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
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
ADFC Karten & Radroutenplaner (2.8@137) Ǥ 9 2
MapQuest: Get Directions (2.6@63,377) Ǥ 14 2
HERE WeGo: Maps & Navigation (2.5@497,294) 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 12 9
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

2022-09-20

Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping (4.6@69,135) Ǥ 17 4
Windy Maps (4.6@0) Ǥ 19 2
Komoot: Bike Trails & Routes (4.5@272,097) Ǥ 26 7 Testbericht 3-5/2019 | 3/2021; Test 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 7/2019: fragwürdig; Video Intro 8/2019
All-In-One Offline Maps (4.5@39,896) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
ape@map - Hiking Navigation (4.5@7,143) Ǥ 16 1 Desktop Program available; Tour Service, license maps, and more
AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run (4.4@118,565) Ǥ 18 16 Video Review 6/2019; Privatspähre-Test 7/2021 full version USD30/year
Locus Map 4 Outdoor Navigation (4.3@52,725) Ǥ 26 5 / Locus Map 3 Classic (4.7@43,866; ~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
OruxMaps GP (4.3@6,081; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 20 2 Wikipedia
Gaia GPS: Offroad Hiking Maps (4.2@11,510) Ǥ 16 10 Review 6/2018; pro version for ~USD 40/year
E-walk - Hiking offline GPS (4.2@695) 8 1
ViewRanger (4.1@46,492) Ǥ 16 8 OSM Wiki EN; Route Planning, Navigation, LocationSharing
AlpineQuest Explorer Lite (4.1@14,129) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer (4.8@7,713; ~EUR 10.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Guide 7/2019 | 9/2019
Trekarta Lite - offline maps f (3.9@71) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Trekarta - offline outdoor map (4.6@163) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OSM Wiki / Github
Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS (3.8@72,417) Ǥ 18 2
PathAway Outdoor GPS Navigator (3.7@360) Ǥ 17 4 / PathAway LE (Outdated) (4@20; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 12 1 / PathAway Express (Outdated) (4@50; ~EUR 20.00) Ǥ 13 1 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@29,359) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-25 / Maverick Pro (3.4@2,596; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2017-02-16 with Pebble support
BackCountry Nav Topo Maps GPS (3.1@4,754) Ǥ 18 13 / BackCountry Navigator TOPO GPS (3.5@6,848; ~EUR 14.00) Ǥ 17 7 Review 6/2018; Track+Waypoint+More
Trailforks (2@5,315) Ǥ 23 9 mainly for bicyclers: find trails for MTB & more
Wayfinder: Trail Guides & Maps (0@0) Ǥ 7 3
Hikar (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; overlays camera with virtual sign posts; data from OSM

Other Navigation Apps

2022-09-20

XCSoar (4.8@2,932) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; tactical glide computer and maps
Enroute Flight Navigation (4.7@380) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; flight navigation app for VFR pilots
MapFactor Navigator (4.5@992,764) 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@12,956) Ǥ 15 6 bike navigation, bike sharing & more
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic (4.3@8,573,102) Ǥ 36 4 Test 9/2018
TrekMe - GPS trekking offline (4.1@322) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
OSMfocus Reborn (4.1@7) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; help improving accuracy of OSM data
Naviator (4@1,104) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-21 from pilots – for pilots; 30d trial, then subscription
Avare (3.8@5,975) Ǥ 17 2 Github; Wikipedia EN; Video Tutorials (channel); Aviation GPS
Bike Citizens Cycling App GPS (3.8@5,773) Ǥ 17 3 navigator, cycle route planner, bike tracker & more
TrackyTry, Off-road GPS naviga (3.6@1,564) Ǥ 9 1 / TrackyPro, Off-road GPS naviga (3.2@485; ~EUR 3.00) 8 1
DotWalker Pro (3.6@136) 17 text based navigation application for the visually impaired
BRouter Offline Navigation (3.5@1,235) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Radreise-Wiki: Vorstellung und Einrichtung; Video-Vorstellung 4/2020 (~10min); offline bike routing
GPS Map Camera & Compass (2.2@937) Ǥ 14 5
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
Luftlinie - Navi for Birds (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; an arrow pointing to where your target is
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) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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

Further Readings:

Category Marine: Boat & more (specifically: Maritime Navigation)
Category Locus Maps & OsmAnd Resources
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)
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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