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2019-08-06

AzNav Offline GPS navigation (4.6@16,691) Ǥ 16
MAPS.ME – Offline maps, guides and navigation (4.5@1,077,942) Ǥ 14 Test 9/2018; Vorstellung 5/2013 | 12/2014; Video Review 7/2013 | 1/2014; Maps & POIs
GPS Navigation System, Traffic & Maps by Karta (4.5@71,285) Ǥ 22 Vorstellung 11/2018
Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps (4.4@1,554,917) Ǥ 29 Video Review 3/2013; Review 2/2013 | 10/2013; Testbericht 3/2014; Screencast [7/2019](https://invidio.us/watch?v=y78etMC-TgE
HERE WeGo – City Navigation (4.4@457,068) Ǥ 18 Vorstellung 2/2015 | 8/2016; Kurzvorstellung 12/2014; Test 9/2018; Wikipedia DE | EN; requires account with MS to get access to maps
Polaris GPS Navigation: Hiking, Marine, Offroad (4.4@33,889) Ǥ 11 Video Review 10/2013; Test 11/2013
Parking Plugin — OsmAnd (4.4@2,334) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
Ski Map Plugin — OsmAnd (4.4@744) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
OsmAnd API Demo (4.4@48) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-12 for developers: test integration with OsmAnd and functioning of the main features
Maps - Navigate & Explore (4.3@10,463,351) Ǥ 39 / Google Maps Go - Directions, Traffic & Transit (4.2@34,111) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Review 7/2013; Review 7/2013; Testbericht 10/2013; Datensammlung 12/2017 | 9/2018; Screencast 7/2019
Offline Maps & Navigation (4.3@165,385) Ǥ 23 LastUpdate: 2017-06-17
ViaMichelin GPS Traffic Speedcam Route Planner (4.3@70,017) Ǥ 23
GPS Navigation & Maps - Scout (4.3@59,412) Ǥ 17 / GPS Navigation & Maps - USA (4.1@239) Ǥ 17 / GPS Navigation & Maps -- Scout (4.3@476) Ǥ 17 Vorstellung 11/2012 | 11/2012 | 11/2012 | 5/2013; Online & Offline
Magic Earth Navigation & Maps (4.3@11,772) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Test 9/2018 - 11/2018
GPS Route Finder & Maps (4.3@3,241) 3 drive, walk; find nearby ATM etc.
Maps, GPS Navigation & Directions, Street View (4.2@212,644) Ǥ 8 Maps, navigation, food near, travel planner & more
CoPilot GPS Navigation & Traffic (4.2@97,533) Ǥ 16 / CoPilot UK + Ireland Sat-Nav (4@7,709; ~EUR 20.00) Ǥ 11 Review 8/2012 | 1/2014; Video Review 11/2012; Advertorial 11/2014
OsmAnd — Offline Travel Maps & Navigation (4.2@64,900) Ǥ 16 / OsmAnd+ — Offline Travel Maps & Navigation (4.4@16,383; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 16 Github; Video Review 9/2016 (DE) | 12/2016; Review 10/2013; Test 9/2018; Review 3/2019; Video Tutorial 1/2016; Video Vorstellung 4/2019 (10min); Izzy's OsmAnd resource collection; IzzyOnDroid Recommendation
CamOnRoad Car DVR & AR-driver assistance (4.2@16,362) Ǥ 20
GPS Map: Navigation & maps (4.2@9,324) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-06-14
GPS Route Finder Maps (4.2@6,929) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2016-09-25 drive & walk
bGEO GPS Navigation (4.2@2,963) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Gps Navigation App (4.2@327) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 car, pedestrian, truck; speed cams
GPS Navigation & Direction (4.2@32) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-12-18
TomTom GPS Navigation - Live Traffic Alerts & Maps (4.1@147,384) Ǥ 22 Vorstellung 4/2015
MapQuest: Directions, Maps & GPS Navigation (4.1@55,513) Ǥ 15
7 Ways Navigator (4.1@20,738) Ǥ 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
V-Navi (4.1@7,095) Ǥ 17
GeoNET. Maps & Friends (4.1@4,590) Ǥ 12 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ OSM & HERE maps; car, bicycle, pedestrian
Navigation (4.1@3,426) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-08-25
Nautical Charts — OsmAnd (4.1@1,856) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27 Plugin for OsmAnd
NavMe for Pebble (4.1@1,607) Ǥ 12 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ brings Google navigation to your Pebble
Navmii GPS World (Navfree) (4@113,452) Ǥ 23 / Navmii GPS USA (Navfree) (4@5,984) Ǥ 23
Wisepilot - GPS Navigation (4@35,883) Ǥ 16 / Wisepilot for XPERIA™ (4@63) Ǥ 18 LastUpdate: 2018-01-30 Video Demo 2/2012
Contour lines plugin — OsmAnd (4@1,865; ~EUR 3.50) 0 LastUpdate: 2017-11-17
SmartNavi - GPS independent Navigation (4@619) Ǥ 14 Android Experiment Intro; Github; energy efficient pedestrian navi focusing on internal sensors
Location Tracker (3.8@753) Ǥ 10 car, bicycle, pedestrian
Maps (3.8@174) Ǥ 14 GitLab; FOSS fork of Maps.ME with ads and trackers removed
HUDWAY — GPS Navigation HUD (3.7@3,714) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2016-10-18
Online 3D Maps (3.6@5; ~EUR 11.00) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-07 cars, bicycles, pedestrians (OSM based)
GPS Navigation, Live Traffic, HD Maps - Live Roads (3.5@1,132) Ǥ 11 Vorstellung 12/2018; account required?
ZANavi (3.5@948) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-06-23 Github
Navit for Android (3.1@2,412) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Open Source: Github; Navit Wiki
PocketMaps (2.9@53) 8 Github; offline only; search only by coordinates; street names not always visible
GPS Navigation - Drive & Bike home with City Maps (0@31) Ǥ 18 Vorstellung 12/2012; Test 11/2013
Magic Earth Pro Navigation (0@11) Ǥ 20 LastUpdate: 2017-09-26 Vorstellung 8/2013; subscription fees

Outdoor Navigation

2019-08-06

OruxMaps GP (4.7@4,072; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 16 Test 8/2012; Review 1/2013; Video-Review 12/2013; Wikipedia
Komoot — Cycling, Hiking & Mountain Biking Maps (4.6@92,481) Ǥ 21 Testbericht 2/2012 | 6/2013 | 3-5/2019; Vorstellung 3/2014; Test 4/2013 | 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 7/2019: fragwürdig
Avenza Maps - Offline Mapping (4.6@24,422) Ǥ 13
AllTrails: Hiking, Running & Mountain Bike Trails (4.5@30,386) Ǥ 16 Video Review 6/2019; full version USD30/year
Trailforks (4.5@1,698) Ǥ 13 mainly for bicyclers
Locus Map Free - Hiking GPS navigation and maps (4.4@41,923) Ǥ 25 / Locus Map Pro - Outdoor GPS navigation and maps (4.7@32,528; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 20 Testbericht 12/2012; Vorstellung 11/2013 | 3/2014; Video Tutorials for Beginners 2017; Izzy's Locus Ressourcen-Sammlung; Online & Offline; KML/KMZ/KMX Import (POIs/Routen/Bilder), GeoCaching, ANT+ Support; Ǥ-free version available
All-In-One Offline Maps (4.4@21,018) 7
AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer (Lite) (4.4@8,054) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer (4.7@4,587; ~EUR 8.00) 8
Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS (4.3@30,861) Ǥ 19
Outdoor and Hiking Navigation (4.3@6,343) Ǥ 14 Test 3/2014; Desktop Program available; Tour Service, license maps, and more
ViewRanger: Trail Maps for Hiking, Biking, Skiing (4.2@37,693) Ǥ 17 Video Intro 4/2012; Route Planning, Navigation, LocationSharing
E-walk - Offline hiking & trekking (4.2@347) 8 / E-walk - Offline hiking & trekking (4.9@34; ~EUR 5.00) 8
Maverick: GPS Navigation (4.1@27,157) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-25 / Maverick Pro (4.2@2,395; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2017-02-16 Video Review 11/2012; with Pebble support
Gaia GPS: Hiking, Hunting Maps (4.1@2,300) Ǥ 14 Review 6/2018; pro version for ~USD 40/year
MapLab - GPS - Offroad - Offline - Maps - Tracker (4.1@20) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
PathAway GPS Outdoor Navigator (4@286) Ǥ 12 / PathAway LE - Outdoor GPS Nav (3.8@21; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 12 / PathAway Express - Outdoor GPS (3.7@47; ~EUR 20.00) Ǥ 12 Video Demo 5/2012; Record tracks, capture points, create and follow routes, navigate with online maps. Intended for aviation, boating, off-road driving, hiking, cycling, touring, Geocaching, …
BackCountry Nav Topo Maps GPS - DEMO (3.9@4,432) Ǥ 19 / BackCountry Navigator TOPO GPS PRO (4.5@6,433; ~EUR 16.00) Ǥ 17 Vorstellung 9/2013; Review 6/2018; Track+Waypoint+More
Trekarta Lite - offline maps for outdoor activity (3.8@29) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Trekarta - offline maps for outdoor activities (4.2@70; ~EUR 0.75) 4 Github / Github

Other Navigation Apps

2019-08-06

Waze - GPS, Maps, Traffic Alerts & Live Navigation (4.6@7,550,409) Ǥ 33 Test 9/2018; Intro 8/2012; Video Review 8/2013; Review 1/2014
Avare (4.6@4,854) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Aviation GPS
MapFactor GPS Navigation Maps (4.5@962,860) Ǥ 17 Kurzvorstellung 4/2012 | 2/2014; Vorstellung 7/2013 | 7/2014; Video Review 10/2013; Video Demo 7/2015; works offline (must download maps); car/pedestrian/bus/bicycle; search by address/poi/coords; needs ~100 MB initial download (plus maps) on first start
TrekMe (4.5@8; ~EUR 5.00) 6 Github
Geovelo - bike GPS (4.3@2,628) Ǥ 16 bike navigation, bike sharing & more
BRouter Offline Navigation (4.2@885) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; offline bike routing
GPS Map Camera - Compass & Navigation (4.2@623) Ǥ 11
Tracky GPS Navigation+ Compass (4.1@1,555) Ǥ 8 / Tracky GPS Navigation +Compass (4.3@459; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 9
DotWalker Pro (4.1@111) 17 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ text based navigation application for the visually impaired
Naviator (4@1,005) Ǥ 15 Video Overview 1/2012; from pilots – for pilots; 30d trial, then subscription
Bike Citizens - Bicycle GPS (3.7@3,010) Ǥ 17
Touchless Map (0@0) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-10-16 Github
BwareArea (0@0) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Offline POI alerter
OpenTopoMap Viewer (0@0) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
TilelessMap (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Offline Map

Further Readings:

Category Marine: Boat & more (specifically: Maritime Navigation)
Category Locus Maps Resources
Top 15 Free GPS Navigation Apps for Android and iOS (1/2019)
Navigations-Apps: Welche sind datenschutzfreundlich? (9/2018)
Serie: Die beliebtesten Navigations-Apps im Check (9/2018)
Navigations-Apps für Android bringen Euch entspannt ans Ziel (6/2015 - 9/2016)
App-Schau: 10 Navi-Apps für Android und iOS (2/2016)
15 Google Maps tips & tricks everyone should know (8/2015)
How To Turn Your Android Phone Into The Ultimate GPS Navigator (6/2014)
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 - 2/2019)
5 best Android satnav apps: Navigate with your smartphone or tablet (3/2014)
Android navigation app that provides real time display of current speed? (2/2014)
Google Maps: Tipps & Tricks, um schnell und sicher ans Ziel zu kommen (10/2013 - 3/2019)
10 Most Reliable Android GPS Navigation Apps to Bet your Life with (8/2013 - 2/2017)
Outdoor Navigation
- The 10 Best Apps for Mountain Biking (3/2014 - 3/2016)
- Fahrrad-Navigation-Apps für Android- Erfahrungsbericht Fahrrad-Navi-Urlaub (8/2013)
- Segel-Apps für Ihr Mobiltelefon, Smartphone und Tablet (8/2013)

2019-08-15

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