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2022-08-06

Offline Organic Maps Hike&Bike (4.8@3,268) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation
Marine Ways - Free Nautical Charts (4.6@1,661) Ǥ 8 2
Cruiser (4.6@113) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ [OSM Wiki EN
OsmAnd — Maps & GPS Offline (4.5@140,776) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / OsmAnd+ — Maps & GPS Offline (4.5@32,122; ~EUR 25.00) Ǥ 17 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
Parking Plugin — OsmAnd (4.5@2,427) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
Magic Earth Navigation & Maps (4.4@20,874) 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@1,822,935) Ǥ 23 6 Screencast 7/2019
Karta GPS Navigation & Traffic (4.3@106,410) Ǥ 18 10 Vorstellung 11/2018
Naviki – Bike navigation (4.3@18,404) Ǥ 23 7 / Impulse E-Bike Navigation (4.5@1,544) Ǥ 18 7 OSM Wiki EN
Nautical Charts — OsmAnd (4.3@2,121) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27 Plugin for OsmAnd
Kurviger - Motorcycle Navi (4.3@1,221) Ǥ 12 2 OSM Wiki EN
Ski Map Plugin — OsmAnd (4.2@787) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-27
SmartNavi - GPS independent Navigation (4.2@658) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2020-10-08 Android Experiment Intro; Github; energy efficient pedestrian navi focusing on internal sensors
Polaris GPS: Hiking, Offroad (4.1@42,608) Ǥ 14 2
i-Boating:Marine Navigation Maps & Nautical Charts (4.1@10,046) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Contour lines plugin — OsmAnd (4.1@2,124; ~EUR 4.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-17
TomTom GO Navigation (4@217,903) Ǥ 22 7 Vorstellung 4/2015
Bikemap: Cycling Tracker & Map (4@40,031) Ǥ 17 5 Rezension 1/2020
V-Navi (4@7,250) Ǥ 12 6
Google Maps (3.9@16,083,661) Ǥ 36 2 / Google Maps Go (4.2@231,863) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Datensammlung 12/2017 - 10/2020; Screencast 7/2019
ViaMichelin GPS Route Planner (3.9@77,652) Ǥ 17 9
AzNav Offline GPS navigation (3.9@25,135) Ǥ 17 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-20
Guru Maps - Offline Navigation (3.9@6,364) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Guru Maps Pro (4@1,815; ~EUR 60.00) Ǥ 11 1
GeoNET. Maps & Friends (3.9@5,036) Ǥ 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OSM & HERE maps; car, bicycle, pedestrian
MAPS.ME: Offline maps GPS Nav (3.8@1,218,181) Ǥ 22 9 Test 9/2018; Maps & POIs
C-MAP - Marine Charts (3.8@9,750) Ǥ 32 14 incl. offline maps
CoPilot GPS Navigation (3.6@104,283) Ǥ 17 4
7 Ways Navigator (3.5@22,211) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ OSM Wiki
ZANavi (3.5@948) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-06-23 Github
Navmii GPS World (Navfree) (3.4@113,685) Ǥ 17 10 / Navmii GPS USA (Navfree) (4.2@6,001) Ǥ 17 10 OSM Wiki EN
bGEO GPS Navigation (3.3@3,813) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Navitel Navigator GPS & Maps (3.1@209,485) Ǥ 15 4
Maps (3.1@254) Ǥ 16 2 GitLab; FOSS fork of Maps.ME with ads and trackers removed
Navit for Android (2.9@2,438) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Open Source: Github; Navit Wiki; OSM Wiki DE | EN; Wikipedia DE | EN
PocketMaps (2.9@53) 7 Github; OSM Wiki; offline only; search only by coordinates; street names not always visible
ADFC Karten & Radroutenplaner (2.8@135) Ǥ 9 2
MapQuest: Get Directions (2.7@63,125) Ǥ 14 2
HERE WeGo: Maps & Navigation (2.5@496,754) 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 - Direction, Route Finder (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

2022-08-06

Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping (4.6@67,450) Ǥ 17 4
Windy Maps (4.6@0) Ǥ 20 2
Komoot: Bike Trails & Routes (4.5@263,176) Ǥ 26 11 Testbericht 3-5/2019 | 3/2021; Test 9/2018; Datenschutz-Check 7/2019: fragwürdig; Video Intro 8/2019
ape@map - Hiking Navigation (4.5@7,120) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Desktop Program available; Tour Service, license maps, and more
AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run (4.4@95,884) Ǥ 19 18 Video Review 6/2019; Privatspähre-Test 7/2021 full version USD30/year
All-In-One Offline Maps (4.4@39,002) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Locus Map 4 Outdoor Navigation (4.3@52,206) Ǥ 26 5 / Locus Map 3 Classic (4.7@43,617; ~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@10,942) Ǥ 16 10 Review 6/2018; pro version for ~USD 40/year
OruxMaps GP (4.3@6,017; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 20 2 Wikipedia
E-walk - Hiking offline GPS (4.2@676) 8 1
ViewRanger (4.1@46,447) Ǥ 16 8 OSM Wiki EN; Route Planning, Navigation, LocationSharing
AlpineQuest Explorer Lite (4.1@13,963) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer (4.8@7,576; ~EUR 10.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Guide 7/2019 | 9/2019
Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS (3.9@70,617) Ǥ 18 4
Trekarta Lite - offline maps for outdoor activity (3.9@71) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Trekarta - offline maps for outdoor activities (4.6@159; ~EUR 0.75) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OSM Wiki / Github
PathAway Outdoor Navigator (3.7@358) 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@29,291) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-25 / Maverick Pro (3.4@2,585; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2017-02-16 with Pebble support
BackCountry Nav Topo Maps GPS - DEMO (3@4,743) Ǥ 18 13 / BackCountry Navigator TOPO GPS PRO (3.4@6,842; ~EUR 14.00) Ǥ 17 7 Review 6/2018; Track+Waypoint+More
Trailforks (1.9@5,220) Ǥ 22 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

2022-08-06

XCSoar (4.8@2,922) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; tactical glide computer and maps
Enroute Flight Navigation (4.7@365) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; flight navigation app for VFR pilots
MapFactor Navigator (4.5@991,897) 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
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic (4.4@8,554,074) Ǥ 36 4 Test 9/2018
Geovelo - bike GPS & stats (4.4@12,182) Ǥ 16 6 bike navigation, bike sharing & more
TrekMe - GPS trekking offline (4.3@313) 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@1,101) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-21 from pilots – for pilots; 30d trial, then subscription
Bike Citizens Cycling App GPS (3.9@5,656) Ǥ 17 3 navigator, cycle route planner, bike tracker & more
Avare (3.8@5,955) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Wikipedia EN; Video Tutorials (channel); Aviation GPS
TrackyTry, Off-road GPS navigation (3.7@1,563) 8 1 / TrackyPro, Off-road GPS navigation (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@1,226) 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@934) Ǥ 14 5
GetBack GPS (0@0) 1 Github; find your way back to a previously visited location
GraphHopper Maps (0@0) 3 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 LastUpdate: 2020-04-27 Github; Offline POI alerter
OpenTopoMap Viewer (0@0) 7 Github; Screencast 1/2019
OpenOrienteering Mapper (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; create maps for the orienteering sport
Tileless Map (0@0) 5 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)

2022-08-07

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