OsmAnd is a map and navigation app for Android and iOS. It uses the OpenStreetMap map database for its primary displays, but is an independent app not endorsed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. It is available in both free and paid versions; the latter unlocks the download limit for offline maps and provides access to Wikipedia points of interest and their descriptions from within the app.
Features
OsmAnd is a map and navigation application with access to the free and worldwide OpenStreetMap data. All map data can be stored on the device's memory card for offline use. Via the device's GPS, OsmAnd offers routing, with visual and voice guidance, for car, bike, and pedestrian. All the main functionalities work both online and offline.
Optional trip recording to local GPX file or online service
Optional speed and altitude display
Display of contour lines and hill-shading
Turn on screen on turn feature
Until version 3.2.7 OsmAnd had a feature allowing the screen to be automatically turned on, when arriving at a turn and shut down after the turn. This significantly reduced the phone's electrical consumption, allowing it to be used as a navigation tool when biking and hiking and competing with specialised GPS devices. Google modified the Play store guidelines to no longer allow applications to turn the screen on or off and deleted the paying application OsmAnd+ from the store on March 2, 2019.. As a result, this feature was removed from the free and paying versions and OsmAnd was reinstated to the Play store. People can still download the free 3.2.7 version as an APK, while turning off the Play Store's auto-update for this application, in order to use this feature.
Calculate public transport routes based off openstreetmap public transport data.
Can avoid certain types of public transport
2020 Roadmap
Place Reviews
Travel + Wikivoyage improvements
Local GPX-access
iOS improvements: Public Transport, Measure Distance, GPX
OpenGL-rendering + 2.5D
Licensing
OsmAnd development is on GitHub and the source code is available under the GPLv3 license. The application is available on Google Play in both a free and a paid version which works as a donation to the developer, unlocks the download limit for offline maps, and provides access to Wikipedia POIs and their description from within the app. A community-compiled version of the full OsmAnd+ named OsmAnd~ without Google Play services dependency is also freely available on F-Droid. Some of the artwork – such as icons, banners, etc. – is licensed under Creative Commons Non-commercial No Derivative Works License with an exception forbidding publishing a fork to main marketplaces. Pull requests from outside contributors – for both the Android and iOS versions – may be accepted under MIT license.
The free version of the app has over 70,000 reviews on Google Play with an aggregrate rating of 4.5 stars. Android Police reviewed OsmAnd in an article about the bestfree and open-source alternatives to Google Maps on Android.
