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On Android, Osmand works very well.

• makomk 8y ago
  I've found it rather slow and temperamental, plus their business model of charging for access to map updates basically means that you have to pay them to use corrections you contribute to OSM.
  • craftyguy 8y ago
    > plus their business model of charging for access to map updates Not sure what you are talking about, but I am not prompted to pay for updates. In fact, I'm installing some updates and new maps right now. Even the 'live' feature works. I am using the f-droid version of the app though, so maybe that's the difference?
    • jraph 8y ago
      The version in f-droid provides anything free, which the version in google play does not. This app is excellent. I'll probably donate. I would be totallly comfortable with doing this if they made their UI free, making osmand a completely free software. I which I could use it on a regular computer, or if a web service provided something similar to what we get with osmand, the experience of its offline search included. Next step would be mapillary providing a free app to contribute to their database or osmand providing a way to do it.
  • maxerickson 8y ago
    They charge $9, which is basically just covering server resources. I haven't done it in quite some time, but if that is overly burdensome, it is also possible to avoid needing access to their servers by building a map file yourself.
• Spivak 8y ago
  I feel like I'm crazy when people recommend Osmand and have a good experience. I've tried and tried to like it but I can't even type in an address and have it find it. Other apps based on OSM seem to manage just fine -- I'm not exactly in an obscure location.