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It's just a pity the apps aren't quite there on Android. I find MapFactor Navigator to be clunky and outright confusing, Telenav Scout is only available in the

It's just a pity the apps aren't quite there on Android. I find MapFactor Navigator to be clunky and outright confusing, Telenav Scout is only available in the US, Skobbler seems to have been withdrawn (at least, it's not accessible in the UK Play Store), and OSMAnd is great for what it is, but has no traffic information, and is a bit guileless in selecting a route - certainly enough so it's not sensible to trust it for long journeys.

lucb1e 12y ago
From my experience OsmAnd routes equally well or better than other applications. I've only once caught it giving me suboptimal directions, our old TomTom has a much longer history of weird moves. Google Maps seems to do as well as OsmAnd, though I hardly ever use it.
bad_user 12y ago
Skobbler has been acquired by Telenav and they have been releasing updates to their apps. I'm surprised you're saying they have been withdrawn, as I got this app on all of my Androids: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.forevermapng https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.f... I personally love it - it's cheap, it's polished and it works.
- Brakenshire 12y ago
  Yes, I was hoping to use that app- I can see that in the US webstore, but nothing comes up searching for it on my UK phone. Maybe they're half-way in transitioning from Skobbler to Scout, and they've removed the former without adding the latter. But I'm pretty certain it's been like this for weeks if not months, because I've looked unsuccessfully before.
  - bad_user 12y ago
    I'm from Romania, so it isn't just in the US. Maybe the app has problems in the UK that need to be fixed, as your zip codes are nonnumerical and you're driving on the wrong side of the road :-) They had an update in September, so it's alive. You could contact them at support@skobbler.com … BTW, I care about them because the company may have been German but the developers were Romanians :)

lucb1e 12y ago

From my experience OsmAnd routes equally well or better than other applications. I've only once caught it giving me suboptimal directions, our old TomTom has a much longer history of weird moves. Google Maps seems to do as well as OsmAnd, though I hardly ever use it.

bad_user 12y ago

Skobbler has been acquired by Telenav and they have been releasing updates to their apps. I'm surprised you're saying they have been withdrawn, as I got this app on all of my Androids: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.forevermapng https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.f... I personally love it - it's cheap, it's polished and it works.

Brakenshire 12y ago
Yes, I was hoping to use that app- I can see that in the US webstore, but nothing comes up searching for it on my UK phone. Maybe they're half-way in transitioning from Skobbler to Scout, and they've removed the former without adding the latter. But I'm pretty certain it's been like this for weeks if not months, because I've looked unsuccessfully before.
- bad_user 12y ago
  I'm from Romania, so it isn't just in the US. Maybe the app has problems in the UK that need to be fixed, as your zip codes are nonnumerical and you're driving on the wrong side of the road :-) They had an update in September, so it's alive. You could contact them at support@skobbler.com … BTW, I care about them because the company may have been German but the developers were Romanians :)