On the journey to degoogle my life and wanted to ask if the community prefers OSMAnd+ or Organic Maps for driving navigation. I got OSMAnd+ but now started to hear some really good things about organic Maps. Was wondering if I should consider switching.

    • LordChaos82@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks, I just did a quick test and it seems that organic Maps is still not available for Android auto. So will probably stick with OSMAnd+ until I can get rid of my Android auto dependency. I looked at GitHub and it seems that they are working on Android auto support so hopefully it will be ready soon. Keeping fingers crossed 🤞

  • FlashPossum@social.fossware.spaceEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Organic Maps have a much better rendering algorithm - meaning really fast, there is no lag when you scroll the map. OSMAnd has a really huge feature set. Almost anything you image from a map app. But it’s soooo slow. I switched to Organic because I couldn’t take the slowness.

  • lnxtx@feddit.nlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Depends.

    For simple routes Organic Maps is perfect. But if you want to plan complex route (like many waypoints, road avoidance), the OSMAnd+ is better.

    Unfortunately both are tricky on complex highway exits.

  • may_pretender@feddit.roEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t use any for driving, but I can tell you that I switched to OrganicMaps from osmand+ for all other navigation. The main reasons are speed (OM feels a lost smoother and snappier), and functionality (it’s minimal, but just works very well). I had no real use for all the bells and wistles of osmand+, so OM made sense for me.

  • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I just downloaded both yesterday. Do these use the same maps/databases or what’s the difference?

    I noticed OM gives more detailed control about downloading smaller map bits.