Cartes is probably the closest thing that I’ve found (besides Apple Maps or Bing Maps).
- You can share links with anyone, and they don’t need a particular app to open it.
- The interface will be familiar to Google maps users.
- It supports leaving reviews for locations.
- It will pull up Wikipedia information and photos if any have been uploaded to Wikimedia or Panoramax.
- It’s really good for public transit routing.
- It’s okay for planning driving routes, but for turn by turn directions you’ll want to use CoMaps (which Cartes has a link to open up the route there).
Thanks it sounds really good
Is this web based only or is there a android app, can’t seem to find it on any app store.
Web based. You can “install” the Web App, but it doesn’t seem to allow for any additional features that I can tell.
For offline modes, CoMaps and OsmAnd+ are my go to.
Openstreetmaps
Android app OSMAnd+
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No android auto support though…
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You can run android auto through graphene.
Comaps is what I use because it is free, Osmand+ is what you should use if you are willing to pay a bit, but don’t use Organic Maps.
Osmand is free on fdroid. Comaps is probably a better google maps substitute for most people though. Osmand has deep features but is comparitively a bit clunky.
Co-maps generally works good for me, bht the bjg disadvantage is it has no traffic data (I think this might be inherently incompatable with standard foss, would love to be wrong though). So my go to when driving is HERE wego, which works well and is up to date (and not evil as far as I know)
Comaps works well for me. If it’s not comprehensive enough, contribute! OSM is crowd-sourced.
I love Organic Maps. Works on Android and IOS. Fully offline (maps predownload at first run) and all route calculation is locally computed so it’s especially good for hiking or where signal is poor.
Only thing I miss is live traffic updates but for me that’s an acceptable tradeoff for the ultimate offline privacy as far as a digital map can do it.
The voice it uses is whatever’s built into the phone’s accessibility features so on some devices it sounds a bit janky, but on Android at least you can install different ones if that bothers you.
https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-04-16/1/?ref=itsfoss.com
Check out CoMaps! Essentially the same.
OrganicMaps: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps
Great Open-source map. Fast and effective. I use it all the time
I’ve just started using MapQuest like many others since the lake ontario thing. It’s been pretty good and I find it a lot more functional and accurate than the Foss options at the moment. It’s not perfect but it’s also not Google or apple.
Magic Earth is good but it’s proprietary and some features require a subscription. I also vote for CoMaps.
I use CoMaps for walking and for searching around, but Magic Earth’s been better for driving. It’s genuinely pretty good, but it sucks that it’s closed source and proprietary, I’ll gladly replace it with CoMaps or another FOSS alternative if one catches up.
I use CoMaps when navigating: https://www.comaps.app/
I also recommend Obtainium for installing it: https://obtainium.imranr.dev/
Osmand is so good, Maps is a shittier alternative these days. I only use Osmand and occasiobaly “gmaps wv” wrapper for google maps from fdroid if I need traffic density.
I use HERE WeGo. I switched over a month ago and haven’t had a problem yet.
I use that too! Kinda clunky but does the job. I prefer CoMaps - it seems smoother - but it doesn’t have all the actual addresses for the little towns I pass through.
