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CoMaps is gaining popularity.
It looks nice, but is there a technical reason why every OSM based App needs me to downlad map data before using it, rather than loading it "on the fly" like Google Maps does?
I think they are more focused on being offline apps.
which i also prefer personally tho itd do love to have something like setting up "an Instance" and then pointing it to that map data url simply instead of local device storage :P
Organic Maps was the best map for a long time, so it's not really a surprise that CoMaps, which is the continuity of Organic Maps from the devs, without the toxic parent company, is now at the top
BTW you can download it directly from their website, or install it with Obtainium (to get auto updates) instead of F-Droid. Accrescent still lists Organic and not Co, though
CoMaps has a good UI and the map looks less cluttered, but it lacks quite a few of the features of OsmAnd like public transport routing.
oooo this one looks cool :0
Thanks! :D