Organic Maps or OSMAnd+
Organic Maps or OSMAnd+
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.
Organic Maps has a more simple approach and is more like Google Maps. OSMAnd~ has a much broader feature set.
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.
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It seems that the new Opengl rendering option has finally made it into the Play store version (earlier this year I think?). For me panning the map is now so much smoother. Do you still experience choppiness?
I prefer Organic Maps honestly.
Organic maps ftw! It never disappointed me as a walker and is super convenient to use
Didn't know about Organic Maps! I always used OSMAnd for navigation.
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.
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.
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.