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by tripzilch 3047 days ago
What. Reading this thread I was thinking maybe it's time to give OSMAnd another go. Currently using a combination of Maps.me and Google Maps.

But with only 7 map downloads I might as well not bother. Even just the Netherlands is more than 10 map downloads and you probably want at least a piece of Germany too.

On the one hand, OSMAnd felt like it was more accurate or well-behaved in some sense. But the interface was just so confusing (a few years ago), there were a couple of unlabeled icons for its major functions that were (to me) just too generic and could mean any of map/directions/route/search/location related. Even after a long period of use I found myself confusing these icons, having to tap-and-try and navigate (hah) myself through the navigation app.

... so did I understand correctly that the F-Droid version of OSMAnd does not have the 7 map limitation either?

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It's $10 normally, $5 right now! Not expensive for anyone with a European income (And the same for many other regions).

Not wanting to pay for that is fine, whatever, but it's not exactly over the top for the people building the app and running the map infrastructure to charge a fee.