OsmAnd — Maps & GPS Offline

Chinook_ADV

I really do love this app for off-grid navigation. It's really really really powerful and not at all intuitive. Many of the functions are buried in menus and submenus, so something as s simple as uploading and following a GPX file is really tedious. I also wish it could work off of routes developed on Basecamp or something. That said, it has all the features you could want, and is my main nav for more complex trips. For simple nav, I just use Google Maps and download the maps.

A Google user

Gives directions very poorly, with very little notice. Doesn't say what street you're turning on most of the time, and is constantly "recalculating" even when you follow the directions. Worst navigation app I've tried yet. EDIT: I tried it on several routes in Albuquerque, NM, and it never gave more than 2/10 mile notice about a turn, except on the freeway, where it gave 4/10 mile. The only street names it gave for turns were the major intersections. Residential, business, or even minor through-streets were rarely, if ever, named. Thinking about it, I suppose it's possible that this was why the app kept saying "recalculating," since I had no way to verify if I was turning on the correct street, or a street too early, since the only notice I got was 2/10 mi or "turn right."