Release 2025-12-11
Release 2025.12.11 is now out on Google Play, F-Droid, and the iOS AppStore. Updates include adding & editing charging sockets for electrical vehicles in #openStreetMap and a UX refresh to Material 3 on Android.
See all details here: https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-12-14/Release-2025.12.11-notes/
It's such a shame that both CoMaps and even OsmAnd have massive issues with public transport routing - I don't blame them as it's a really complex problem - I just wish I had alternatives to gmaps ;(
I'd bet it's a data issue, not related to the apps themselves. I use a lot of public transport and contribute to OSM as much as I can, but contributing routes really recquires a special kind of commitment, one that likely needs to be paid for, so you can sit the whole routes with your GPS from begin to end. Specially in big cities where routes can take more than an hour, and there are so many.
Do you not have an app run by the public transport company? That's what I use, and it's guaranteed to be up to date
I think processing GTFS data offline and on-device might be really challenging. There's OpenTripPlanner, which is web-based and can be self-hosted on a VPS (an example).
I've tried OsmAnd, CoMaps (Organic) as well as Transportr - out of those OsmAnd seems to be the all around best one - it's still not ideal as it will often not find full addresses or just postcodes and it does have good public transit coverage in my experience but also struggles often enough to make it unreliable in a pinch requiring gmaps as backup. The UX is also a bit clunky but is super feature rich.
Transportr seems to be the best for public transit but coverage is limited and isn't available where I live.
CoMaps is the best UI wise but UX can be lacking (eg it doesn't have an origin destination bar at the top so if you're trying to navigate from a place you're not at you have to click search then the address then click on "route from" then go back and search for the destination then "route to" which is a hassle.) More critically it only has subways so no bus or rail which makes it a bit useless for me.
Also https://cycle.travel/map is really good for cycling but doesn't have an app so I use OsmAnd since it has so much useful customization (tho that may seem overwhelming to some)
also a good option if you want to ski or horseback ride around..
Ah I guess I was thinking of FOSS apps only but HWG looks decent, thanks!
There's a spectrum. And on one end you have GMaps. CoMaps and OSMAnd on the other. Somewhere in between you have these. I think it's a fair trade-off.
It still crashes when I try to get a walking direction... it does not happen with driving or bicycling directions, just walking.
Is it still controlled by the same two "estonians" as organic maps?
I have no idea who is in charge, but why did you put Estonian in scare quotes?
None of the original founders of OM are part of CoMaps, if that answers your question
...what's wrong with Estonians...? 😅
Estonians are great, these guys aren't estonians, they obtained estonian passports so they won't be percieved as r*ssians, which makes it worse. Also they've run mapsme, then sold it and created organic maps and I had an idea that they somehow migrated to this new project as well.
What's wrong with being a Russian? Why even censor yourself to not write "Russians"?
I guess there are Russians and then there are Russians. You know which they meant.
A lot of server software comes out of the box to block IPs from various countries like Russia, China and N Korea. It's because these regions have a much higher rate of nefarious web activity.
If you want to know what's wrong with it, ask these guys why they're pretending to be Estonian.
For real? No, I think I can form an opinion with just these xenophobic comments.
For real, brother.