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When does this version 5 release on F-Droid?
@Sir_Kevin
After the release of a new OsmAnd main version, it usually takes at least a few weeks, but sometimes several months, until it appears on F-Droid@Sir_Kevin
The F-droid version is unofficial so they’re unlikely to have an answer to that.Well this version is hitting me up for money to download open street maps regions, which itself is a community driven foss project. I’ll stick with the version that supports F-Droid and doesn’t charge me for my own content.
@Sir_Kevin if it’s your own data you probably qualify for the contributors program if you don’t want to help fund development.
OsmAnd is a genuinely amazing app that I have been using for literally 14 years. For everything other than business information, it’s clearly the best in class. Far better than the new kid on the FOSS block Organic Maps, let alone certain commercial apps that shall remain nameless. It’s always a surprise to me how few normies have even heard of OsmAnd. Possibly not helped by the awkward semi-pronouncable name.
I’m just bothered by one thing: the ongoing opacity about OsmAnd’s business model. They provide no explanations at all, despite the slick site and what appears to be an impressive staff list. They need to be more transparent about who’s paying for all this and how.
Osmand isn’t cheap to buy and a lot of people pay for it. Where else do you think their money comes from?
Osmand is slow and too complex on my pixel 9, yet I still use it
Osmand is slow
Yeah, rendering speed is atrocious. Organic Map renders much smoother.
But only on android … It’s blazingly fast on ios
I think I bought it for some 5€ some years ago, osmand+ that is. I thought that was a bargain really. I’ve been using the fdroid one now for a long time, I wanted to donate some more money but they seemed to accept bitcoin only. I’ll have a look if that changed.
Osmand rules.
@bonjour
I think it was something like £2 when I bought it. Now it’s £39.99⁉️https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8483587772816822023
They also have a €3/month subscription for ‘hourly’ map updates (and some cloud sync to compensate for Android getting worse).
https://osmand.net/docs/user/purchases/android
But is it getting very slow these days. Especially with hourly updates turned on.
Osmand is slow and too complex on my pixel 9, yet I still use it
Stock ROM or possibly GrapheneOS?
It’s slow in general, they’re not using vector maps like organic maps do. I love what OsmAnd does but it’s definitely slower to render and more sluggish to navigate than other maps on my FairPhone 5.
Yes, graphene
You enabled exploit protection compatibility mode as mentioned in the link?
It’s FOSS and available free on F-Droid. Small app transactions are not paying for that staff list.
