Organic Maps
offline navigation as a replacement for map.me, fully offline simpler navigation as a companion tool
It's a zero-friction, fully offline navigation companion, but lacks the features and polish of mainstream map apps.
as a full-featured Google Maps alternative
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FIRST-HAND READS
What people reported, in their own words. Every line links to where it was said.
“Organic Maps shows me a hiking trail I didn't know existed. Guess which one I opened last”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-07-11
“I use Organic Maps over CoMaps simply because Organic Maps is available in Accrescent”
LUKEWARM · Hacker News · 2026-07-08
“Organic Map starts showing my neighbourhood. That's the simple reason I'm using Organic Maps”
POSITIVE · ease of use · Hacker News · 2026-07-07
“the lower contrast and washed-out colors compared to Organic Maps were a poor choice so I switched back to OM”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-07-06
“much more useful and detailed than Google Maps. I find it much easier to locate myself on Organic Maps than Google Maps. For example parks are only a green blob on Google Maps, while benches, walking paths, drinking water points, toilets and other landmarks and buildings are visible on Organic Maps. I find that adding transit lines or cycling routes as an overlay is also a great feature.”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-07-06
“Organic Maps was my go to app for a navigation app where you can fix errors yourself immediately! So much better than having to work for free on the proprietary apps”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-07-05
“Organic Maps[1] is very good. OSM data and offline-first is the way forward for detailed and _fast_ map experience.”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2026-07-05
“I use maps from OpenStreetMap through Organic Maps 90% of the time. I am satisfied if that is the extent of my relationship with them.”
POSITIVE · Hacker News · 2026-05-27
“Organic Maps is great for offline. It even did better directions in Europe recently”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-03-23
“submit a new Place to OSM which wasn't possible in Organic Maps at the time I switched over”
NEGATIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-03-23
“switched back to Organic Maps (where the original real good devs are)”
POSITIVE · Hacker News · 2026-02-27
“I like Organic Maps because it isn't full of the social things”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-02-17
“I love Organic Maps for offline navigation and exploration. They even download wiki articles about popular tourist attractions!”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-01-15
“For that I use apps that use OSM like Organic Maps or now CoMaps.”
POSITIVE · Hacker News · 2025-11-08
“regularly use OsmAnd~ or Organic Maps with offline maps and on-device routing for actual navigation”
MIXED · features · Hacker News · 2025-07-27
“Organic Maps was sending me trough small streets I would have shared with cars”
NEGATIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2025-07-26
“Ogranics Maps working fast even if I switch between Organic Maps and other apps!”
MIXED · performance · Hacker News · 2025-06-11
“it wouldn't pull in updates from OSM in a timely manner. Like I updated something in OSM and a month later it still wasn't available in organic maps”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2025-05-12
“I like Organic Maps for being more lightweight, quicker rendering & simpler configuration”
MIXED · performance · Hacker News · 2025-05-12
“Organic Maps has hiking trails etc fairly well indicated where Google does not”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2025-05-12
“I like Organic Maps for being more lightweight, quicker rendering & simpler configuration than OSMand”
MIXED · performance · Hacker News · 2025-05-12
“I use organic maps for hiking, because its just simple offline trail mapping”
MIXED · ease of use · Hacker News · 2025-05-12
“Organic Maps showed a trail down, but if it was meant to be a trail, it hadn't been used or maintained in at least a century. It was completely irresponsible to go down it”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2025-04-19
“Organic maps has been amazing - just download the map ahead of time and never get lost again”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2025-03-31
“Since I switched to Organic Maps I see trails, artwork, parks, scenic views, etc, etc that I never knew existed even in my own neighborhood”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2025-03-30
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