Announcing CoMaps! Navigate with Privacy - Discover more of your journey!

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Exciting News! We’re thrilled to announce the release of CoMaps to Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid!

CoMaps Highlights

  • Offline Search and Route: Plan and navigate your trips without internet
  • Saves battery: Efficient design that does not drain your battery
  • Privacy-respecting: no identify people, no tracking, no data collection
  • Free and No Ads: completely free, your journey is smooth

What makes CoMaps special?
CoMaps is a community-driven open-source navigation app

· Open & Transparent: All decisions are made in public, with full transparency.

· Community Empowerment: You have a voice in how the app evolves.

· Free & Not-for-Profit: Our focus is on creating value for the community, not generating profit.

Download CoMaps Today
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.comaps.google
Apple App Store: ‎CoMaps on the App Store
F-Droid: CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

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I will give it a try

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I think it’s worth noting CoMaps is a fork of Organic Maps. I have been an enthusiastic Organic Maps user for years, and I’m glad to see the CoMaps project building upon that work.

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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share something that caught my attention - CoMaps was founded in 2025 by former Organic Maps contributors and they just released to Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid.

The Organic Maps codebase was forked due to concerns about the project’s governance, transparency, and the potential for shareholder profit at the expense of the community. The new app focuses on privacy and keeps everything open source.

Has anyone tried it yet ? Curious to hear thoughts on how this might affect the OSM ecosystem. Always interesting to see new projects built on our data!

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Yes, Im’ testing it (iOS TestFlight)
I wonder if the both teams will cross-merge the both sources.

Addendum:
Ich meine keine Daten sondern Code/Funktionen

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I didn’t see any function with which Organic Maps data could be migrated to the new app. Taking into consideration there’s probably people who would like to move to the new app, it could be useful.

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Both apps have export & import functionality for bookmarks & tracks. As far as I’m aware the formats are still compatible with each other.

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Worked perfectly for me.exported my bookmarks from OM and imported them to CM.
Deleted OM and now a happy CoMaps user.

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dare I suggest very meekly, in small text, that it would not be a terrible idea if the Organic Maps codebase were forked into an official app called “OpenStreetMap” with the source living at OpenStreetMap on GitHub · GitHub

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(Text size is a secret markup?)
Well, OM/CM it’s not the only “solution”, there is Osman to,
which I plain personally don’t like because it looks to much Android
and overloaded funktions/UD.

While OM/CM download tiles just to large, to long to download in case (off a hurry).

And I wan’t Editing integrated (GoMap!!!)
and StreetComplete and …

:point_right: “Don’t complain, participate” :point_left: … :wink:

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Not sure if you’re aware, but if you tap on a POI in CoMaps and select “Open in Another App” you can open the location in GoMap :slight_smile:

I use this integration quite frequently to start editing OSM.

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Sure, you can export bookmarks and tracks from Organic Maps. But how at least downloaded maps could be moved to CoMaps easily? If there’s slow internet, for instance.

It could be easier to migrate, when you don’t have to download maps you already have.

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I expect this to be impossible, as one app has no access to internal files of another app.

And Organic Maps is unlikely to be willing to support map data sharing with CoMaps.

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Each app chooses which features (based on OSM tags) will be stored in map file and how.
I think they are no longer compatible with each other.

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