You'll use it if you're exploring a foreign city and have data roaming turned off, or if you drive into a dead zone during a road trip. Here are the best free offline GPS apps for Android. Google Maps offers a way to download and save regional maps for offline useyou just need to do a little preparation before you leave home.
To download a map, tap on the More menu three horizontal lines in the upper-left corner, then select Offline Maps. Google will recommend some maps for you to download based on your home and frequent locations.
You can also tap Select Your Own Map to download another area. The maximum size of the map you can download is 2GB, which equates to roughly x miles. The app automatically deletes any downloaded maps after 30 days without an internet connection.
For more advice, check out essential Google Maps tips for planning a trip. Download: Google Maps Free. The company has an agreement with TomTom, allowing it to provide offline maps for every country in the world.
Other noteworthy features include free map updates, voice-guided GPS navigation, and pedestrian GPS navigation for when you're on foot. The app can even help save you money. If you have an internet connection, it will automatically alert you about the cheapest nearby parking lots and gas stations, as well as providing information about upcoming speed cameras. Sygic offers both a free and a paid version. You can try the paid version for seven days when you first download the app.
OsmAnd is another popular map app that works offline. There's also an online mode for the times when you have a reliable data connection. The GPS part of the app has a number of key features.
In some countries, the offline map even boasts features such as opening times and accepted payment methods of stores. Lastly, this is an app skiers should have. There's a paid plugin which shows route maps for many of the world's most popular resorts. Download: OsmAnd Free, premium version available. ME is a complete free GPS app. If you need offline navigation, it's definitely worth checking out.
In offline mode, you can enjoy a full-featured search function, voice navigation, re-routing calculation, and public transportation. You will also see restaurants, ATMs, and places of interest. If you're online, you can share your location with friends, add bookmarks, and even make hotel bookings without leaving the app.
This makes it a great Android app for traveling. The developers behind the app have also made a promise. All maps and features will be free forever; there are no plans to introduce a pricing structure. ME is ad-supported and you can pay to remove them. Download: MAPS. ME Free. When you fire up the app for the first time, it will prompt you to download maps for offline usage.
That's because there is no online map function here. Instead, the app offers more than standalone individual maps to choose from, including 56 in Europe and 53 in the Americas. The maps are organized by country, but densely populated areas have sub-regions available. You can also find maps for speed cameras in certain areas. Each map pulls its data from OpenStreetMap. Based on the same OpenStreetMap data as Maps. Me, OSMand provides the same level of accuracy in a very different package.
If anything, it provides a little too much map data. OSMand offers rich offline navigation, including turn-by-turn voice guidance, re-routing and search. OSMand comes in both a free and paid version. The free version limits you to 10 map downloads one of which must be the world base map and some map add-ons, such as like contour lines, need to be paid for.
It's a very different experience to most Android maps and you'll need to register if you want to download maps for offline use. Once you've done that, you'll be able to download unlimited free offline maps.
HERE offers turn-by-turn navigation, search, satellite and traffic imagery, and an altogether different feel to an offline map. You can even set HERE to stay offline, so that it doesn't suddenly start consuming data again. If you're looking for a fresh take on offline maps, especially one that looks different from the others, give HERE a try. Locus Map Free, as clumsily named ass it is, is a cracking free maps app for those who love the great outdoors.
You can use Locus to plan, edit, record and save trips, as well as share them with your friends and family. It features geocaching, meaning you can download maps for offline use.
There's also an audio coach for sports tracking, live tracking like you can do in WhatsApp to show somewhere where you are, and smart GPS technology that saves you battery life. Bonus tip: Did you know you can quite often find offline maps for a specific city in the Play Store too?
You can also download zoom-able PDFs for transit, city streets or points of interest for most major travel destinations in the world. They're a great alternative to occasionally rather large offline maps if storage space is at a premium. Thank you. It was ery interesting. My favorite offline map is maps me i use this long time then.
Navigator is the best - fact - not even listed - google should not be in the top ten. Google maps app is the best. I have never used other apps mentioned here. So, I would like to try out them. Thanks for giving info about other apps. You never used other apps than Google Maps. And then you are saying that it is the best? Where is the logic? Sygic uses TomTom maps. It is not free but it is very nice. Locus Maps should be on this list. It has the ability to overlay one map semi-transparently over another, and is possibly the only free mapping app in Android that supports interactive MBTiles files.
The software is free, but it uses Ordnance Survey maps that can be purchased as individual sheets. There were a few teething problems, but I did manage to get it working. Mapyx have improved their instruction sheet, although it is still necessary to read it carefully and follow the instructions exactly.
Mapyx have been resisting releasing Quo for Android for several years, wanting people to buy their own navigational devices, mainly for walking. Now that they have released it, I think it will become very popular in the UK, as the maps are excellent. OSMand does not provide "too much data". For one, there is no such thing, two, the closest i could get to the addresses i wanted was cross streets. It would not allow me to search for specific addresses, yes i was online at the time, with all necessary maps downloaded.
Want to get these kinds of Map or other apps based on Android or iOS or both. I prefer Google Maps for online navigation and searching locations as it's very user friendly. Kris, heres one you should consider. Fulcrum is a great app for plotting your own maps: the app can use different basemaps, you can build custom data collection forms in order to create your own maps, and the trial is full featured and free for 30 days - www.
Magic Earth It's not just free, it also features high quality routes, lane information, speed limits and road signs and crystal clear instructions. Walking with Magic Earth guides you to your destination in the blink of an eye. The plain 2D map, crystal clear route and accurate position will make finding your hotel or restaurant so much easier. Hi Kris. Is Maps. Me best solution for me to navigate totally offline during my trip to Europe.
I will not have access to internet at all. ME, but not so much for offline navigation.
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