Organic Maps

Organic Maps puts a full offline navigation system on your phone without asking for anything in return. No account, no ads, no tracking. Download the maps you need over Wi-Fi, and from that point the app works without any internet connection at all.

It covers driving, cycling, and walking with voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. Hikers and cyclists get extra detail: trail routes, elevation profiles, and contour lines. You can bookmark places, import GPX tracks, and search for addresses and points of interest. All of this runs on OpenStreetMap data, which gets refreshed every two weeks.

It's lightweight too. Less storage and battery drain than Google Maps, and it runs fine on older phones. Available on iOS, Android, and Linux desktop.

Worth knowing

Organic Maps is simpler than alternatives like OsmAnd. That's a deliberate choice, but it means no public transit routing, no real-time traffic, and no street-level imagery. Search results can be hit-or-miss depending on how well your area is mapped in OpenStreetMap. The project had a community fork in 2025 (CoMaps) over governance concerns, worth watching if long-term project direction matters to you.