Best offline
GPS maps apps for Android
As much as we appreciate Google's extensive Maps app, it's
got a very serious weakness that has allowed relatively smaller companies to
compete: offline navigation.
Thankfully, the Play Store does not want for offline
navigation maps, of which there are plenty. Many of them are free, but many
also have some type of limitations to them that the developers have put in
order to motivate you to buy the full version.
HERE MAP
- You can now download maps in the background — no need to
wait around for them to finish
- You can also download voices to your SD card
- Turn-by-turn voice-guidance volume has been adjusted, so
you can hear directions more clearly
- You can now use HERE on devices with 64-bit processors
- Featured in the Guardian, the New York Times, TechCrunch,
Forbes, CNET, Mashable and more
- New, interactive 3D maps of shopping centers and airports
in 70 countries
- The route planner shows driving, public transit and
walking routes on one screen so you can compare options at a glance
- You can now tap on any place icon on the map to find out
more about it and how to get there
- Traffic incidents show you what's causing jams before you
have to find out first-hand
- You can now download maps in the background — no need to
wait around for them to finish
- You can also download voices to your SD card
- Turn-by-turn voice-guidance volume has been adjusted, so
you can hear directions more clearly
- You can now use HERE on devices with 64-bit processors
- Featured in the Guardian, the New York Times, TechCrunch,
Forbes, CNET, Mashable and more
CoPilot GPS
- Navigation App
Sit back and enjoy the drive with your own personal CoPilot
navigation.
CoPilot is the high performance GPS navigation app to get
you where you’re going safely, reliably and most importantly enjoyably.
Join over 14 million drivers and professional fleets
worldwide that trust CoPilot’s high quality offline maps for fast and accurate
guidance, even when there’s no mobile coverage or you’re navigating abroad.
*****As featured on Engadget, CNET, Auto Express *****
INCLUDES FREE 7 DAY TRIAL OF VOICE-GUIDED NAVIGATION AND
ACTIVETRAFFIC™:
• Offline
navigation: street maps stored on-board your Android
• Clear
voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions with text-to-speech technology
• Driver-friendly
3D guidance display shows you the way at every turn
• Lane
indicator arrows, highway exit sign post information and realistic ClearTurn™
view to help you at complex junctions
• Real-time
ActiveTraffic™ and predictive time-of-day routing helps you avoid delays, so
you’ll arrive on-time and stress-free, every time
• Automatic
routing and fast recalculation if you miss a turn
• Safety
camera alerts with free database updates (not available in North America,
France or Switzerland)
• Unique
directions only view and motion lock for safer driving
• CommuteMe™
automatically learns your favourite route to and from work, and checks it for
traffic every day
• Speed
limit warnings and speedometer
• Accurate
ETAs so you know when you’ll arrive
• And much,
much more…
GET USE OF VOICE-GUIDED NAVIGATION IN-APP
If you enjoy your drive with CoPilot (and we’re confident
you will!), you can purchase voice-guided navigation options via in-app
purchase in MyCoPilot > Features & Upgrades.You can also purchase a 12
month ActiveTraffic subscription and get additional map regions throughout the
world.
FREE BASIC FEATURES:
After the 7 day trial, you can still enjoy the following
features for free:
►
Offline 2D street maps
►
Comprehensive multi-stop trip planning tools to plan detailed routes before you
go
► Huge
database of pre-loaded POIs to easily find local restaurants, gas stations, car
parks and other useful places
► View
your complete itinerary & preview every turn direction
► Drag
and drop route editing
►
Useful local search with Yelp, Wikipedia and Google*
►
Walking mode
MAPS AVAILABLE:
►
Download any one of the following countries/regions for free:
• Europe:
Choose one of the following countries/regions - UK & Ireland, Balkans,
BeNeLux, Russia, Central Eastern Europe, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland),
France, Greece, Iberia, Italy, Nordics, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
• North
America: USA & Canada
• Australasia:
Australia & New Zealand
• Southern
Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and Botswana
• Middle
East/GCC: Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE
• South
East Asia: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and
Thailand
• India
• Brazil
MAPS.ME
–Offline Map & Routing
Get instant access to detailed maps of all countries from
anywhere in the world! No internet connection is required.
↪︎ ROUTING IS OUT ↩︎
Get driving directions from your current location to any
spot on a single map.
➣ Over 15M downloads worldwide.
➣ TOP 1 mobile travel app in more than 100 countries.
➣ Featured in Forbes, TechCrunch and Washington Post.
Optimised for your phone and tablet (even without 3G).
➣ ROUTING. Receive map directions to a specific location.
Never get lost again with GPS navigation.
➣ WORKS EVERYWHERE. Download any map for free. Useful at home
and essential for travel with 345 countries and islands covered. Paris, France?
Check. Amsterdam, Netherlands? Check. Barcelona, Spain? Check. New York, USA?
Check! Rome, Italy? Check. London, UK? Check. Pare-Pare? Yeah, that’s
Indonesia. Check!
➣ HIGHLY DETAILED. Offline maps just got better! There’s
millions of points-of-interest (POI) to discover: search for restaurants,
tourist attractions and destinations, gas/petrol stations, ATM machines, metro/
subway stations and more. Up-to-date map data is added daily by map users
worldwide – www.openstreetmap.org – open-source alternative to Google
Maps/GMaps and MapQuest.
➣ NO INTERNET NEEDED. Maps work when no internet connection
is available. Forget about roaming charges when travelling abroad.
➣ INCREDIBLY FAST. One of the fastest offline maps ever.
Displays map when others don’t. Innovative map data compression makes MAPS.ME
offline maps remarkably small. Save memory on your device.
FEATURES
➣ Bookmarks of places. Create and import/export from other
maps for easy access anytime. KML/KMZ files are supported.
➣ Offline search. Locate everything you need on the maps
and use it as a travel guide!
➣ Location-sharing. Let your friends and family know where
you are! Send a pin of any place on the map via email or SMS.
➣ Auto-follow mode. When enabled, the map automatically
orients itself to the direction you are moving.
GPS
Navigation & Maps Sygic
Sygic: GPS Navigation & Maps is The World’s Most
Installed Offline turn-by-turn GPS navigation App for Android powered by TomTom
Maps. Navigation and Maps are installed on the SD card so there is no need for
an Internet connection when navigating. Map and app updates are FREE every 3
months.
You can enjoy free navigation, gps, offline TomTom maps,
POIs, route planning & free map updates.
To get the most of the navigation, upgrade to premium and
enjoy high-end lifetime features: 3D maps, real-time turn-by-turn voice-guided
navigation, lane guidance, speed limit warnings & junction view with lane
indicator arrows at complex intersections.
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FEATURES
• Intuitive voice navigation in different languages
• High quality TomTom maps stored on the device
• Cross-border routing & navigation without the need to
switch between countries or to a less detailed map
• Works with GPS only, internet is not needed
• Millions of free pre-installed POIs
• Free map updates & Free POI database updates
• Free updates of Fixed speed cameras
• Head-up Display (HUD) available as in app purchase
• 7-digit postal codes
• 3D Cities & Landscape for easy orientation
• Pedestrian navigation to walk and explore
• Dynamic Lane Guidance for safe lane changes
• Junction View to highlights highway exists
• Warnings for exceeded Speed Limit
• Warnings for fixed speedcams
• Police trap warnings from other drivers
• Spoken Street Names to focus on the road
• Three Alternative Routes to choose from
• Easy Drag & Drop route editing
• Waypoints for places you want to visit
• Avoid Toll Roads on your route
• Graphics optimized for tablet & HD displays
• Car Audio Integration – Bluetooth or cable
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ADD-ON FEATURES (in-app purchase)
• Traffic service to avoid delays in your daily commute
• Get navigation instructions from Homer Simpson & other
original celebrity voices
• Premium online speed cameras with 300 000 mobile speedcam
locations each month
• Head Up Display (HUD) projects GPS navigation onto your
windshield
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MAPS AVAILABLE FOR FREE:
Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Canary Islands, Colombia, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia,
Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary,
Chile, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy,Israel, India, Kenya, Kuwait,
Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia,
Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Congo, Reunion,
Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Vatican, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, India, Saint Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Saint Martin,
Martinique, Iceland, Lebanon, Jordan, Burundi, Rwanda.
Osm And Maps
& Navigation
OsmAnd (OSM Automated Navigation Directions) is a map and
navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality
OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. All map data can be stored on your device's memory
card for offline use. Via your device's GPS, OsmAnd offers routing, with
optical and voice guidance, for car, bike, and pedestrian. All the main
functionalities work both online and offline (no internet needed).
Some of the main features:
Navigation
• Works online (fast) or offline (no roaming charges when
you are abroad)
• Turn-by-turn voice guidance (recorded and synthesized
voices)
• Optional lane guidance, street name display, and estimated
time of arrival
• Supports intermediate points on your itinerary
• Automatic re-routing whenever you deviate from the route
• Search for places by address, by type (e.g.: restaurant,
hotel, gas station, museum), or by geographical coordinates
Map Viewing
• Display your position and orientation on the map
• Optionally align the map according to compass or your
direction of motion
• Save your most important places as Favorites
• Display POIs (point of interests) around you
• Can display specialized online tile maps
• Can display satellite view (from Bing)
• Can display different overlays like touring/navigation GPX
tracks and additional maps with customizable transparency
• Optionally display place names in English, local, or
phonetic spelling
Use OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia Data
• High quality information from the best collaborative
projects of the world
• Global maps from OpenStreetMap, available per country or
region
• Wikipedia POIs, great for sightseeing (not available in
free version)
• Free download, directly from the app (download limit 10
map files in free version)
• Always up-to-date maps (updated at least once a month)
• Compact offline vector maps
• Select between complete map data and just road network
(Example: All of Japan is 700 MB, or 200 MB for the road network only)
• Also supports online or cached tile maps
Safety Features
• Optional automated day/night view switching
• Optional speed limit display, with reminder if you exceed
it
• Optional speed-dependent map zooming
• Share your location so that your friends can find you
Bicycle and Pedestrian Features
• The maps include foot, hiking, and bike paths, great for
outdoor activities
• Special routing and display modes for bike and pedestrian
• Optional public transport stops (bus, tram, train)
including line names
• Optional trip recording to local GPX file or online
service
• Optional speed and altitude display
• Display of contour lines and hill-shading (via additional
plugin)
Directly Contribute to OpenStreetMap
• Report map bugs
• Upload GPX tracks to OSM directly from the app
• Add POIs and directly upload them to OSM (or later if
offline)
• Optional trip recording also in background mode (while
device is in sleep mode)
OsmAnd is open source and actively being developed. Everyone
can contribute to the application by reporting bugs, improving translations, or
coding new features. The project is in a lively state of continuous improvement
by all these forms of developer and user interaction. The project progress also
relies on financial contributions to fund the development, coding, and testing
of new functionalities. By buying OsmAnd+ you help the application to be even
more awesome! It is also possible to fund specific new features, or to make a
general donation on osmand.net.
Very approximate map coverage and quality:
• Western Europe: ****
• Eastern Europe: ***
• Russia: ***
• North America: ***
• South America: **
• Asia: **
• Japan & Korea: ***
• Middle East: **
• Africa: **
• Antarctica: *
Maverick:
GPS Navigation
Use offline maps and GPS even without an internet
connection. This app is great for hiking, boating, geocaching and other outdoor
activities.
• Multiple global and regional online maps, including: Bing,
Yandex, Open Street Maps, OSM Cycle, OSM Public Transport, Multimap (UK),
OutdoorActive (Germany, Austria, South Tyrol), Cykloatlas, HikeBikeMap
(Germany), Open Piste Map, NearMap (Australia) and many other maps.
All maps automatically cached for offline use. Use Mobile
Atlas Creator to download maps or MAPC2MAPC to convert maps from other formats.
• Share your current or planned position
You can send address, GPS coordinates, link to Google Maps
and even map image.
• Navigate easily
Build-in radar shows the direction, distance and estimated
time to a point of interest.
• Save places you visit
All waypoint stored in KML file and can be viewed and edited
in Google Earth.
• Record tracks with single tap
Tracks are recorded in GPX format and can be viewed in
Google Earth and other software.
• Upload tracks to GPSies
Free account is required for uploading.
• Trip Computer
Watch speed, altitude, pitch and many other values.
Only in Pro version:
• Unlimited waypoints and tracks
• Lock compass to bearing
• UTM and OSGB grids
• FourSquare support
MapFactor:
GPS Navigation
MapFactor Navigator is a free turn-by-turn GPS navigation
app for Android phones and tablets using OpenStreetMaps data. Maps are
installed on the SD card so there is no need for an Internet connection when
traveling. Map and app updates are FREE every month.
Voice guidance
* intuitive voice navigation in different languages
* door to door route planning
* cross-border routing without the need to switch between
countries or to a less detailed map
* overview of the upcoming manoeuvre and distance shown on
the screen
GPS satellite navigation
* 2D/3D mode allows realistic visual map display
* day/night modes switch colour schemes for day or night
time driving
* map rotates in driving direction, or north up
Searching
* find nearest points of interest
* postcodes
* full GB postcodes (1.8 million)
Speed cameras
* hear audible warnings as you approach speed cameras
Features
* add your own favourite locations and routes
* routing modes for car, pedestrian, truck
* route avoidance - block off certain road from your route
------------ OpenStreetMap data ------------
= Europe
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guernsey
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle Of Man
Italy
Jan Mayen
Jersey
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Postcode - Ordnance Survey
Vatican City
= America
Antigua And Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Caribbean Netherlands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Crozet Islands
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts And Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
St Pierre And Miquelon
Suriname
The Bahamas
Turks And Caicos Islands
Trinidad And Tobago
Uruguay
United States of America
Virgin Islands
Venezuela
Wallis And Futuna
= Asia
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
Democratic Republic Of Timor Leste
Gaza Strip
China
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Qatar
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Union Of Myanmar
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
= Australia
Australia
Federated States Of Micronesia
Fiji
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
= Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea Bissau
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome And Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
United Republic Of Tanzania
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Waze Social
GPS Maps & Traffic
Waze is the world's largest community-based traffic and
navigation app. real-time traffic &
road info to save time, fuel and improve daily commuting for all.
Just by driving with Waze open, you're already contributing
tons of real-time traffic information to your local community. You can also
actively report accidents, police and other hazards you see on the road. Get
road alerts along your route and find the cheapest fuel prices around you
shared by the community. Plus, you can add friends, send locations or keep
others posted on your arrival time.
- Live routing based on community driven, real-time traffic
& road info
- Community reported alerts including accidents, hazards,
police, road closures, and more
- Turn-by-turn voice guided navigation
- Live maps, consistently edited and updated by Waze
community map editors
- Automatic rerouting as conditions change on the road
- Send your ETA & real-time drive to update those you’re
meeting
- Learns your frequent destinations, commuting hours, and
preferred routes
- Find the cheapest fuel on your route
- Add information on local places and businesses
- Add Facebook friends and sync Contacts
- See friends’ ETA when driving to the same destination
- One tap navigation to Facebook & Calendar events
- Earn points as you contribute road info and climb the
ranks in your community
Waze is all about contributing to and benefiting from the
common good, so hop on board and get involved!
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can
dramatically decrease battery life. Waze will automatically shut down if you
run it in the background and haven't driven for a while.
Navmii GPS
World
Navfree, the awesome free voice guided navigation app with
over 20 million users, just got a whole lot better and now has a new name…
Navmii
We have thousands of 5-STAR REVIEWS:
- best
satnav app out there
- great
app at no cost
- why buy
a satnav when navmii does it all
- unbeatable
value and functionality
- love,
love this app!
fantastic new features:
• Amazing
new user interface
• Free
Real-time traffic and road information
• Community
map reports
• New
updated maps
• Better,
smarter and faster search
• Millions
of points of interest added
And all the features that made Navfree great are still
included:
• Complete
voice guided navigation
• Incredibly
beautiful HD maps
• Fast
routing - no data connection required
• Automatic
rerouting
• Offline
and Online Address search
• Navigate
via Postcode, City, Street or POI
• Integrated
Google Street View
TomTom GPS
Navigation Traffic
The new TomTom GO Mobile app is a sleek combination of the
latest TomTom car navigation technology and world-class traffic information.
You will always choose the best route available based on accurate, real-time
traffic information that gets you to your destination faster, every day.
BENEFITS
>> Always know the fastest route: TomTom Traffic gets
you there faster
>> Get real-time traffic information: See exactly
where delays start and end and how to avoid them
>> Quick access to your favourites: Immediately start
driving to your favourite places
>> See buildings and landmarks in stunning 3D: Know
exactly where you are so you never miss a turn
>> Get alerts for speed cameras: Avoid speeding fines
with accurate and timely speed warnings
>> Navigation you can rely on: No need for an internet
connection to plan your route
FREE MILES
Download TomTom GO Mobile and drive with the app for a fixed
number of free miles every month. Upgrade to Unlimited Navigation to drive
without miles restriction. Select from a one year or three year subscription,
depending on your driving needs.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS
The previous TomTom Navigation app for Android is replaced
by the new TomTom GO Mobile app. Buyers of the Navigation app can drive with
the GO Mobile app for 3 years for only €0.50 (or equivalent price in your local
currency). For more information see http://goo.gl/gAHLQj
FEATURES
- Lifetime World Maps: Always drive with the latest maps for
over 100 countries**
- Offline Maps: Maps are stored on your smartphone. So you
don't need an internet connection, or data roaming, to plan a new route or
re-route.
- Lifetime TomTom Traffic: Always drive with real-time
traffic information for the lifetime of your app*
- Lifetime Speed Cameras: Avoid speeding fines with accurate
and timely speed warnings for the lifetime of your app*
- Points of Interest: From petrol stations to hotels, your
app comes pre-loaded with millions of useful POIs
- Navigate to Contacts: Never memorize an address again.
Select a contact from your list and the app will plan your route.
- Quick search: Find your destination faster with intuitive
search results. Quick search starts to find your destination as soon as you
start typing.
- Tap and go: Tap on your favourite destination on the map,
and you’re on your way
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WhatsApp Messenger
is a messaging app available for Android and other smartphones. WhatsApp uses
your phone’s Internet connection (4G/3G/2G/EDGE or Wi-Fi, as available) to
message and call friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and
receive messages, calls, photos, videos, and Voice Messages. First year FREE!*
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