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Comment by lallysingh | Hacker News Reader

OpenStreetMap had solid data, but my periodic attempts at finding a good app haven't been successful.

Have you tried OSMand (https://osmand.net/). It is not very pretty, but I definitly love the "offline" feature and bicycle maps.

You an combine with brouter to get awesome elevation0-respecting foot and bike routes. This works all fully offline, btw.

https://maps.me/ is a pretty mainstream option.

With removed ads and binaries https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.maps/

OpenStreetMap data is very weak in many countries. It’s not an option if you are building applications for a global audience.

I'm using OsmAnd+ found on f-droid. It works very well, you'll just have to download the maps you need before.

There is Mapquest (based on mapbox) it is surprisingly good and works well for nearly most of my use cases.

I live outside the US and struggle with a good mapping solution... I make a point to stick with Apple Maps on my phone but sometimes I am forced to resort to Google Maps to find some place I know exists but Apple Maps doesn't have it :/

So I just tried Mapquest and it had the same problem :(

Google's mapping dominance outside the US is really only challenged by Bing maps... which I can't get on iOS. Nearest is HERE maps but it's not quite the same product.

I've used Here WeGo in several European countries and it didn't fail me yet. I would use OpenStreetMaps but I couldn't find any OSM app with public transport included as an option.

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