CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy
Easy map navigation - Discover more of your journey - Powered by the community
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Description
A community-led free & open source maps app based on OpenStreetMap data and reinforced with commitment to transparency, privacy and being not-for-profit. CoMaps is a fork/spin-off of Organic Maps, which in turn is a fork of Maps.ME.
Read on about reasons for the project and its direction at codeberg.org/comaps.
Join the community there and help make the best maps app
• Use the app and spread the word about it
• Give feedback and report issues
• Update map data in the app or on the OpenStreetMap website
‣ Offline-focused: Plan and navigate your trip abroad without the need for cellular service, search waypoints while on a distant hike, etc. All app functions are designed to work offline.
‣ Respecting Privacy: The app is designed with privacy in mind - does not identify people, does not track, and does not collect personal information. Ads-free.
‣ Simple and Polished: essential easy to use features that just work.
‣ Saves Your Battery and Space: Doesn’t drain your battery like other navigation apps. Compact maps save precious space on your phone.
‣ Free and Built by the Community: People like you helped build the app by adding places to OpenStreetMap, testing and giving feedback on features and contributing their development skills and money.
‣ Open and Transparent Decision-making and Financials, Not-for-profit and Fully Open Source.
Main Features:
• Downloadable detailed maps with places which are not available with Google Maps
• Outdoor mode with highlighted hiking trails, campsites, water sources, peaks, contour lines, etc
• Walking paths and cycleways
• Points of interest like restaurants, gas stations, hotels, shops, sightseeings and many more
• Search by name or an address or by point of interest category
• Navigation with voice announcements for walking, cycling, or driving
• Bookmark your favorite places with a single tap
• Offline Wikipedia articles
• Subway transit layer and directions
• Track recording
• Export and import bookmarks and tracks in KML, KMZ, GPX formats
• A dark mode to use during the night
• Improve map data for everyone using a basic built-in editor
Freedom Is Here
Discover your journey, navigate the world with privacy and community at the forefront!
What’s new (2026.08.31-14-FDroid)
• Display favorite names on the map (opt out in settings)
• Display Mangrove user reviews in POI info page
• Custom map font size setting
• Allow TalkBack users to read the map
• Ability to start track recording after navigation start
• Show "Opens tomorrow at ..." on POI info page
• Fixed ability to search in any user-set map language
• Roadshields in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Georgia
• Show bus stops earlier in subway layer
More details on comaps.app/latest
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Permissions
What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.
- Read storageRead files on the device storage.
- Approximate locationDetermine the location via the network.
- Precise locationDetermine the location via GPS.
- ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS
- Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
- Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
- Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
- Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
Show 7 more permissions
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
- NotificationsShow notifications.
- app.NAVIGATION_TEMPLATES
- app.ACCESS_SURFACE
- Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
- fdroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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