OsmAnd - comprehensive (I've seen it described as a GIS) but a bit more complicated and can be slower
Organic Maps - more streamlined and much faster
Magic Earth - one of the best for car journeys

Source: https://lemmy.world/comment/15414052

[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Agreed on both Organic Maps and Magic Earth.

Organic Maps let's you login to Open Street Map, so you can submit revisions and reviews. It's my goto right now for an alternative.

Giving up Google Maps is hard though, they bake it into a ton of services. Everyone mocked it, myself included, when Apple maps launched, but I'm now really glad they are a player in this space.

[–] DARbarian@fedia.io 9 points 7 hours ago

I've tried and tried to use OSMand+, Magic Earth, and Organic Maps but I swear Maps is the one thing I just can't replace. Between Google's reviews, accuracy, traffic data, and coverage, I have not found anything that compares.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Technically if you’re using Apple Maps you’re mostly using OpenStreetMap (UK) and TomTom (Dutch) so you’re not committing the gravest kind of crimes against European motherland.

[–] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I see... Still they get my data somehow, and they don't go to European companies too, am I right?

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Apple pays TomTom for their map data. Using Apple Maps on Apple devices is a natural choice for those who are looking for a polished alternative that doesn’t sacrifice too much compared to Google Maps.

[–] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Thanks for explaining! I'm an apple user so this can be a valid alternative. I wonder what other people think about it. I guess it is still better try to support other platform directly

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 hours ago

We had a really good discussion about map alternatives and their problems / strengths in this community on a thread about Organic Maps! https://sopuli.xyz/post/23130919

[–] Limerance@piefed.social -1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

These are not my favorite, but worth a try.

Apple Maps. For non Apple platforms, you can use DuckDuckGo to search for something and then click on maps on top. That gives you Apple Maps in the browser. It can provide directions as well.
Yandex.com/maps also is an option
Waze is great for driving and navigating

For reviews, I guess yelp and similar are an option.

[–] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm confused, Apple is American and Yandex is Russian... am I missing something?

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

You aren't! I was missing what community this was posted in.

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You can also access apple maps in a browser at https://beta.maps.apple.com/

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago

Cool!