OsmAnd is a genuinely amazing app that I have been using for literally 14 years. For everything other than business information, it's clearly the best in class. Far better than the new kid on the FOSS block Organic Maps, let alone certain commercial apps that shall remain nameless. It's always a surprise to me how few normies have even heard of OsmAnd. Possibly not helped by the awkward semi-pronouncable name.
I'm just bothered by one thing: the ongoing opacity about OsmAnd's business model. They provide no explanations at all, despite the slick site and what appears to be an impressive staff list. They need to be more transparent about who's paying for all this and how.
- @JubilantJaguar @testman
  Hope we're not bothering here but if you're looking for more maps just take a look at our map Lokjo.
  It doesn't have offline maps or an app, but does show all shops at once, and has the navigation etc.
- Osmand isn't cheap to buy and a lot of people pay for it. Where else do you think their money comes from?
  Osmand is slow and too complex on my pixel 9, yet I still use it
  
  Osmand is slow
  Yeah, rendering speed is atrocious. Organic Map renders much smoother.
  
  I think I bought it for some 5€ some years ago, osmand+ that is. I thought that was a bargain really. I've been using the fdroid one now for a long time, I wanted to donate some more money but they seemed to accept bitcoin only. I'll have a look if that changed.
  Osmand rules.
  
  Osmand is slow and too complex on my pixel 9, yet I still use it
  Stock ROM or possibly GrapheneOS?
  
  It's FOSS and available free on F-Droid. Small app transactions are not paying for that staff list.

When does this version 5 release on F-Droid?
- @SirKevin
  After the release of a new OsmAnd main version, it usually takes at least a few weeks, but sometimes several months, until it appears on F-Droid
- @SirKevin
  The F-droid version is unofficial so they're unlikely to have an answer to that.
  @testman
  
  Well this version is hitting me up for money to download open street maps regions, which itself is a community driven foss project. I'll stick with the version that supports F-Droid and doesn't charge me for my own content.

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