Recently, Magic Lane (the company that makes the Magic Earth application) completely renewed their interface and general operation.

To use the application, you now have to pay โ‚ฌ0.99/year. Personally, I find this price more than reasonable for supporting a European alternative to Google Maps.

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[โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

Now I may consider this app

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  • [โ€“] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    For me the price isn't an issue. The biggest problem is that the payment has to be done through G playstore.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 6 points 1 year ago

    For me, the CoMaps (or OrganicMaps) application is pretty good for the map side of things. On the other hand, when it comes to navigation, I find Magic Earth much more complete (speed camera display, better traffic management, optimized interface for landscape navigation, reporting of road events, better precision of lanes to follow, and I'm forgetting many others).

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    OpenStreetMaps is not an app, just a map. Magic Earth (and Comaps, for that matter) uses OpenStreetMaps.

    Personally I never liked Magic Earth. It jumps into navigation mode too easily and I just find the interface to always do something else than I want it to. Personal preference I guess.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh I see. Is it any better than osmandplus? I understand the pricing models if the support is worth it. I don't have playstore in my android though, so kind of empty question. Also, is it opensource? If yes, I could build it myself, how would the pricing work then? If not, does it comply with all the opensource licenses?

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