Yes, Osmand is definitely clunky by comparison. But the UX is getting slowly more intuitive. I see no reason why Osmand’s easy-peasy defaults mode cannot end up equal to to OM. They’re not far off, and at that point its superiority would be clear as day.
Personally I wish the OM devs could have contributed their talents to making Osmand better. Really feels like wasteful duplication which benefits nobody benefits except the egos of a handful of developers. A common problem with FOSS and this is a great example IMO.
Something changed to that effect a while back, yes. OM continues to look and feel a bit better (possibly a subjective experience) but it is so feature-poor by comparison.
I just tested it again on my Fairphone 5 and it’s still slow. I’m not talking about the UI but the rendering of maps. Unless they somehow manage to fix that, it’ll keep being a poor experience.
Organic Maps is better for “normal” users if you ask me. Osmand is better for pro users but quite clunky.
Yes, Osmand is definitely clunky by comparison. But the UX is getting slowly more intuitive. I see no reason why Osmand’s easy-peasy defaults mode cannot end up equal to to OM. They’re not far off, and at that point its superiority would be clear as day.
Personally I wish the OM devs could have contributed their talents to making Osmand better. Really feels like wasteful duplication which benefits nobody benefits except the egos of a handful of developers. A common problem with FOSS and this is a great example IMO.
I wish Organic maps would add some of the features from OsmAnd. I want the ability to select a part of the map to avoid.
Did osmand change its rendering engine to make it as smooth as OM?
Something changed to that effect a while back, yes. OM continues to look and feel a bit better (possibly a subjective experience) but it is so feature-poor by comparison.
I just tested it again on my Fairphone 5 and it’s still slow. I’m not talking about the UI but the rendering of maps. Unless they somehow manage to fix that, it’ll keep being a poor experience.
@przmk
Nope.
@Pleat1752