Falk Maps vs OpenstreetNavigation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Falk Maps
This app provides online maps for various activities like driving, hiking, and cycling. It includes real-time traffic information for route planning and a vast database of points of interest. It does not offer offline maps or turn-by-turn navigation.
- Online maps for motoring, hiking, cycling
- Real-time route planning with traffic avoidance
- Cyclist and pedestrian route planning
- Over 5 million points of interest
- Speed camera and car park locations
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Falk Maps is a reliable companion for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. It offers functional online maps with route planning and millions of points of interest such as restaurants, hotels, shopping, attractions and many more. Features: * A whole bunch of different online cards for every occasion (motoring, hiking, cycling...) * Route planning with traffic jam avoidance in real time * Route planning also available for cyclists and pedestrians * Over 5 million POIs (Points of Interest) from different categories: speed cameras, car parks, attractions and much more. Please note: * During the use of Falk Maps an Internet connection is required (the app does not include offline maps, only the actually required map tiles are loaded * Falk Maps does not provide turn-by-turn navigation. Criticism? Suggestions? Please write us an e-mail to hilfe@falk.de with the subject "Falk Maps iOS". We are happy for any kind of feedback.
OpenstreetNavigation
Navigate the world with offline maps and turn-by-turn directions, even without a data connection. Set your home address as a default destination for quick routing.
- Offline world maps
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- No 4G data required
- Set home address
- Default destination routing
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Download the Map of all world and navigation with out 4G data Allow user to set up home address. If user start navigation without select the destination, the destination by default will be set to home address.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Falk Maps at 5.0 against OpenstreetNavigation's 3.8. OpenstreetNavigation's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Falk Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 98% of Falk Maps's written reviews are positive against 100% of OpenstreetNavigation's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Falk Maps ships an update every 2 months, OpenstreetNavigation every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Falk Maps | OpenstreetNavigation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAIRDUMONT | Zhan Li |
Customer experience
Falk Maps
OpenstreetNavigation
In-app purchases
Falk Maps
No in-app purchases
OpenstreetNavigation
No in-app purchases
Questions
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