Falk Maps vs OSM Maps
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.
OSM Maps
View OSM maps from various sources and create detailed notes with multimedia attachments like photos, audio, and video. Record routes and tracks in GPX format, synchronize data via iCloud, or back it up to a desktop app. This open-source application is a successor to a previous version, allowing data import.
- View OSM maps from multiple sources
- Create and edit multimedia notes (photos, audio, video)
- Record and export routes/tracks in GPX format
- iCloud synchronization
- Open Source
- Data import from older backups
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This app shows OSM maps from a various sources (OSM, Elbe5, etc). You can create notes add and edit photos, audios, videos, routes and tracks in GPX format, take photos, add record own audios, videos, routes and tracks. It has list views of all attached items. It can synchronize all of this via iCloud or backup files with the desktop app. This app is the successor of 'Maps for OSM' by this author. It has a different data structure and different features, so it had to become a new app. But you can import data from older backup files. This app is not affiliated with OpenStreetMap, but the use of this name has been approved. This app is Open Source, the code is published at https://github.com/mr-elbe5/OSM-Maps. If you find any problems or missing features, please let me know!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OSM Maps at every 11 days against Falk Maps's every 2 months. Falk Maps's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Falk Maps against 5.0 for OSM Maps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Falk Maps's written reviews are positive against 100% of OSM Maps's.
Falk Maps ships an update every 2 months, OSM Maps every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Falk Maps | OSM Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAIRDUMONT | Michael Roennau |
Customer experience
Falk Maps
OSM Maps
In-app purchases
Falk Maps
No in-app purchases
OSM Maps
No in-app purchases









