Best offline Map/GPS app?

grimm2005

Hey,

Heading away to Berlin in a couple of weeks and wondering what the best offline mapping app would be? I won't have any sort of decent roaming plan so hoping to avoid switching data on. Ideally something that would be searchable for places of interest/bars/clubs etc, even just to find out which subway station etc, is near it. I know Google Maps now has an offline mode where you can save maps to the device but apparently the area that you can save it extremely limited to the point of uselessness. I'd be willing to pay a couple of € for something decent. Anyone any ideas?

Cheers!

KAGY

Try osmand. Even has offline nav. To see what is actually mapped look on openstreetmaps.org - it's crowd sourced mapping and I'd say Berlin is really well covered down to building level.

KAGY

By the way it's free :-)

MiCr0

we used navfree on a recent trip to the usa - and it was fine.
downloaded the maps for the states we were going in advance.
it routed us there fine, just the time estimates were off a bit

grimm2005

Cheers, will try them both!

Dudda

I used http://www.stay.com/ while traveling around some major cities in Europe. You can add your own places, info, opening times, booking references, contact details, etc to create your own custom maps. Found it very useful but haven't tried either of the above so can't compare.

28064212

Berlin Offline City Map - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.topobyte.apps.offline.stadtplan.berlin
Tripadvisor Berlin City Guide - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tripadvisor.android.apps.cityguide.berlin

biko

Yeah, you'd be better off with an app that has touristy info, and maps.
You'll probably not be driving anyway.

grimm2005

Thanks for the suggestions, will install all of em on the phone anyway so i've got options! Won't be driving, just need something that can tell me how to get from A - B by public transport really

Telchak

I used Tripadvisor for Amsterdam and found it invaluable; would definitely give it a recommendation

mopi

grimm2005 wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestions, will install all of em on the phone anyway so i've got options! Won't be driving, just need something that can tell me how to get from A - B by public transport really

I'll second the TripAdvisor app recommendation, also google maps offline might work better than you think, one download will cover New York plus some of Long Island and you can do more than one download ;-)
Check on google play for mass transport apps and maps, lots of major cities have them now. If you need to pay for something [heavens forbid !-] you can use 3Pay