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I really try to like these Apps.
But the OpenStreetMap's App sucks. I can't do a U-Turn on the Autobahn. And no, I won't break through a closed Exit. Is there any way to make it that it find a new alternative route when I "miss" or simply can't take the Exit?
- I prefer OSMand over Organic Maps, because it has much more features, just the map renderer isn't as pretty.
  But I mostly use it for pedestrian and bike navigation. But I think car navigation works very well as well.
  Also, if the map data isn't so great in your region, you can try playing StreetComplete and help improve it yourself.
  OSM is the Wikipedia of map data, and offers likely the most detailed map that we have.
  
  For me the UI was just almost unusable. While the features are very nice and mostly unmatched, there is just no way to find them. Also it really killed the battery of my phone. While hiking it was fine, but for real time turn by turn navigations my phone died in about 2h compared to 4 or so on other apps
  
  Well, in that way it is a classic open source software, very powerful but a bit difficult to use.
  I rather have features I need hidden behind a cryptic interface, then not have them.
  I also normally carry around a power bank, and sometimes have to recharge my phone at lunch, when using it intensively. That seems just normal to me at this point.
  
  Yeah, if you need those features. In my experience it’s often features only a very small fraction of people need that are cluttering the UI and make it impossible to find the features I actually need.
  
  How is your phone only lasting 4 hours??
  
  Full brightness and streaming map data all while having turn by turn navigations on. Also the app I am using is still not using the default rendering engine so probably less optimized than possible. With everything else I have no problem getting through a day with plenty of battery left
  
  I will try that! Thank you!
- Use Organic Maps
  
  Thats the App I use. .__. Is that not the offical OSM App?
  
  There isn't one. OSM only provides the map data. You can try OsmAnd which is a good alternative.
  
  Indeed it is not, the other guy already explained, OSM is only a content provider but does not have a direct navigation app. The other FOSS apps (and other applications) use and interpret that data in a way you'd expect it.

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