Apps Like Maps.ME: 5 Offline Map Alternatives in 2026

Disclosure: I built NomadSwipe (Android). It is not an offline map app, so it is not one of the five, but I explain where it fits. Facts checked on 11 November 2026. Last updated 11 November 2026.

Apps like Maps.ME are Organic Maps, CoMaps, OsmAnd, HERE WeGo and Mapy.com, which all download maps for use without a signal. Organic Maps and CoMaps are the closest, both forks of the same code line, and both list no ads. NomadSwipe does not replace any of them: it helps you choose places for a trip, not navigate to them.

Quick comparison

App	Publisher or origin (per its own pages)	Offline, per its Play listing	Paid parts on its pages	Google Play: downloads, rating
Maps.ME	Convexity Holdings AG, Switzerland	Offline maps, search, driving, walking and cycling navigation	Free to download; in-app purchases and ads-removal entries	50M+, 4.1 from 1.28M reviews
Organic Maps	Volunteer-made; same people as MapsWithMe, says its site	Works 100% offline, including search and navigation	Listing says 100% free, no ads	5M+, 4.0 from 24.3K reviews
CoMaps	Community, not-for-profit fork of Organic Maps and Maps.me	All app functions designed to work offline	Listing says free, ads-free	100K+, 4.1 from 1.72K reviews
OsmAnd	Open source, OpenStreetMap-based	Offline maps, routing and GPX tracks	Maps+ and OsmAnd Pro are paid	10M+, 4.5 from 255K reviews
HERE WeGo	HERE	Download a region, country or continent	Listing calls it a free navigation app	10M+, 3.2 from 501K reviews
Mapy.com	Outdoor route planner	Offline maps for regions and countries	Contains ads and in-app purchases	10M+, 4.1 from 260K reviews
NomadSwipe	Solo developer (me)	No offline maps; up to 20 saved trips offline after opening them online	Optional Premium; limits on the plan without payment	50+, too few ratings to quote

Star ratings are the figures Google Play showed on 11 November 2026 for the U.S. English listing. They are not comparable across apps: a 4.1 from 1.28M reviews and a 4.1 from 1.72K reviews describe very different samples.

What Maps.ME is today

Maps.ME (MapsWithMe) is an offline map and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data. Its Google Play listing offers offline maps, offline search, driving, walking and cycling directions, bookmarks, travel guides and hotel booking through Booking.com, and says it is trusted by over 140 million travelers. That is the owner's claim: Play shows 50M+ downloads.

Who owns it

The Play listing and Apple's U.S. lookup both name Convexity Holdings AG (Rotkreuz, Switzerland), and maps.me carries a 2026 Convexity Holdings AG copyright. The App Store page shows a MAPS.ME (CYPRUS) LTD copyright. The community-edited OpenStreetMap wiki (last edited 16 February 2026) says Mail.Ru Group bought it in November 2014 and sold it to Daegu Ltd in November 2020. I could not reconcile those names, so treat the ownership chain as unclear.

Is Maps.ME free or paid

It is free to download, with in-app purchases. The U.S. App Store listing showed ten: PRO subscription entries at $39.99, $46.99 and $54.99 a year, PRO monthly entries at $4.49 and $5.99, a PRO entry at $4.99 with no period shown, and ads-removal entries from $0.99 a week to $9.99 a year. The Play listing shows in-app purchases of $0.99 to $32.99 per item, and a developer reply there says ads help keep the app available. I could not read what PRO unlocks from the owner's own pages, so I do not list it. The OpenStreetMap wiki says free downloads were capped at 10 map regions in summer 2023 and again from spring 2024, and that the app is now closed source; those are community-edited claims I did not test.

How the users rate it

Google Play shows 4.1 from 1.28M reviews, last updated 14 September 2026. Apple's lookup shows 4.68 from 78,825 U.S. ratings and version 18.1.0, updated 26 October 2026. The two stores disagree by half a star.

Maps.ME alternatives, one by one

1. Organic Maps

The closest match. organicmaps.app says the same people who created MapsWithMe made it, and the wiki says it was forked from the last open-source Maps.ME release. Its site says "Absolutely free. No ads. No tracking." and its Play listing says search and navigation work offline, with maps refreshed twice a month. Download counts and ratings are in the table. Weakness: its listing mentions no hotel booking or ready-made travel guides, which Maps.ME lists.

2. CoMaps

A fork of Organic Maps and Maps.me, according to comaps.app. Its Play listing calls it community-led, not-for-profit and ads-free, with offline search, navigation, offline Wikipedia, a subway layer, GPX and KML import and export, and Android Auto. It is small: 100K+ downloads, so fewer reviews to judge from. The wiki dates its founding to early 2025.

3. OsmAnd

The tweakable one: navigation profiles for cars, bikes, boats and pedestrians, GPX recording, map styles and OpenStreetMap updates as often as hourly. Its Play listing says Maps+ (in-app or subscription) adds unlimited map downloads, offline Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, contour lines and Android Auto, and OsmAnd Pro adds cloud backup. Play shows in-app purchases from $1.63 to $69.99 per item. Weakness: more settings to learn than Maps.ME.

4. HERE WeGo

A navigation app whose listing describes public transport in more than 1,900 cities, parking, collections of saved places, and downloading a region, country or continent to stay offline. It calls itself a free navigation app. Its Play rating, 3.2 from 501K reviews, is the lowest here.

5. Mapy.com

An outdoor route planner for hiking and biking with GPS navigation, offline maps, a tracker and location sharing with friends. The Play listing says it contains ads and in-app purchases, with a purchase at $18.99 per item. It suits trails more than a city break.

Where NomadSwipe fits (and where it does not)

Use it before the map, not instead of one

I built NomadSwipe, so weigh this with that in mind. It is an Android app: pick a city and it deals real places one card at a time, swipe right or tap Save to keep one, and your saved places are pinned on a trip map. It does not download map regions, and its listing describes no turn-by-turn navigation, so it is not a Maps.ME alternative for getting around with no signal.

Its offline support is narrow: the Play listing says up to 20 saved trips are available offline after you open them online, and the copies expire until you open the trip online again. The plan without payment has 3 trips, 2 searched places saved to a trip a month and 2 custom pins a month, plus a daily limit on saves. Premium is optional, and Google Play shows the price before you pay. iPhone is coming soon.

A workable split: decide what to see in NomadSwipe, then download the city in Organic Maps or CoMaps before you fly. The offline tools in detail are in offline trip planners for Android and Google Maps as an offline trip planner. For road trips with stops, see Roadtrippers alternatives.

Get NomadSwipe on Google Play

If you keep a list of places you want to visit, saving places for a trip and planning a trip on a map show the steps, and nine trip planner apps compared covers the planning side.

Maps.ME alternatives by what you need

Closest to Maps.ME, no ads listed: Organic Maps or CoMaps.
More settings and vehicle profiles: OsmAnd.
Public transport in many cities: HERE WeGo.
Hiking and biking trails: Mapy.com or OsmAnd.
Choosing places for a trip: NomadSwipe, alongside one of the above.

Summary: what to remember

Maps.ME is free to download but sells subscriptions and ad removal; the U.S. App Store showed ten in-app purchases on 11 November 2026, with PRO yearly at $39.99 to $54.99.
Its publisher is named as Convexity Holdings AG; the older ownership chain on the OpenStreetMap wiki does not match, so it is unclear.
Organic Maps and CoMaps are forks in the same line and list offline search and navigation with no ads.
NomadSwipe is not an offline map app. It is for choosing places, and only up to 20 saved trips are available offline.

FAQ

Is Maps.ME still free?

It is free to download, and the U.S. App Store listing (https://apps.apple.com/app/id510623322) says so, but it sells in-app purchases. On 11 November 2026 that listing showed ten of them: three PRO subscription entries at $39.99, $46.99 and $54.99 a year, PRO monthly entries at $4.49 and $5.99, one more PRO entry at $4.99, and ads-removal entries from $0.99 a week to $9.99 a year. A developer reply on its Google Play listing says ads help keep the app going. The Play listing shows in-app purchases of $0.99 to $32.99 per item.

Who owns Maps.ME now?

Its Google Play listing and the U.S. App Store lookup name Convexity Holdings AG, with an address in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, and maps.me carries a 2026 Convexity Holdings AG copyright. The App Store page also shows a MAPS.ME (CYPRUS) LTD copyright. The community-edited OpenStreetMap wiki says Mail.Ru Group sold it to Daegu Ltd in November 2020. I could not reconcile those names from the sources I read.

What is the best Maps.ME alternative?

Organic Maps and CoMaps are the nearest. The OpenStreetMap wiki says Organic Maps was forked from the last open-source Maps.ME version, and comaps.app says CoMaps is a fork of Organic Maps and Maps.me. Both list offline search and navigation with no ads. OsmAnd is the option with more settings, and HERE WeGo and Mapy.com are different designs that also download maps.

What is the difference between Organic Maps and CoMaps?

Both describe themselves as privacy-first, ad-free offline map apps built on OpenStreetMap. On Google Play, Organic Maps shows 5M+ downloads and CoMaps 100K+, and the OpenStreetMap wiki says CoMaps was founded in early 2025 by former Organic Maps contributors with concerns about governance and transparency. I did not install either, so I cannot compare how they behave.

Is NomadSwipe an alternative to Maps.ME?

No, not for maps. I built NomadSwipe, and it does not download map regions or give turn-by-turn navigation. It is an Android app for choosing real places in a city by swiping, saving them and seeing them on a map, so it sits before an offline map in a trip.

Does NomadSwipe work offline?

Partly. Its Play listing says up to 20 saved trips are available offline after you open them online, and the copies expire. That is a saved trip, not an offline map: download the city in an offline map app as well.

Is NomadSwipe on iPhone?

Not yet. NomadSwipe is on Google Play for Android phones, and iPhone is coming soon.

Choose the places first. NomadSwipe is on Google Play for Android, and iPhone is coming soon.

Get NomadSwipe on Google Play

Method, sample and limits

On 11 November 2026 I read six apps' U.S. English Google Play listings (Maps.ME, Organic Maps, CoMaps, OsmAnd, HERE WeGo, Mapy.com) as raw HTML with curl, Maps.ME's U.S. App Store page and Apple's public lookup API, the maps.me home page, organicmaps.app and comaps.app, and the OpenStreetMap wiki page for Maps.ME. The Maps.ME help center did not return content, so what the PRO tier includes is left out. I installed none of these apps and tested no feature, so this is what the pages say, not how the apps behave. Store listings change, prices differ by country, and the wiki is community-edited. Download and review counts are Google Play's rounded buckets and totals on that day. NomadSwipe facts come from its Google Play listing and my proof list (50+ downloads on Google Play, last checked 9 November 2026).

Sources

Maps.ME on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro (read 11 November 2026; updated 14 September 2026)
Maps.ME on the App Store, U.S.: https://apps.apple.com/app/id510623322 and Apple's lookup API (read 11 November 2026)
Maps.ME site: https://maps.me/ (read 11 November 2026)
OpenStreetMap wiki, MAPS.ME: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MAPS.ME (read 11 November 2026; page last edited 16 February 2026)
Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app/ and its Play listing (read 11 November 2026)
CoMaps: https://comaps.app/ and its Play listing (read 11 November 2026)
OsmAnd: Play listing (read 11 November 2026)
HERE WeGo: Play listing (read 11 November 2026)
Mapy.com: Play listing (read 11 November 2026)
NomadSwipe: its Play listing, plan limits and offline wording (read 11 November 2026).