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Recently, Magic Lane (the company that makes the Magic Earth application) completely renewed their interface and general operation.

To use the application, you now have to pay โ‚ฌ0.99/year. Personally, I find this price more than reasonable for supporting a European alternative to Google Maps.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me, the CoMaps (or OrganicMaps) application is pretty good for the map side of things. On the other hand, when it comes to navigation, I find Magic Earth much more complete (speed camera display, better traffic management, optimized interface for landscape navigation, reporting of road events, better precision of lanes to follow, and I'm forgetting many others).

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@Gueoris @Dequei I agree. For example, in Toronto CoMaps only shows subway navigation to a certain destination, whereas Magic Earth displays a more precise mix of transit options (subway+tram/bus)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Exactly !

On the other hand, I find Magic Earth rather poor when it comes to POIs, finding an establishment, finding out the opening hours of a place, and so on.

In the end, I use CoMaps + Apple Plan for points of interest and timetables, and Magic Earth for navigation.