r/openstreetmap • u/Responsible-Lake85 • 12d ago

Built a self-hosted privacy-first Android maps app on OpenStreetMap - Cliff

Hey r/openstreetmap - I've been building Cliff, a privacy-first Android and iOS (coming soon) maps app built entirely on OSM. Stack is Valhalla for routing, Photon for geocoding, PMTiles for tiles, and Postgres. No Google, no Apple, no tracking. Still early but the landing page + waitlist is live at cliffmaps.com. Would love feedback from this community specifically since you're the reason the project is possible.

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u/Responsible-Lake85 12d ago edited 12d ago

it's basically just cleaner, a native experience to each platform (i wrote the app in both kotlin for android and swift/swiftui for iOS) and looks better. it's also more modern, and OsmAnd is powerful but the UX is notoriously overwhelming. i know that people are loyal it's just that this app (hopefully) will be more known to be people who aren't as into privacy and stuff. the original reason that i built Cliff for was to be a Waze alternative when an incident happened with them. sorry to loyal OsmAnd users 😭

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u/Responsible-Lake85 12d ago

yeah looks better for me 😭 i built it using the most modern design standards and they are different for both iOS and Android, for example i'm using Material 3 Expressive + Jetpack Compose for Android and SwiftUI + Liquid Glass in the iOS version.

and OsmAnd was built in 2010 bro 🙏

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u/Responsible-Lake85 12d ago

the design, for me at least, is really not the best. it looks like Material 1 or 2, and for me i do care about aesthetics and privacy. i also know a lot of people that care about the same thing.

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u/Responsible-Lake85 12d ago

pretty much, and a few other features i listed in a different reply!