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(Aside: I'm using CoMaps myself. The main missing features are tracking (I use OpenTracks for that) and public transportation (I use a website for that). End of aside.)", "context": "", "use_case": "activity tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in Venezuela"}, {"id": 764778721, "item_id": 47798670, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798670", "by": "subarctic", "date": "2026-04-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks", "excerpt": "His opinion is subjective obviously, but as someone who's switched to iphone I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks. I believe the iphone ecosystem has the advantage that it has higher-paying users which is attractive to developers, but really it's just a matter of there being different market segments and depending on who you are (or who you aspire to be) you might fit better into o", "context": "switched from Android to iPhone", "use_case": "activity tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "David Pierce Tried a Bunch of Android Phones and Then Bought an iPhone Again"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "mendelmaleh", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49090684", "date": "2026-07-28"}, {"by": "subarctic", "context": "switched from Android to iPhone", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798670", "date": "2026-04-16"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["activity tracking", "recording bike commutes", "recording activities"], "compared": [{"slug": "osmand", "name": "OsmAnd", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567437", "title": "Show HN: Open-Source eInk Bike Computer", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452671", "title": "CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in Venezuela", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088451", "title": "Donate to GrapheneOS", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47791393", "title": "David Pierce Tried a Bunch of Android Phones and Then Bought an iPhone Again", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 793088368, "item_id": 49568023, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568023", "by": "pilina", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use it with OpenTracks to record my commutes and use as bikecomputer", "excerpt": "Battery of my Cubot King Kong Mini is slowly dying. I use it with OpenTracks to record my commutes and use as bikecomputer and sometimes Osmand+ for offline navigation. I am searching for alternative, which needs to be waterproof and cheap (my commutes luckily includes downhill trails sometimes - I dont want to break expensive device). The title gave me high hopes, but I suppose I need to keep searching.", "context": "", "use_case": "recording bike commutes", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Open-Source eInk Bike Computer"}, {"id": 791287682, "item_id": 49455480, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455480", "by": "jech", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "tracking (I use OpenTracks for that)", "excerpt": "> It has more features but is slower and clunkier Just to clarify: OsmAnd has more features, CoMaps and Organic Maps are much faster. (Aside: I'm using CoMaps myself. The main missing features are tracking (I use OpenTracks for that) and public transportation (I use a website for that). 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But now Strava wants me to pay to use their API lol.", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "use_case": "recording activities", "switched_from": "", "story": "Donate to GrapheneOS"}, {"id": 764778721, "item_id": 47798670, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798670", "by": "subarctic", "date": "2026-04-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks", "excerpt": "His opinion is subjective obviously, but as someone who's switched to iphone I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks. I believe the iphone ecosystem has the advantage that it has higher-paying users which is attractive to developers, but really it's just a matter of there being different market segments and depending on who you are (or who you aspire to be) you might fit better into o", "context": "switched from Android to iPhone", "use_case": "activity tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "David Pierce Tried a Bunch of Android Phones and Then Bought an iPhone Again"}]}