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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 18:58:47 -0000 (UTC)
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Carlos E.R. wrote on Wed, 2 Oct 2024 13:37:51 +0200 :

> OsmAnd+ ¡X Maps & GPS Offline
> Simple Gallery Pro (Simple Mobile Tool)

I have both of these, but from F-Droid but bear in mind Simple Tools was
sold, so the apps on F-Droid may or may not be updated anymore.

 *OsmAnd+ Maps & GPS Offline by OsmAnd, FOSS
 <https://f-droid.org/repo/net.osmand.plus_431203.apk>
 <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/>
 <https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd>
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus>
 <https://www.amazon.com/OsmAnd-Maps-Navigation/dp/B00D0SA8I8> 
 <https://i.postimg.cc/k440PXgJ/osmand01.jpg> OSMAnd+ manual map updates

 *Simple Gallery Pro* by Simple Mobile Tools 
 free, ad free, gsf free, 4.3 star 118K reviews 1M+ Downloads 
 <https://www.simplemobiletools.com/>
 <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro/>
 <https://f-droid.org/repo/com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro_385.apk>
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro> 

> Yes, some of these apps have a free version in the Play Store, and some 
> times another one in F-Droid; but they are not the exact same one. And 
> people like OsmAnd deserve the contribution.

Just for the record, Carlos and I have had this discussion before, and I
openly admit that Carlos is insistent that the OSMAnd+ on the Google Play
Store is materially different from the OSMAnd~ source on F-Droid.

I disagree.

So just for the record, I see what Carlos wrote above, and I understand
that Carlos feels the apps are materially different, but I do not.

As far as I'm aware, Carlos hasn't used the free version and I haven't used
the payware version - so we're both going only on what we find in print.

If someone *else* can prove either way, that would be a useful discussion,
but not Carlos, nor me, as we've more than once reached an impasse on it.