Talk:Comparison of Android applications

Project ordering

Resolved: Open source projects are now listed first. Last updated & version number have been removed. --Push-f (talk) 16:39, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I propose to order projects primarily by license/price/last update date rather than by name, I see no reason to have AFTrack GPS-Tracking at the first position Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 14:31, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm glad you proposed it. I was just compiling reasons why I think price/last update should be removed and not factor into things anymore. Here are my half thought out reasons. Perhaps you can give your opinion on them.

Price's should be removed because they fluctuate frequently and most apps have both a free and paid premium component. So what is price in reference to anyway? Stating an app costs is misleading if it has a free component and visa versa. Who is going to regularly maintain and keep track of that information? Its obvious that know one will. Also, If the app is free or paid a better indicator is license. Which is already present.

Agree. if anyone doesn't have anything against it, i will split the table into two subsections: open and proprietary. --Gcb (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

The same issues go for the version number. Not only does it change frequently, but most of the time version changes usually have no baring on the core functioning and features of the app. Plus, 99% of users don't care about or keep track of that information. Plus, just like with price who is going to update new version numbers regularly? Its clear by the fact that a lot of application versions listed here and in other software lists that know one is going to. Since some versions are as much as five years out of date. Its better to not list the information in the first place then have it be so out of date that it is completely useless, although in the case of versions it is useless anyway since its a measure of absolutely nothing. So I think both price and version should be removed completely from the table.

What we really need to know is whether it's a paid app, an actually free app, or a "free" spamware app that firehoses adverts at you. If an app exists in separate free/adware/paid versions, that should probably be indicated. SMcCandlish (talk) 19:12, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

I originally split out this table from Android#Android software supporting OpenStreetMap and abandoned it because it was too difficult to maintain. It's enough work just to keep the main gallery in Android tidy. Even when TTTBot was still synchronizing the table with each article's infobox, the infoboxes were seldom updated, resulting in a misleading table. Each row already links directly to Google Play or some other app store so that people can see the current price, and the table is sortable by price on the client side, without requiring any maintenance on our part. – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 01:25, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Public transit navigation

Resolved: I added such a column. --Push-f (talk) 03:40, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

This would be more useful with a column for public transit (bus/train/etc.) navigation info. Few apps have that feature, but it's a key one for many of us, especially in areas with highly developed public transit systems, like the San Francisco Bay Area. SMcCandlish (talk) 19:10, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

"OpenStreetMap editing features" vs "Editors"

What is the difference here? Why StreetComplete is not listed as Editor? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 09:31, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

OSMGpxUploader - editing features

It should be in https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_applications#Track-recording_features - right? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 09:32, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

I just removed it as this app is gone Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 11:31, 3 September 2022 (UTC)