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Easy to use OpenStreetMap editor for Android and iOS

86 mentions on Hacker News by 46 people: 14 stories, 72 comments · first 2017-04-17 · latest 2026-10-26

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  1. ▲ 2
    StreetComplete iOS Release
    story by Tomte · 2026-10-26 · 0 comments
  2. ▲ 33
    StreetComplete v64.0
    story by iruoy · 2026-10-20 · 6 comments
  3. ▲ 2
    StreetComplete v64.0 with iOS Support Released
    story by mfsch · 2026-10-19 · 1 comment
  4. You should probably link to the relevant post https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421...
    comment by Alifatisk · 2026-10-01 · in StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta
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    StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta
    story by Snowly · 2026-10-01 · 178 comments
  6. Working on it! There's a mostly functioning but somewhat buggy slop "probe" branch: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/pull/7068 we used to discover the remaining blockers, and I've been clearing those blockers in my MapLibre…
    comment by sargunv · 2026-09-14 · in Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
  7. There's progress being made on an iOS app for StreetComplete. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
    comment by choroid · 2026-09-13 · in Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
  8. …also has some kind of 'quests' built in, and the StreetComplete is planning to porting SC to iOS: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
  9. A massive effort has been underway for a while to get an iOS build of the app: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421 Open source software often moves comparatively slowly, of course, but I believe they're making…
    comment by pwbriggs · 2026-07-07 · in CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
  10. Sort of. It was added in 2023. ( https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/pull/5373 )
  11. StreetComplete has been making steady progress on an iOS port over the past few years. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
  12. Not mine, but you can check this issue: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
  13. No, but: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
    comment by Vinnl · 2026-07-07 · in CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
  14. https://codeberg.org/matkoniecz/list_how_openstreetmap_can_b... https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/pull/6302 https://matkoniecz.codeberg.page/improving_openstreetmap_usi...
    comment by matkoniecz · 2026-03-01 · in OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)
  15. …are talking about ? Streetcomplete, like most OSM vector 3D maps use MapLibre, for a few months now https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/pull/5693 Edit : sorry, I read Organic. Indeed OSMand is sluggish for me as well. I don't…
    comment by maelito · 2025-05-12 · in A community-led fork of Organic Maps
  16. See also: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
  17. …[1] https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/ [2] https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/blob/a09ae2...
    comment by openrisk · 2024-08-11 · in OpenStreetMap Is Turning 20
  18. …for the iOS port, there's basically no additional info or context provided by the posted link. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421
  19. …ourselves and can test/run the code on, but iOS is in the making: Pinned ticket "iOS - Planning": https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421 See also the project board: https://github.com/orgs/streetcomplete/projects/1/vie…
    comment by lucgommans · 2024-04-12 · in Organizing OpenStreetMap mapping parties
  20. I would also mention Street Complete, as the companion app to contribute all that data. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
  21. …to input that data. They are working on an iOS build, and I can't wait to start using it again. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/ Edit: Also, OSM has a few wiki pages for editing software on different platforms. -…
  22. Original submission: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/1892... (HN truncated the URL)
    comment by aendruk · 2023-12-20 · in StreetComplete for iOS Planning
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    StreetComplete for iOS Planning
    story by aendruk · 2023-12-20 · 1 comment
  24. …If we want an iOS version, one of us programmer types need to roll up their sleeves and write it: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/1892
  25. …in one app, later it turned out that Google was lying about license of arcore repository, see https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/4289 )
    comment by matkoniecz · 2023-09-01 · in Organic Maps
  26. If you both don't know about StreetComplete yet, you should check it out: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/#readme
    comment by Vinnl · 2023-09-01 · in Organic Maps
  27. …easiest way to do this, if you have an Android phone, is to use the beautiful StreetComplete app: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/#readme
    comment by Vinnl · 2023-09-01 · in Organic Maps
  28. Street Complete! https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
    comment by severine · 2023-08-09 · in Happy Birthday OpenStreetMap
  29. …by contributing! It's not that hard and some editors are very easy to get started with, e.g. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete (If you're on Android).
    comment by kosmozaut · 2023-06-12 · in 3D OpenStreetMap
  30. …lots of questions having completely custom UI specific to that question. Some can be seen here: https://github.com/streetcomplete/streetcomplete#screenshots
  31. ▲ 8
    Show HN: OpenStreetMap statistics that can be updated with GitHub actions
    story by piebro · 2022-11-30 · 0 comments
  32. …an overlay for shops and street addresses, which might cover much of what Every Door is aiming at: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases
  33. …level, you should check out StreetComplete[0]. It gamifies filling in data in OpenStreetMaps: [0] https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
    comment by JeremyNT · 2022-10-18 · in WiGLE: Wireless Network Mapping
  34. …a bug? > The user's answer is automatically processed and uploaded directly into the OSM database. https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/ Of course uploading a few months of changes all at once is going to cause issues,…
    comment by yaomtc · 2022-09-30 · in OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022
  35. …For me it isn't down, just taking a very long time (multiple minutes) to load the 2012 data. [1] https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
    comment by betamaxthetape · 2022-09-30 · in OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022
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    User testing report for StreetComplete (OSM editor usable by humans)
    story by matkoniecz · 2022-09-03 · 0 comments
  37. …this. But maybe it should just query data in a very narrow area, like 20m? Also, from looking at https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/48 one of arguments against it is that you will get some quests ANYWHERE. Have you…
    comment by matkoniecz · 2022-09-03 · in OpenStreetMap Shortest Route Finder
  38. …please comment. (I am one of contributors and recently completed small round of UX testing, see https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/discussions... )
    comment by matkoniecz · 2022-08-09 · in Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020)
  39. I try to shill https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete as much as I can and actively contribute in my area when ever I remember. One of my biggest motivating factors is that I'm nearly trapped in google search for things that…
    comment by boredumb · 2022-08-09 · in Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020)
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    StreetComplete User experience test – results
    story by RicoElectrico · 2022-08-05 · 0 comments
  41. …opening hours. Or various POIs. You can also outright survey this with StreetComplete. See https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete Note: speed limit needs to be enabled, it is disabled by default. It is also unavailable in USA due…
    comment by matkoniecz · 2022-06-06 · in In Defense of OpenStreetMap's Data Model
  42. …https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iOS_applic... or just ask here. StreetComplete: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete#download Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app/ Go Map!!:…
    comment by habi · 2022-04-29 · in Bits of advice I wish I had known
  43. StreetComplete is a wonderful Android app for contributing to the OpenStreetMap project: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete The UX is good enough that my five year old can use it (with a little help to read the rarer, worried…
  44. …own security-oriented Android flavor (which is very good work by the way!). [1] see "un-features" https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases/ta... Edit: was this marked as off-topic or why is it stuck to the bottom despite…
  45. …(if you use that app and something is unclear then it is likely a bug that should be reported to https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues )
  46. …easy-to-use method for collecting opening hours (and lots of other data, if you're interested): https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/#download
  47. …So someone "only" contributing fixes to grammar mistakes can be very helpful! See for example https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/pulls?q=is%... (searching by "spelling" "wording" would also find some similar PRs)
    comment by matkoniecz · 2021-06-27 · in Up for Grabs
  48. StreetComplete thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27549300 repository: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
  49. …to get it back ASAP. I kept track of the issue (and am still updating it, it's not over yet) here: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/2909 This may be an interesting read and shed some light on how the Google Play…
  50. …too. See here for more information, especially for iOS programmers this might be interesting: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/1892