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 <p>We recommended <a href="https://osmand.net/">OsmAnd</a> as it is very capable, but you can use others.
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+  <p>On android phones, this may be best achieved by installing from <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a> rather than the plan store</p>
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 <p>The OsmAnd documentation says:
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