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OsmAnd 5.4 (iOS)

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Eugene
Eugene
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OsmAnd 5.4 for iOS — Now Available!

This update brings a redesigned My Places interface, a rebuilt Plan a Route tool, the new Astronomy plugin, and many other improvements and bug fixes.

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OsmAnd 5.4 for iOS

What's new​

New "My Places" design​

The My Places screen has been redesigned with a new segmented interface, making it easier to switch between Favorites, Tracks, OSM Edits, and Travel Guides.

  • Favorites now use a folder-based structure with support for subfolders. Folders are organized into Pinned, Visible, and Hidden sections, and frequently used folders can be pinned to the top. Each folder displays useful statistics, including the number of subfolders and points, modification date, and storage size. New sorting options allow folders and points to be arranged by name, date, or distance.

    Updated action menus provide quicker access to Show on map, Pin or unpin, Rename, Appearance, Share, Move, and Delete. Favorites and entire folders can also be added to Map markers, a Track, or Navigation. Selection mode makes it possible to apply actions to multiple folders and points at once.

  • Tracks provides access to saved, recorded, and imported GPX files from the same redesigned My Places interface, with search, sorting, folder management, statistics, and quick actions for working with individual tracks or multiple selected items.

  • OSM Edits keeps your OpenStreetMap edits, notes, and uploaded changes in a dedicated section. This tab is available when the OSM Editing plugin is enabled.

  • Travel Guides contains bookmarked travel articles and guides, allowing saved travel content to be accessed directly from My Places. The tab appears when multiple guides have been bookmarked.

The new search interface also makes Favorites easier to find by displaying their folder, distance, address, and creation date directly in the results.

Favorites menu iOSMy Places with tracks in iOS

Updated "Plan a Route" interface​

The Plan a Route tool has been rebuilt with a new interface for creating, editing, and analyzing routes.

Separate Route + and + POI actions let you add route points or named waypoints and points of interest. Individual route segments can use different routing types, allowing you to combine, for example, cycling, walking, and straight-line sections within the same track.

The new panel includes three sections:

  • POI — manage waypoints and points of interest added to the track.
  • Analyze — view the elevation graph, uphill and downhill values, altitude range, speed statistics, and route composition by road type, steepness, surface, and smoothness.
  • Route — view and manage route points and segments.

Plan route

When elevation data is unavailable, it can be calculated using nearby roads or downloaded Terrain maps. The updated route summary also displays distance, estimated travel time, arrival time, elevation gain, and elevation loss.

Plan route

Quick actions provide access to undo and redo, change segment order, reverse the route, append it to an existing track, save a copy, clear all points, or start navigation directly along the planned track.

Astronomy plugin​

The Astronomy plugin is now available on iOS. It provides an interactive Star Map with stars, constellations, the Sun, the Moon, planets, nebulae, star clusters, and other deep-sky objects.

Explore celestial objects using categories, catalogs, and the Watch now section. Detailed object information, visibility graphs, daily paths, direction indicators, Favorites, and a weekly observation schedule help you find objects and choose the best time for stargazing.

Enabled plugin (Menu → Plugins → Astronomy) → Menu → Star map

Astronomy PluginAstronomy Plugin

New "Terrain shadows" visualization​

The new Terrain Shadows visualization provides real-time dynamic shading based on 3D terrain geometry. Unlike raster Hillshade maps, the shadows are generated directly on the device and automatically adapt to the current map perspective.

This visualization makes mountains, valleys, ridges, and other terrain features easier to distinguish while maintaining a low impact on performance. 3D Relief is required and is enabled automatically when Terrain Shadows is selected.

Menu → Configure Map → Topography → Terrain → Visualization → Terrain Shadows

Terrain shadows iOS

Color palette for Tracks and Terrain​

OsmAnd 5.4 for iOS introduces a built-in Color Palette Editor for customizing how track data and terrain layers are displayed.

For Tracks, you can create custom palettes for Speed, Altitude, and Slope coloring. Choose between:

Color Palettes EditorColor Palettes Editor

Custom palettes are also available for Terrain visualizations. You can modify the color scale used for Slope and Altitude, assign colors to specific elevation levels or slope percentages, and add or remove value steps. Hillshade uses a fixed shading algorithm and does not support custom palettes.

Modify Color SchemeModify Color Scheme

More icons for profiles​

You can now choose from the complete collection of OsmAnd icons when creating or editing a profile. The redesigned icon selector uses grouped categories and includes the same icons available for Favorites, making profiles easier to identify and personalize.

Icons list

CarPlay updates​

OsmAnd 5.4 includes several fixes and improvements for Apple CarPlay.

The 10-day free CarPlay trial has been restored after an issue that could prevent it from working correctly in recent releases. New users can once again test CarPlay navigation before purchasing Maps+ or OsmAnd Pro.

Navigation now displays warnings before starting a route when required maps are missing or when private-road access needs confirmation. The update also improves map and route centering, particularly on widescreen displays.

CarPlay appearance settings no longer override the map mode selected in OsmAnd. When Day or Night mode is selected manually, the map keeps that setting when the CarPlay interface switches between light and dark modes.

Default appearance for Track folders​

You can now set a default appearance for each Track folder. New tracks added to the folder can automatically use the selected coloring, line width, direction arrows, start and finish icons, and split interval.

The settings can also be applied to all existing tracks in the folder, replacing their individual appearance options.

Context menu of a track in iOSTrack folders

Organise tracks for smart folders​

Smart Folders can now automatically organize tracks into groups using the new Organize by option. Instead of displaying every track in one list, you can group them by activity, creation date, location, distance, speed, altitude, elevation, or recorded sensor data.

Available organization types include:

  • General — duration, time in motion, length, and activity.
  • Date and time — year or month of creation.
  • Location — country or nearest city.
  • Speed — maximum or average speed.
  • Altitude and elevation — maximum or average altitude, uphill, and downhill.
  • Sensors — heart rate, bicycle cadence, bicycle power, temperature, and sensor speed.

For numerical values, you can adjust the grouping interval using Set step size. For example, tracks can be divided into distance ranges, altitude intervals, or speed groups. Empty groups are hidden automatically, and each group displays the number of included tracks.

Groups can be sorted alphabetically or, for numerical data, from highest to lowest or lowest to highest. You can also show all tracks from a group on the map or export them together.

Smart FoldersSmart Folders

Split Multi-Track GPX Files on Import​

When importing a GPX file containing multiple tracks, you can now review and select the individual tracks you want to import. Each selected track is saved separately, making it possible to manage its visibility, appearance, and other settings independently.

You can select a destination folder, import all available tracks as separate files, or use Import as one track to keep the original GPX content together.

Multi-Track GPX Import

Show Track Waypoints on the Map​

Track waypoint lists now include a dedicated Show on map button. Tap the pin icon next to a waypoint to center the map on its location without changing the current zoom level.

Tapping the main waypoint area still opens its full context menu.

Show Track Waypoints on the Map

Others updates and improvements​

OsmAnd 5.4 also includes a range of smaller features and interface improvements:

Bug fixes​

If you have suggestions for improving the iOS version of the app, please get in touch with us. We appreciate and welcome your contribution to the further development of OsmAnd.

 Apple AppStore