Configurable, (bike-) Router for OFFLINE Navigation, based on open data.
About BRouter Offline Navigation
BRouter Offline Navigation is a maps & navigation app developed by Dr. Arndt Brenschede.
Download Statistics
BRouter Offline Navigation has been downloaded 390 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.8 thousand times.
User Ratings
BRouter Offline Navigation is rated 3.28 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.3 thousand ratings.
App Information
BRouter Offline Navigation is FREE to download. The APK download size is 3.14 MB. The latest version available is 1.7.9. The last update was on April 21, 2026.
Technical Requirements
BRouter Offline Navigation requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play March 2014.
Description
Configurable, elevation-aware (bike-) Router for OFFLINE Navigation based on open data. Works in conjunction with a Map Application.
See http://brouter.de/brouter for more documenation See http://brouter.de/brouter-web for an online version.
*** If you do not know one of the supporting map applications, then the BRouter-App is useless for you. Download only if you are willing to spend some time to understand the setup. No one-star reviews from the unpatient please! email for problems ***
BRouter does only the plain route-calculation and does not display a map or the calculated route on it's own and therefore works only together with a Map Application. There are two different methods for the interfacing between BRouter and the Map application: BRouter offers a service interface that is called by the map application without a need to start the BRouter-App. This way, BRouter is a routing service very much like an online routing service, including dynamic recalculations if you get off the track. The other mode of operation is to start the BRouter-App and use waypoints from the map application's waypoint database to define your route. The calculated route is then written as a GPX file (including the elevation profile) to the map-application's tracks directory.
Some popular map apps support both the service interface and the interface via the wayoint database in their current versions available on Google Play.
The service interface uses a timeout of 60s, limiting it's use to distances of about 50km, but using the BRouter App you are able to calculate much longer distances. But even long-distance tracks can be followed via the service interface (including dynamic recalculations). This is done by pre-calculating a route for your destination once using the BRouter App and assigning it to a routing mode via the "Server-Mode" Button. This feature is called "timeout-free recalculations".
The route calculation, no matter if via the service interface or via the BRouter App, also considers nogo areas that can be defined as waypoints with a special naming convention (e.g. "nogo200" for 200m radius). This way it is possible to account for actual obstacles, but this feature can also be used to enforce personal preferences.
BRouter contains a download manager that assists downloading the required routing data files.The download manager is called on the first start of the app, and later on it is offered if internet access is available.
The mapping from one of the 6 routing modes (car/bike/foot * fast/short), that are used traditionally by routing services, and BRouter's concept of fully configurable routing profiles get's the following default mapping after the installation of BRouter:
This mapping, however, can by changed anytime via the "Server-Mode" Button of the BRouter App. But also the routing profile definitions can be changed or new ones can be created.
Routing for cars is is currently available only in an experimental state ("car-test") and is not recommend. For example, turn-restriction are not taken into account.
Recent changes: Android - add more languages Library - Enable database access for pseudo way tags - Enable database access for pseudo node tags - Matched way points have a type now - Kinematic class update for cost (old classes become backup) Profiles - car profiles now can use the pseudo way tags like forest, river, town
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Comments on BRouter Offline Navigation for Android
★★★★★
The fact that this app only works in conjunction with other navigation apps as a plugin is neither obvious from the name, not the app ui. The ui is horrible and the app closes for no reason after you configure something. After getting it to work in Osman it works like a charm, and I love that I don't have to switch apps and have to download multiple maps, because it just extends my installed Navigation app. Please title it 'Extension' or something and add explanatory text on startup.
★★★★★
Used it with Locus for offline navigation in several situations. Perfect. Perfect for hiking as for driving.
★★★★★
How it works: define starting point and destination in a map viewer (e.g. Oruxmaps), then open the BRouter app, pick up your starting point and destination from there again, then choose from about 8 different routing styles (e.g. mountain-, trekking-, road-, recumbent bike). A gpx file with your route is generated that you can then view and follow in (e.g.) Oruxmaps. I used this in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Germany, mostly for long road and trekking bike-style routing. It worked very well, a loooot better than Garmin (gasman 64s) handheld GPS onboard routing and still better than Google Maps bicycle routing. Thank you for this extremely useful app.
★★☆☆☆
No instructions or menu on how to use. Downloaded an area, and nothing happens, just a map with an X, if I hit the X, it just downloads the same map again? Who knows, the app is not intuitive, and has no instructions.
★★☆☆☆
The BRouter Web Application is great, but this Android App does not work at all. I can download maps, and that is it. Because I have Android >6 and that (according to the help) means I must choose "Server-Mode". After doing that, I can choose a vehicle profile and then the app just exits.
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Technologies used by BRouter Offline Navigation
BRouter Offline Navigation is requesting 10 permissions and is using 12 libraries.
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