It is available in both free and paid versions; the latter unlocks the download limit for offline maps and provides access to Wikipedia points of interest (POIs) and their descriptions from within the app.

Using the device's GPS capabilities, OsmAnd offers routing, with visual and voice guidance, for car, bike, and pedestrian.

[5] Navigation provides turn-by-turn voice guidance for driving, walking, biking and public transport with route calculation made on the device.

OsmAnd allows customization of most things through the user interface, user-editable xml files or creating plugins.

[11] As a result, this feature was removed from the free and paying versions and OsmAnd was reinstated to the Play store.

People can still download the free 3.2.7 version as an APK file, while turning off the Play Store's auto-update for this application, in order to use this feature.

[13] The application is available on Google Play in both a free[14] and a paid version (OsmAnd+)[15] which works as a donation to the developer, unlocks the download limit for offline maps, and provides access to Wikipedia POIs and their description from within the app.

A community-compiled version of the full OsmAnd+ named OsmAnd~ without Google Play services dependency is also freely available on F-Droid.

[22] Joe Hindy from AndroidAuthority stated "It's probably not as good as something like HERE or Google Maps for online use, but it's among the best offline GPS apps available right now.