Updated September 2026 · both apps now carry dated listing figures, and the Magic Earth listing corrected this page on its developer, its price, its offline maps and its data card
Ordinary navigation apps route you as though you are driving a hatchback. In a motorhome that assumption sends you under low bridges, onto weight restricted lanes and into turns you cannot physically make. Magic Earth is free to install, carries no Contains ads label on its Play listing read 5 September 2026, and is one of the few apps at no upfront cost that accepts a real vehicle profile instead of pretending every vehicle is a car.
The problem is not that car apps give bad directions. It is that they optimise for a set of constraints your vehicle does not share. A route that is perfectly sensible in a car can be impassable in a seven metre motorhome.
The failures cluster in four places: height limits at bridges and tunnels, weight limits on rural bridges, width restrictions on narrow lanes, and turns that are geometrically impossible with a long wheelbase. None of these are visible in a car focused route until you are looking at them through the windscreen with nowhere to reverse.
Magic Earth is a navigation app from Magic Lane International BV, the developer named on its Play listing read 5 September 2026, with offline maps that its description says are powered by OpenStreetMap. It is free to install and the listing carries no Contains ads label. On privacy the developer and the store disagree, and the disagreement is worth stating: the developer’s own listing description says “We do not track you. We do not profile you. We do not trade in your personal data; moreover, we do not have it.”, while the Data Safety card on the same listing, read 5 September 2026, says the app may share these data types with third parties and that data cannot be deleted. Because the map data is open, coverage is often excellent on minor roads and campsite tracks that commercial maps treat as unimportant.
The feature that matters here is the vehicle profile: you tell the app the physical dimensions and weight of what you are driving, and routing respects them. One caveat the listing forces: its description, read 5 September 2026, names car, bike, foot and public transport as the travel modes and does not mention a vehicle profile at all, so confirm the profile is present in the version you install before planning a trip around it.
Routing a motorhome by height, width, length and weight
1.8 stars from 42,141 reviews · 1,000,000+ installs · free to install · in-app purchase $19.99 per item · last updated 25 June 2026 · by Magic Lane International BV · Contains ads: No · checked 5 September 2026
Google Play listing · 1.8 (42,141) · read 5 September 2026
The app this page is about, and its listing read 5 September 2026 needs stating plainly. Free to install with no Contains ads label, but the developer's own description now calls it freemium and puts offline maps behind the Magic Earth Premium subscription, sold as an in-app purchase of $19.99 per item. The developer shown on Play is Magic Lane International BV. The rating is 1.8 stars from 42,141 reviews, on a Data Safety card that says the app may share data types with third parties. The vehicle profile is still why it is here, and the listing description never mentions it, so confirm it in the app before a trip depends on it.
This is the step people skip, and skipping it means you are back to car routing with extra steps. Have the real numbers before you start; the plate in the door frame or the registration document has them.
Then confirm the app is actually in the larger vehicle mode rather than car mode. If routes still look like car routes, this switch is the first thing to check.
What offline maps cost is not settled by the sources: the Play listing does not say, and the developer's own site, read 6 September 2026, lists offline maps among the app's features while also selling a Premium licence. The developer’s own listing description, read 5 September 2026, says “Magic Earth is now freemium, giving everyone free access to core features like map browsing, search, favourites, and turn-by-turn navigation” and lists offline maps among the features the Magic Earth Premium subscription unlocks, beside traffic-aware navigation, activity recording and the elevation map style. The listing prices its in-app purchase at $19.99 per item, and the description says the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
With Premium, download the countries you are crossing before you leave, over Wi-Fi, and navigation, voice guidance and rerouting need no connection on the road. The description adds that some features require an internet connection and some are not available in all countries, so confirm the offline case in the app before the trip depends on it.
This is worth more abroad than at home. It removes roaming charges from the equation, and more importantly it removes the failure mode where navigation stops working in exactly the remote area where you needed it.
Less than the category norm, but no longer nothing. The app is free to install and its Play listing, read 5 September 2026, carries no Contains ads label. The same listing sells an in-app purchase of $19.99 per item, and the developer’s description says what it buys: the Magic Earth Premium subscription, which unlocks traffic-aware navigation, activity recording, offline maps and the elevation map style, while map browsing, search, favourites and turn-by-turn navigation stay free for everyone. The description does not mention the vehicle profile at all. For a motorhome trip abroad, offline maps are the feature that matters, so the honest price of this setup is the subscription. Against dedicated RV navigation apps that commonly charge an annual fee, the comparison is now subscription against subscription.
Be realistic about the limits. Routing quality depends on OpenStreetMap having the restriction recorded. Where a height or weight limit is missing from the map data, no vehicle profile can protect you, so the profile reduces risk rather than eliminating it. Keep reading the road signs.
Live traffic is weaker than Google Maps. Points of interest are thinner than a commercial database. And it does not know where campsites and overnight parking are, which is a different job.
The practical setup is Magic Earth for routing, a dedicated campsite or stopover app for finding somewhere to stay, and Google Maps consulted separately when you want current traffic on a motorway run.
Live traffic on a motorway run, consulted separately
3.2 stars from 19,533,122 reviews · 10,000,000,000+ installs · free · no in-app purchases · last updated 4 September 2026 · by Google LLC · Contains ads: Yes · checked 5 September 2026
Google Play listing · 3.2 (19,533,122) · read 5 September 2026
The app this page tells you to consult for current traffic on a motorway run, not to route the motorhome. Free, no in-app purchases, and the Contains ads label on its listing read 5 September 2026, updated on the store 4 September 2026. Its rating is 3.2 stars from 19,533,122 reviews, on a Data Safety card that says no data is shared with third parties and lists an independent security review. It takes no height, width or weight profile, which is the failure this page opens with.
It is free to install and its Play listing carries no Contains ads label, read 5 September 2026. The developer’s own description on that listing now calls the app freemium: map browsing, search, favourites and turn-by-turn navigation are free, while offline maps, traffic-aware navigation, activity recording and the elevation map style need the Magic Earth Premium subscription, sold as an in-app purchase of $19.99 per item.
Yes, through the vehicle profile. Enter height to the highest fixed point, width including mirrors, length including any towbar or rack, and laden weight, then confirm the app is in larger vehicle mode rather than car mode. The listing description does not mention the profile, so check it is present in the app before relying on it.
Only with the Premium subscription, according to the developer’s own listing description read 5 September 2026, which lists offline maps among the features Premium unlocks. With it, download the maps for those countries beforehand and guidance and rerouting work offline, which removes roaming costs and the risk of losing navigation in a remote area. The description also notes that some features require an internet connection.
Routing can only respect restrictions that exist in the underlying map data. Where a limit has not been recorded, no app can route around it. First check that larger vehicle mode is actually active, then treat the profile as risk reduction rather than a guarantee and keep reading the signs.
A lot, because the screen stays on and GPS runs constantly. Plan on driving with it plugged into a charger capable of supplying more power than the phone is consuming, otherwise the battery will still fall on a long leg.
Yes. Magic Earth handles routing, not overnight parking. Pair it with a dedicated stopover or campsite app, and consult a traffic focused app separately for live motorway conditions.
The developer shown on its Google Play listing, read 5 September 2026, is Magic Lane International BV. The listing sits at 1.8 stars from 42,141 reviews on 1,000,000+ installs, the lowest rating on this page, and its Data Safety card says the app may share data types with third parties and that data cannot be deleted. Google Maps, the traffic app this page pairs it with, sits at 3.2 stars from 19,533,122 reviews on 10,000,000,000+ installs.
Checked 5 September 2026: the page named two apps and linked neither, with no ratings, no ads labels, no table and no dated line; both now carry fact lines read today. Reading the Magic Earth listing corrected it four times. The developer shown on Play is Magic Lane International BV, so the phrase from General Magic is withdrawn. The developer's own description now calls the app freemium and lists offline maps among the features the Premium subscription unlocks, sold as an in-app purchase of $19.99 per item, so the lines free in full, There is no subscription and no paid tier gating the routing features, the offline maps are free, The app, the offline maps and the vehicle profile all cost nothing and Yes, provided you downloaded the maps for those countries beforehand are withdrawn; one of the few no cost apps now reads one of the few apps at no upfront cost, the offline maps heading no longer calls them the reason to install, and the word Free left the title. Its Data Safety card says the app may share data types with third parties, so the line its business model does not depend on selling your movement data is withdrawn and the developer's own privacy wording is quoted beside the card instead. The rating deserves saying plainly: 1.8 stars from 42,141 reviews, against 3.2 stars from 19,533,122 for Google Maps. The listing description never mentions the vehicle profile, and the page now says so. Three FAQ questions moved to the second person and one was added.
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