Google Apps are like junk food, bad for your health/privacy, but very good in taste/product otherwise.
Think about it, Google Maps is (I think) the biggest collection of map data and information on locations everywhere around the world, yet I don't want an advertising company knowing that I just went to a fast food place.
YouTube is an endless trove of video content that anyone can contribute to, yet I'd much rather not give an advertiser information on every little interest that I have in video.
It's so bad for you, but it's so good.
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I actually think OpenStreetMaps have much more content. In my town Google shows roads and houses. OSM shows me everything down to fences, entrances, beach boardwalks, positions of every single trailer in our nearby tourist housing and more. This is critical when you're a delivery guy and you need to know where the entrance to the gated facility is. I used Waze to drive, and then OSM Viewer to walk. Even when you zoom in on an empty spot in Google, OSM shows type of land, elevation, where the trees are if there are any, who is the owner of the land if it's owned by a company. I also like that it shows what factories are called and their land border, instead of just unnamed boxes. Worked for me both in Ukraine and in Ireland.
I prefer to use OSM personally because of the significantly higher level of detail.
I use Gmaps in a private tab to plan my routes though if I need to use public transport to get somewhere
Is Open Street Maps app called OsmAnd?
OsmAnd is a viewer app, OSM themselves only have the API and a website
But I think it's a good one
That's a client for it, i personally use Organic Maps