Oruxmaps is pretty good too.
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Iโll go ahead and throw another option out there. Magic Earth. I would use OsmAnd or Organic Maps more often but neither support routing with public transport other than the train.
(I haven't used osmand in a minute)
Osmand has a buttload of features but the UI is kinda complicated, whereas OrganicMaps has a simple UI but less features.
If you want car navigation I'd recommend MagicEarth because it has traffic info
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Magic_Earth
It's proprietary.
For some people, not getting stuck in traffic is worth using proprietary software.
Are there any FOSS navigation apps with (paid?) traffic info?
Proprietary is not some evil demon. Sure open source is better, but it's just one bullet point in a pro/con table.
It kind is, though. Proprietary doesn't mean paid; I'll pay for OSS apps. Proprietary means they won't release the source code, and this is bad for a whole bunch of reasons. But the reason that gets my goat is that it's almost guaranteed that proprietary app was developed with open source tools, and probably uses at least some open source code. I fucking hate hypocrites.
Deal breaker for people who care about Free software
who care too much about Free software
There's a difference between caring and caring too much. I care about eating healthy. Doesn't mean I never eat anything unhealthy and immediately throw people who try to eat a sweet out of my third-floor window.
I don't know anything about Organic Maps, but Osm& has been great to me. The only issue I have is that address lookup is pretty abysmal, but there may be a fix for that I'm not aware of.