<s>
MAPS.ME	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
app	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
that	O
provides	O
offline	O
maps	O
using	O
OpenStreetMap	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
MapsWithMe	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
open	B-License
sourced	I-License
and	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
version	O
was	O
additionally	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
F-droid	B-Application
until	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
the	O
payment	O
processor	O
Daegu	O
Limited	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Parity.com,	O
which	O
changed	O
the	O
application	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
content	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
the	O
free	O
software	O
community	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
ad	O
-	O
and	O
tracker-free	O
fork	O
called	O
'	O
Organic	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
 '	O
in	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maps.me	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Yury	O
Melnichek	O
,	O
Alexander	O
Borsuk	O
,	O
Viktor	O
Govako	O
and	O
Siarhei	O
Rachytski	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
leadership	O
of	O
Alexander	O
,	O
MapsWithMe	B-Application
onboarded	O
2.5M	O
users	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
open	B-License
sourced	I-License
and	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
version	O
was	O
additionally	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
F-droid	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
Mail.ru	O
Group	O
sold	O
Maps.me	B-Application
to	O
the	O
payment	O
processor	O
Daegu	O
Limited	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Parity.com	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daegu	O
Limited	O
changed	O
the	O
application	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
acquisition	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
fork	O
—	O
Organic	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
—	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
MapsWithMe	B-Application
and	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
Zurich-based	O
MapsWithMe	B-Application
GmbH	O
with	O
a	O
development	O
office	O
in	O
Minsk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
MapsWithMe	B-Application
came	O
in	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Startup	O
Monthly	O
competition	O
in	O
Vilnius	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
Maps.me	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Mail.Ru	O
Group	O
for	O
542	O
million	O
Russian	O
rubles	O
(	O
around	O
US$14	O
million	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
)	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
My.com,	O
and	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
made	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Daegu	O
Limited	O
bought	O
Maps.me	B-Application
for	O
1.56	O
Billion	O
Russian	O
rubles	O
(	O
approximately	O
US$20	O
million	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Maps.me	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
a	O
mobile	O
app	O
wallet	O
with	O
a	O
prepaid	O
Mastercard	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Monavate	O
.	O
</s>
