diff --git a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.cpp b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.cpp
index eb9c9ebe3d..4c8b3e5b21 100644
--- a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.cpp
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ extern "C"
   }
 
   JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
-  Java_com_mapswithme_maps_MWMActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv * env, jobject thiz, jstring apkPath, jstring storagePath)
+  Java_com_mapswithme_maps_MWMActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv * env, jobject thiz,
+      jstring apkPath, jstring storagePath, jstring tmpPath, jstring settingsPath)
   {
     if (!g_framework)
     {
-      android::Platform::Instance().Initialize(env, apkPath, storagePath);
+      android::Platform::Instance().Initialize(env, apkPath, storagePath,
+          tmpPath, settingsPath);
       g_framework = new android::Framework(g_jvm);
     }
   }
diff --git a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp
index 4b79a3e622..193eb7f36b 100644
--- a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
 
 namespace android
 {
-  void Platform::Initialize(JNIEnv * env, jstring apkPath, jstring storagePath)
+  void Platform::Initialize(JNIEnv * env, jstring apkPath, jstring storagePath,
+      jstring tmpPath, jstring settingsPath)
   {
     m_resourcesDir = jni::ToString(env, apkPath);
     m_writableDir = jni::ToString(env, storagePath);
+    m_tmpDir = jni::ToString(env, tmpPath);
+    m_settingsDir = jni::ToString(env, settingsPath);
+
     LOG(LDEBUG, ("Apk path = ", m_resourcesDir));
     LOG(LDEBUG, ("Writable path = ", m_writableDir));
   }
diff --git a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.hpp b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.hpp
index 9184ebf44a..3070fd0d7c 100644
--- a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.hpp
+++ b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ namespace android
   class Platform : public ::Platform
   {
   public:
-    void Initialize(JNIEnv * env, jstring apkPath, jstring storagePath);
+    void Initialize(JNIEnv * env, jstring apkPath, jstring storagePath,
+        jstring tmpPath, jstring settingsPath);
 
     static Platform & Instance();
   };
diff --git a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java
index daec8d4354..86cb9df54a 100644
--- a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java
@@ -53,11 +53,20 @@ public class MWMActivity extends NvEventQueueActivity implements
 
   private String getDataStoragePath()
   {
-    String storagePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
-        .getAbsolutePath();
+    final String storagePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
     return storagePath.concat(String.format("/Android/data/%s/files/", PACKAGE_NAME));
   }
 
+  private String getTmpPath()
+  {
+    return getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/";
+  }
+
+  private String getSettingsPath()
+  {
+    return getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/";
+  }
+
   private void checkMeasurementSystem()
   {
     int u;
@@ -157,7 +166,7 @@ public class MWMActivity extends NvEventQueueActivity implements
     final File f = new File(storagePath);
     f.mkdirs();
 
-    nativeInit(getAppBundlePath(), storagePath);
+    nativeInit(getAppBundlePath(), storagePath, getTmpPath(), getSettingsPath());
 
     setupLanguages();
 
@@ -352,7 +361,7 @@ public class MWMActivity extends NvEventQueueActivity implements
   private native void nativeStorageConnected();
   private native void nativeStorageDisconnected();
 
-  private native void nativeInit(String apkPath, String storagePath);
+  private native void nativeInit(String apkPath, String storagePath, String tmpPath, String settingsPath);
   private native void nativeLocationStatusChanged(int newStatus);
   private native void nativeLocationUpdated(long time, double lat, double lon, float accuracy);
   private native void nativeCompassUpdated(long time, double magneticNorth, double trueNorth, float accuracy);
diff --git a/platform/platform.hpp b/platform/platform.hpp
index a4c92a4dca..e73832d640 100644
--- a/platform/platform.hpp
+++ b/platform/platform.hpp
@@ -16,14 +16,24 @@ DECLARE_EXCEPTION(NotImplementedException, RootException);
 class Platform
 {
 protected:
-  string m_writableDir, m_resourcesDir;
+  /// Usually read-only directory for application resources
+  string m_resourcesDir;
+  /// Writable directory to store downloaded map data
+  /// @note on some systems it can point to external ejectable storage
+  string m_writableDir;
+  /// Temporary directory, can be cleaned up by the system
+  string m_tmpDir;
+  /// Writable directory to store persistent application data
+  string m_settingsDir;
+
   class PlatformImpl;
   /// Used only on those platforms where needed
   PlatformImpl * m_impl;
 
   static bool IsFileExistsByFullPath(string const & filePath);
 
-  /// Internal function to use files from writable dir if they override the same in the resources
+  /// Internal function to use files from writable dir
+  /// if they override the same file in the resources dir
   string ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const
   {
     string fullPath = m_writableDir + file;
@@ -48,6 +58,17 @@ public:
   /// @return resource dir (on some platforms it's differ from Writable dir)
   string ResourcesDir() const { return m_resourcesDir; }
 
+  /// @return path for directory with temporary files with slash at the end
+  string TmpDir() const { return m_tmpDir; }
+  /// @return full path to file in the temporary directory
+  string TmpPathForFile(string const & file) const { return TmpDir() + file; }
+
+  /// @return path for directory in the persistent memory, can be the same
+  /// as WritableDir, but on some platforms it's different
+  string SettingsDir() const { return m_settingsDir; }
+  /// @return full path to file in the settings directory
+  string SettingsPathForFile(string const & file) const { return SettingsDir() + file; }
+
   /// @return reader for file decriptor.
   /// @throws FileAbsentException
   /// @param[in] file descriptor which we want to read
diff --git a/platform/platform_ios.mm b/platform/platform_ios.mm
index 404a055d53..cc03facf0b 100644
--- a/platform/platform_ios.mm
+++ b/platform/platform_ios.mm
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Platform::Platform()
   NSString * docsDir = [dirPaths objectAtIndex:0];
   m_writableDir = [docsDir UTF8String];
   m_writableDir += '/';
+  m_settingsDir = m_writableDir;
+  m_tmpDir = [NSHomeDirectory() UTF8String];
+  m_tmpDir += '/tmp/';
 
   // Hardcoding screen resolution depending on the device we are running.
   m_impl->m_visualScale = 1.0;
diff --git a/platform/platform_linux.cpp b/platform/platform_linux.cpp
index 9cfebaa4b5..634caf3f17 100644
--- a/platform/platform_linux.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_linux.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ Platform::Platform()
   // @TODO implement correct resources and writable directories for public releases
   m_resourcesDir = path + "../../data/";
   m_writableDir = m_resourcesDir;
+  m_settingsDir = m_writableDir;
+  char * tmpDir = ::getenv("TMPDIR");
+  if (tmpDir)
+    m_tmpDir = tmpDir;
+  else
+    m_tmpDir = P_tmpdir;
 
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Resources directory:", m_resourcesDir));
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Writable directory:", m_writableDir));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Tmp directory:", m_tmpDir));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Settings directory:", m_settingsDir));
 }
 
 Platform::~Platform()
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ bool Platform::IsFileExistsByFullPath(string const & filePath)
 
 int Platform::CpuCores() const
 {
-  long numCPU = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+  const long numCPU = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
   if (numCPU >= 1)
     return static_cast<int>(numCPU);
   return 1;
diff --git a/platform/platform_mac.mm b/platform/platform_mac.mm
index 7db07c03e8..73e4bb1137 100644
--- a/platform/platform_mac.mm
+++ b/platform/platform_mac.mm
@@ -54,8 +54,18 @@ Platform::Platform()
   }
   [pool release];
 
+  m_settingsDir = m_writableDir;
+
+  NSString * tempDir = NSTemporaryDirectory();
+  if (tempDir == nil)
+      tempDir = @"/tmp";
+  m_tmpDir = [tempDir UTF8String];
+  m_tmpDir += '/';
+
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Resources Directory:", m_resourcesDir));
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Writable Directory:", m_writableDir));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Tmp Directory:", m_tmpDir));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Settings Directory:", m_settingsDir));
 }
 
 Platform::~Platform()
diff --git a/platform/platform_win.cpp b/platform/platform_win.cpp
index 62934716b2..4edfe71d71 100644
--- a/platform/platform_win.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_win.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,15 @@ Platform::Platform()
   }
   FileWriter::DeleteFileX(m_resourcesDir + "mapswithmetmptestfile");
 
+  m_settingsDir = m_writableDir;
+  char pathBuf[MAX_PATH] = {0};
+  GetTempPathA(MAX_PATH, pathBuf);
+  m_tmpDir = pathBuf;
+
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Resources Directory:", m_resourcesDir));
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Writable Directory:", m_writableDir));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Tmp Directory:", m_tmpDir));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Settings Directory:", m_settingsDir));
 }
 
 Platform::~Platform()
diff --git a/platform/settings.cpp b/platform/settings.cpp
index 67bbf18753..d70b3273a8 100644
--- a/platform/settings.cpp
+++ b/platform/settings.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ namespace Settings
     try
     {
       string str;
-      ReaderPtr<Reader>(GetPlatform().GetReader(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME)).ReadAsString(str);
+      {
+        FileReader(GetPlatform().SettingsPathForFile(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME)).ReadAsString(str);
+      }
       istringstream stream(str);
       string line;
       while (stream.good())
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Settings
     // @TODO add mutex
     try
     {
-      FileWriter file(GetPlatform().WritablePathForFile(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME));
+      FileWriter file(GetPlatform().SettingsPathForFile(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME));
       for (ContainerT::const_iterator it = m_values.begin(); it != m_values.end(); ++it)
       {
         string line(it->first);