Sensors

Raw sensor data

2020-09-15

Senslogs (4.7@6) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Sensor Dump (4.5@86) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-21
Sensors List (4.5@10) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-08-04
Sensors test (4.4@1,675) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2016-06-14 Kurzvorstellung 7/2016
Sensors of Android (4.3@92) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sensor Insider Pro (4.2@81; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-03
Sensor fusion app (4.2@62) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sensor Test (4.1@144) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
Android Sensor Tool (4@46) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
SensorApp (3@2) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-07-18

Sensor overviews

2020-09-15

Sensor Dr. (5@10) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2019-01-18
IoTool Device Sensors (5@3) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-05-14
Sensor Stash (4.8@22) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2017-07-08
Sensors Reader (4.8@6) 3 3
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite (4.7@12,014) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite Pro (4.8@295; ~EUR 3.25) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 2/2017 | 4/2017
Sensors Toolbox (4.6@9,601) Ǥ 12 4
Sensoroid - Sensor info (4.5@446) Ǥ 5 2
Sensors test (4.4@1,675) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2016-06-14 Kurzvorstellung 7/2016
Sensor Toolbox (4.4@419) Ǥ 8 7 LastUpdate: 2018-09-23
Phone Tester (hardware info) (4.3@20,917) Ǥ 17 21 LastUpdate: 2019-01-28 sensors & more
Sensor Sense Toolbox (4.3@10,556) Ǥ 11 4
Sensor Lab (4.3@1,361) Ǥ 11 3 Video Intro 10/2018
Z - Device Test (Ad Free) (4.3@101; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 25 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-14
Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@53) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-27
Mobile Sensor Seeker (4.3@40) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
Sensor Check (4.3@15) Ǥ 4 3 LastUpdate: 2018-09-28
Sensorium (4.3@8) 13 LastUpdate: 2014-04-03 Github; Collect sensor data
Sensors Multitool (4.2@9,740) Ǥ 8 4 LastUpdate: 2018-10-11
GPS & Sensors (4.1@589) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2017-05-23
Check My Android (4@1,737) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-09 Vorstellung 4/2014
My Sensors (4@271) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-01-31
Android Sensor Tool (4@46) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
Sensor Tools (3.9@87) 5 3 LastUpdate: 2017-12-23
Sensor Data (3.9@80) Ǥ 9 3 record, save, and analyze
Sensor Box (3.9@9) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2018-08-20
Sensor List (3.8@1,350) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2017-11-01
Sensor Test for Android (3.8@904) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-29
Sensorz (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-28 Github
SatStat (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-31 Github; GPS, sensor and network status; shows position from all location providers on map

Sensor overviews – fancy

2020-09-15

Sensor Viewer 2 (4.4@10) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2015-02-16
Sensor Box for Android (4.3@24,493) Ǥ 12 4
Sensor Sense Toolbox (4.3@10,556) Ǥ 11 4
AndroSensor (4.3@7,469) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2015-01-25 / AndroSensor Log Collector (4.3@181) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-03-10
Sensor Kinetics (4.3@6,916) 2 4 LastUpdate: 2017-06-26 / Sensor Kinetics Pro (4.4@196; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-13
Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@53) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-27
Sensor Guru (4.2@260) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
Science Journal (4.1@4,791) Ǥ 17 2 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Sensible (3.9@172) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-11
ASD Tools - Sensors (3.7@506) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2017-02-26
Trycorder (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-13 Github

Altimetres

2020-09-21

Barometer Plus (4.4@3,178) Ǥ 12 4
Altidroid (4.4@72) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-31
Accurate Altimeter (4.3@58,526) Ǥ 17 6 / Accurate Altimeter PRO (4.5@1,790; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 15 3
Altimeter Offline (4.2@2,979) Ǥ 6 7
Accurate Altimeter Free (4.2@664) Ǥ 18 5
Sensitive Altimeter (4.1@246) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-27
Pilot Altimeter & VSI (4.1@63) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (3.9@2,925) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Altimeter (3.9@711) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-29 / Altimeter Pro (3.8@142; ~EUR 1.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Barometer and Altimeter Free (3.8@1,138) Ǥ 7 4 LastUpdate: 2018-08-29
AltiVario. Recording altimeter (3.7@277) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2014-12-02
Barometer and Altimeter (3.5@302) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Altimeter Barometer Free (3.5@144) 10 5 / Altimeter Barometer Pro (3@23; ~EUR 1.00) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-02

Barometer

2020-09-16

Barometer Reborn 2020 (4.6@9,890) Ǥ 9 3
Accurate Barometer (4.5@11,538) Ǥ 14 7 / Accurate Barometer PRO (4.5@594; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11 3
Barometer (4.5@1,966) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-13
Barometer HD (4.2@103) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
DS Barometer - Altimeter and Weather Information (4.1@3,750) Ǥ 10 2
Barometer Free (4.1@23) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2013-03-01
Barometer In Status Bar Lite (4@779) 8 2 / Barometer In Status Bar (3.6@204; ~EUR 3.00) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Promo 12/2013
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (3.9@2,925) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Barometer HD (3.9@508) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-28
Barometer & Altimeter (3.8@4,354) Ǥ 13 1 LastUpdate: 2017-03-10
Barometer and Altimeter Free (3.8@1,138) Ǥ 7 4 LastUpdate: 2018-08-29
Barometer Graph (3.8@88) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-28
Barometer Prime (3.7@245) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-18
AtmosphereLogger (3.7@230) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Barometer and Altimeter (3.5@302) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Altimeter Barometer Free (3.5@144) 10 5 / Altimeter Barometer Pro (3@23; ~EUR 1.00) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-02

Compass sensor

2020-09-15

The compass clearly is one of the sensors available in all smartphones. Some of these apps are also mentioned in the Augmented Reality category.

Beauty Compass (5@2) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Compass Galaxy (4.6@97,696) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass Steel 3D (4.5@40,761) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-08 / Compass Steel (No Ads) (4.5@19,949) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-21
AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.5@3,234) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15 / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@842; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-13
GPS Compass (4.5@8) 5 2 compass with altimeter
Compass (4.4@64,420) 2 8 LastUpdate: 2017-11-12 / Compass PRO (4.5@6,769; ~EUR 2.25) 0 4 LastUpdate: 2017-02-01
Compass Level & GPS (4.4@38,156) Ǥ 11 9
Material Compass (4.4@788) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-01-27
Compass (4.4@318) 6 1
Smart Compass (4.3@254,480) Ǥ 12 3 / Smart Compass Pro (4.6@5,895; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass (4.3@151,674) 4 3
Compass Free (4.3@32,085) 2 8 LastUpdate: 2017-10-30
Compass (4.3@15,280) Ǥ 11 1 compass, speedometer, metal detector
Material Compass (4.3@22) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-18 Github
Compass PRO (4.2@68,539) 2 8 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24
Camera Compass (4.2@387) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2017-05-03
Digital Field Compass (4.1@2,113) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-29 / Digital Field Compass Plus (4.3@282; ~EUR 2.00) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-30
Azimuth Compass (4@736) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
Living in the sun - Sun & Moon (3.9@1,103) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2018-05-29 / Living in the sun Pro (4.1@287; ~EUR 2.50) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2015-10-15
Steady compass (3.8@4,629) Ǥ 8 2 LastUpdate: 2018-04-28
Analog clock / compass (3.8@1,485) 0 LastUpdate: 2014-04-12
Live Compass (3.8@519) 2 LastUpdate: 2015-02-25
Compass (3.5@578) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-05 compass & flashlight
Simple Compass (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
NorthDog Audio Compass (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-18 Github; uses 3D sound "coming from north"; useful for the visually impaired!

Sensor Tools

2020-09-15

Bubble level (4.6@225,565) Ǥ 16 6 Github
Sound Meter & Noise Detector (4.6@55,720) 5 3
Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@50,519) Ǥ 4 5 LastUpdate: 2016-06-08 / Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@667; ~EUR 0.50) Ǥ 4 2 LastUpdate: 2016-05-29
Bubble (4.5@31,621) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-12-18
Sound Meter (4.4@207,206) Ǥ 9 3 / Sound Meter Pro (4.6@3,735; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Smart Ruler (4.3@12,749) Ǥ 6 4 / Smart Ruler Pro (4.9@1,196; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Toolbox - Smart, Handy Carpenter Measurement Tools (4.1@14,284) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2018-01-31
Spirit Level Plus (4.1@10,696) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2016-11-07
iHandy Level Free (4.1@5,732) Ǥ 8 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-30
Bubble level (4.1@1,443) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-10-03
Metal Detector (4@100,850) Ǥ 7 3
Sound Meter (4@2,281) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2019-01-02

Sensor based Games

2020-09-15

Roll The Balls (4.9@15) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-16
Ten seconds - Ball Game Teeter (4.6@241) 4 6 LastUpdate: 2016-05-26
Classic Labyrinth 3d Maze - The Wooden Puzzle Game (4.4@140,073) Ǥ 3 5 / Classic Labyrinth Maze 3d 2 - More Mazes (4.2@3,746) Ǥ 10 5
aTilt 3D Labyrinth Free (4.4@47) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2016-03-11
Motion Sensor Game - Constellaria (4.2@54) 2 1
Labyrinth Lite (4.1@89,982) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-01-03 / Labyrinth 2 Lite (4@12,301) 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-08-28 / Labyrinth (4.4@2,498; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-09-13
Round Labyrinth (4.1@254) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2016-02-03
Classic Maze Ball (4@71) 2 4 LastUpdate: 2017-06-29
Hamster Ball : Tilt Game (3.8@618) 4 2 LastUpdate: 2017-08-21
Teeter 3D (3.6@510) Ǥ 9 4
Tilt (2.5@1,127) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2017-01-31 Github
Rings Sensor Game (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Other sensor apps

2020-09-15

phyphox (4.5@3,796) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Channel; Sci-Hub PDF 3/2017; Heise 1/2018; Erfahrungsbericht 1/2018; 1h Video 36C3 12/2019; Weitere Artikel bei der Humboldt-Uni Berlin
Accelerometer Sensor (4.5@1,468) Ǥ 5 1 LastUpdate: 2015-08-16
Sensor Fusion Toolbox (4.5@42) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-18
Sensor Test (4.1@1,338) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Entity Sensor Pro-EMF Detector (4.1@1,002; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 12 3
4x4 Inclinometer Trial (3.9@225) 2 / 4x4 Inclinometer PRO (4.2@128; ~EUR 3.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-14
Weather Station (3.5@2,165) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-30 / Weather Station Pro (3.9@218; ~EUR 2.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-05-30
real time magnetic field (3.3@28) 1 LastUpdate: 2014-06-11

Further Readings:

Die besten Physik-Multisensor-Apps für Android und iOS (6/2018)
Tückische Sensoren (MobilSicher, 1/2018): spying on users
Sensoren im Smartphone geben Daten preis (6/2017 - 10/2019)
Top 5 Apps to Know and Test Sensors Android Device (5/2014)

2020-09-21

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