Sensors

Raw sensor data

2025-06-28

Sensor fusion app (5@69) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Senslogs (4.8@8) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-27 Github
Sensors of Android (4.3@93) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sensor Insider Pro (3.3@81; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-03
Sensorkraken (0@0) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; record raw sensor data for later processing

Sensor overviews

2025-06-29

Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite (4.7@18,566) Ǥ 13 3 / Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite P (4.6@1,161; ~EUR 3.25) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 2/2017 | 4/2017
Sensoroid - Sensor info (4.7@550) Ǥ 5 2
Sensors Toolbox (4.5@14,347) Ǥ 11 4
Sensors (4.5@15) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2023-09-18
Sensor Toolbox (4.4@478) Ǥ 8 8 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Mobile Sensor Seeker (4.4@41) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-23
Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
Sensor Sense (4.2@10,412) Ǥ 10 4
Sensors Multitool (4.1@10,659) 7 2
Sensor Lab (4@1,658) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-09-17 Video Intro 10/2018
Sensify: Phone Sensors Plots (4@5) 6 2 LastUpdate: 2022-12-27 / Sensify (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-05 Github / Github
Sensor Test for Android (3.6@925) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-29
Sensor Tools (3.5@89) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-23
SensorBox (3.4@64) Ǥ 17 3 Github; incl. recording to CSV
Sensor List (3.2@1,350) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2020-03-12
Sensor Data (2.7@435) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2022-03-28 record, save, and analyze
My Sensors (2@272) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-11
SatStat (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GPS, sensor and network status; shows position from all location providers on map

Sensor overviews – fancy

2025-06-29

Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
Sensor Sense (4.2@10,412) Ǥ 10 4
AndroSensor (4.1@7,631) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2015-01-25
ASD Tools - Sensors (3.8@501) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-06
Sensor Guru (3.8@257) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
Sensor Box for Android (3.7@25,716) Ǥ 12 3 LastUpdate: 2020-05-16
Sensor Kinetics (3.5@7,767) 2 4 LastUpdate: 2017-06-26
Trycorder (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-13 Github

Altimetres

2025-07-07

Altimeter (4.5@20,412) 10 8
Accurate Altimeter (4.4@67,107) Ǥ 21 5 / Accurate Altimeter PRO (4.3@1,932; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 16 2
Barometer Plus - Altimeter (4.1@4,685) Ǥ 11 3
Barometer and Altimeter Free (4.1@1,186) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (4@2,944) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Accurate Altimeter Free (3.9@727) Ǥ 17 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-13
Barometer and Altimeter (3.9@316) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
Sensitive Altimeter (3.6@251) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-03-06
Altimeter Pro (3.4@165; ~EUR 1.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-12-18
Altimeter Offline (3.2@3,384) 7 6
AltiVario. Recording altimeter (2.5@277) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2014-12-26

Barometer

2025-07-01

Barometer Free (5@24) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2016-07-15
Barometer Reborn 2025 (4.7@12,223) Ǥ 10 5 LastUpdate: 2023-11-27
Barometer HD (4.4@101) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
Accurate Barometer (4.2@16,736) Ǥ 19 4 / Accurate Barometer PRO (4.5@778; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11 1
DS Barometer & Altimeter (4.2@5,807) Ǥ 17 1 LastUpdate: 2023-12-13
Barometer and Altimeter Free (4.1@1,186) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (4@2,944) 6 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Barometer and Altimeter (3.9@316) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
AtmosphereLogger (3.8@238) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-25 Github
Barometer In Status Bar Lite (3.4@791) 9 5 LastUpdate: 2023-02-03
Barometer Graph (3@102) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-28

Compass sensor

2025-06-29

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

Compass Steel 3D (4.6@81,778) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Compass Steel (4.6@82,166) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.6@3,675) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-06 / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@1,035; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-06
Compass (4.5@213,293) 5 2
Compass (4.4@65,444) 3 2 / Compass PRO (4.3@7,321; ~EUR 2.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass Free (4.4@33,223) 2 2
Compass (4.4@19,498) Ǥ 14 1 compass, speedometer, metal detector
Material Compass (4.4@780) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-24
Compass Level & GPS (4.3@41,578) Ǥ 11 6
Compass (4.3@38,718) Ǥ 19 8
Compass Galaxy (4.2@102,789) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2021-07-10
Compass PRO (4.2@68,539) 2 8 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24
Compass (4.2@884) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-03 compass & flashlight
GPS Compass (4.2@32) 5 3 compass with altimeter
Smart Compass (4.1@255,599) Ǥ 14 2 / Smart Compass Pro (4.6@6,108; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Material Compass (4.1@29) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-18 Github
Compass (3.9@323) 6 1
Azimuth Compass (3.8@1,777) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
Digital Field Compass (3.4@2,116) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2017-02-05
Living in the sun - Sun & Moon (2.8@1,147) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2018-05-29
Bompass (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-02-05 Github; a compact, beautiful compass app
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!
Compass (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-15 GitLab
Compass (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-09-26 Github

Sensor Tools

2025-06-29

Bubble level (4.5@290,949) 13 4 Github
Bubble (4.5@31,621) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-12-18
Sound Meter (4.3@208,586) Ǥ 11 3 / Sound Meter Pro (4.5@3,878; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sound Meter & Noise Detector (4.2@68,830) 10 5
Clinometer + bubble level (4.1@52,690) Ǥ 5 2 / Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@721; ~EUR 0.50) Ǥ 5 2
Smart Ruler (3.8@13,337) Ǥ 8 3 / Smart Ruler Pro (4.7@1,370; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Measure X - All-in-1 Toolbox (3.7@14,690) Ǥ 21 8
Bubble level (3.7@1,449) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-10-03
Metal Detector (3.3@117,761) Ǥ 9 2

Sensor based Games

2025-06-29

Classic Labyrinth 3d Maze (4.4@142,971) Ǥ 9 3 / Classic Labyrinth Maze 3d 2 (4.5@4,706) Ǥ 13 3
aTilt 3D Labyrinth Free (4.4@47) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2016-03-11
Teeter 3D (1@508) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2022-11-21
Constellaria - Bullet Hell (1@80) 3 1

Other sensor apps

2025-06-29

Clinometer (5@156) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; measure the inclination of your device using the accelerometers
phyphox (4.7@7,382) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Sensor Test (4.6@3,262) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OpeNoise (4.3@246) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; a noise level meter
Weather Station (3.7@2,158) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-30 / Weather Station Pro (4@220; ~EUR 2.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-05-30
Entity Sensor Pro-EMF Detector (3.7@1,006; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 10 2
Sensa Gram (0@0) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Stream Android sensor data over UDP with minimal latency
Sensor Server (0@0) Ǥ 12 1 Github; stream phone's sensors to websocket clients
LBalance (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-08-26 Github; a clinometer or balance app offering different Layouts

Further Readings:

7 Cool Android Apps to Make Use of the Sensors on Your Phone (7/2022)
Die besten Physik-Multisensor-Apps für Android und iOS (6/2018 - 3/2020)
Tückische Sensoren (MobilSicher, 1/2018): spying on users

2025-07-10

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