Sensors
Raw sensor data
2025-02-11
- Sensor fusion app (5@68) Ǥ 18
- Senslogs (4.8@8) 10
LastUpdate: 2020-08-27 Github
- Sensors of Android (4.3@93) 2
- Sensor Insider Pro (3.3@81; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 15
1
LastUpdate: 2018-10-03
- Sensorkraken (0@0) Ǥ 19
GitLab; record raw sensor data for later processing
Sensor overviews
2025-02-11
- Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite (4.7@17,744) Ǥ 13
2
/ Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite P (4.6@1,107; ~EUR 3.25) 6
Video Review 2/2017 | 4/2017
- Sensoroid - Sensor info (4.7@546) Ǥ 5
2
- Sensors Toolbox (4.5@14,206) Ǥ 11
4
- Sensors (4.5@15) 3
2
- Sensor Toolbox (4.4@478) Ǥ 8
8
LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
- Mobile Sensor Seeker (4.4@41) 4
LastUpdate: 2020-12-23
- Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6
LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
- Sensors Multitool (4.1@10,639) Ǥ 8
2
- Sensor Sense (4@10,414) Ǥ 10
4
- Sensor Lab (4@1,658) Ǥ 11
Video Intro 10/2018
- Sensify: Phone Sensors Plots (4@5) 6
2
LastUpdate: 2022-12-27 / Sensify (0@0) 3
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 13
3
Github; incl. recording to CSV
- Sensor List (3.2@1,351) Ǥ 9
5
LastUpdate: 2020-03-12
- Sensor Data (2.7@434) Ǥ 11
2
LastUpdate: 2022-03-28 record, save, and analyze
- My Sensors (2@273) 2
LastUpdate: 2016-02-11
- SatStat (0@0) 10
LastUpdate: 2023-03-20 Github; GPS, sensor and network status; shows position from all location providers on map
Sensor overviews – fancy
2025-02-11
- Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6
LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
- AndroSensor (4.1@7,631) 8
3
LastUpdate: 2015-01-25
- Sensor Sense (4@10,414) Ǥ 10
4
- 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
LastUpdate: 2019-01-13 Github
Altimetres
2025-02-03
- Accurate Altimeter (4.4@66,873) Ǥ 21
5
/ Accurate Altimeter PRO (4.3@1,929; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 16
2
- Altimeter (4.3@19,516) 10
8
- Barometer Plus - Altimeter (4.2@4,603) 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
LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
- Sensitive Altimeter (3.6@251) 1
LastUpdate: 2022-03-06
- Altimeter Pro (3.4@163; ~EUR 1.25) 5
- Altimeter Offline (3.2@3,364) 7
6
- AltiVario. Recording altimeter (2.5@277) Ǥ 8
3
LastUpdate: 2014-12-26
Barometer
2025-02-12
- Barometer Free (5@24) 3
2
LastUpdate: 2016-07-15
- Barometer Reborn 2024 (4.6@12,123) Ǥ 10
5
- Barometer HD (4.4@101) 0
LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
- Accurate Barometer (4.3@16,537) Ǥ 19
4
/ Accurate Barometer PRO (4.5@769; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11
1
- DS Barometer & Altimeter (4.2@5,779) Ǥ 17
1
- 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
LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
- AtmosphereLogger (3.8@238) 3
LastUpdate: 2020-07-25 Github
- Barometer In Status Bar Lite (3.4@790) 9
5
LastUpdate: 2023-02-03 / Barometer In Status Bar (3.3@212; ~EUR 13.00) 5 2
- Barometer Graph (3@102) 1
LastUpdate: 2018-02-28
Compass sensor
2025-02-11
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@77,117) Ǥ 3
/ Compass Steel (4.6@74,686) Ǥ 3
- AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.6@3,675) 4
LastUpdate: 2023-05-06 / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@1,035; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 5
LastUpdate: 2023-05-06
- Compass (4.5@209,960) 5
2
- Compass (4.5@65,467) 3
2
/ Compass PRO (4.3@7,314; ~EUR 2.25) 0
- Compass Level & GPS (4.4@41,481) Ǥ 11
6
- Compass Free (4.4@33,204) 3
2
- Compass (4.4@19,423) Ǥ 14
1
compass, speedometer, metal detector
- Material Compass (4.4@780) 0
LastUpdate: 2019-01-24
- Compass (4.3@38,695) Ǥ 19
7
- Compass Galaxy (4.2@103,073) 2
1
LastUpdate: 2021-07-10
- Compass PRO (4.2@68,539) 2
8
LastUpdate: 2017-10-24
- Compass (4.2@884) 1
LastUpdate: 2017-05-03 compass & flashlight
- GPS Compass (4.2@32) 5
3
compass with altimeter
- Smart Compass (4.1@255,644) Ǥ 14
3
/ Smart Compass Pro (4.6@6,100; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 9
- Material Compass (4.1@29) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-08-18 Github
- Compass (3.9@322) 6
1
- Azimuth Compass (3.8@1,777) 0
LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
- Field Compass (3.4@2,116) 2
1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-29 / Digital Field Compass Plus (4.7@289; ~EUR 2.00) 1
LastUpdate: 2015-01-30
- Living in the sun - Sun & Moon (2.8@1,147) 7
3
LastUpdate: 2018-05-29 / Living in the sun Pro (4@315; ~EUR 2.50) 8 1
LastUpdate: 2015-10-15
- Bompass (0@0)
LastUpdate: 2022-02-05 Github; a compact, beautiful compass app
- NorthDog Audio Compass (0@0) 0
LastUpdate: 2019-01-18 Github; uses 3D sound "coming from north"; useful for the visually impaired!
- Compass (0@0) 0
LastUpdate: 2021-11-15 GitLab
- Compass (0@0)
LastUpdate: 2022-09-26 Github
Sensor Tools
2025-02-11
- Bubble level (4.5@288,827) Ǥ 17
4
Github
- Bubble (4.5@31,621) 2
LastUpdate: 2012-12-18
- Sound Meter (4.3@208,559) Ǥ 11
3
/ Sound Meter Pro (4.5@3,870; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5
- Sound Meter & Noise Detector (4.3@68,515) 10
5
- Clinometer + bubble level (4.1@52,635) Ǥ 5
2
/ Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@714; ~EUR 0.50) Ǥ 5
2
- Smart Ruler (3.9@13,342) Ǥ 8
3
/ Smart Ruler Pro (4.7@1,367; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5
- Measure X - All-in-1 Toolbox (3.7@14,584) Ǥ 11
5
- Bubble level (3.7@1,449) 2
LastUpdate: 2013-10-03
- Metal Detector (3.4@117,436) Ǥ 9
2
Sensor based Games
2025-02-12
- Classic Labyrinth 3d Maze (4.4@143,065) Ǥ 9
3
/ Classic Labyrinth Maze 3d 2 (4.5@4,704) 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
2025-02-12
- Clinometer (5@140) 2
Github; measure the inclination of your device using the accelerometers
- phyphox (4.6@7,010) 15
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@3,167) Ǥ 1
- OpeNoise (4.4@233) 9
Github; a noise level meter
- Weather Station (3.7@2,158) 6
LastUpdate: 2016-05-30 / Weather Station Pro (4@220; ~EUR 2.00) 6
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
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
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
2025-02-13