Sensors

Raw sensor data

2025-12-02

Sensor Insider Pro (5@81; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-03
Sensor fusion app (5@70) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Senslogs (4.8@8) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Sensors of Android (4.3@93) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sensorkraken (0@0) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2024-04-22 GitLab; record raw sensor data for later processing

Sensor overviews

2025-12-02

Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite (4.7@19,648) Ǥ 14 2 / Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite P (4.6@1,204; ~EUR 3.25) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 2/2017 | 4/2017
Sensoroid - Sensor info (4.7@549) Ǥ 5 2
Sensors Toolbox (4.5@14,492) 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@10,401) Ǥ 10 4
Sensors Multitool (4.1@10,682) 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: 2022-12-28 / Sensify (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-05 Github / Github
Sensor Tools (3.5@89) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-23
SensorBox (3.4@64) Ǥ 17 3 LastUpdate: 2024-02-21 Github; incl. recording to CSV
Sensor List (3.2@1,348) 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@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

2025-12-02

Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
Sensor Sense (4.2@10,401) 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
Trycorder (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-13 Github

Altimetres

2025-12-09

Altimeter (4.6@21,417) 10 7
Accurate Altimeter (4.3@67,296) Ǥ 20 4 / Accurate Altimeter PRO (4.3@1,939; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 12
Barometer Plus - Altimeter (4.1@4,739) Ǥ 11 3
Barometer and Altimeter Free (4.1@1,186) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
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@167; ~EUR 1.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-12-18
Altimeter Offline (3.3@3,380) 7 5
AltiVario. Recording altimeter (2.5@277) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2014-12-26

Barometer

2025-12-03

Barometer Reborn 2025 (4.6@12,308) Ǥ 13 4
Barometer HD (4.4@101) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
Accurate Barometer (4.2@16,945) Ǥ 19 4 / Accurate Barometer PRO (4.6@791; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11
DS Barometer & Altimeter (4.1@5,822) Ǥ 18 1
Barometer and Altimeter Free (4.1@1,186) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
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 (3.5@783) 9 5 LastUpdate: 2023-02-03
Barometer Graph (3@102) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-28

Compass sensor

2025-12-02

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@86,598) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Compass Steel (4.6@89,711) 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@216,191) 5 2
Compass Level & GPS (4.4@41,606) Ǥ 11 6
Compass Free (4.4@33,223) 2 2
Compass (4.3@65,303) 6 2 / Compass PRO (4.3@7,349; ~EUR 2.25) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass (4.3@38,740) Ǥ 19 7
Compass (4.3@19,564) Ǥ 14 1 compass, speedometer, metal detector
Compass Galaxy (4.2@103,285) Ǥ 6 1
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@254,195) Ǥ 13 2 / Smart Compass Pro (4.6@6,124; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass (3.9@323) 6 1
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
Compass Navigator (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
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

2025-12-03

Bubble level (4.5@292,930) 13 4 Github
Sound Meter (4.4@207,768) Ǥ 10 2 / Sound Meter Pro (4.6@3,889; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sound Meter & Noise Detector (4.1@69,205) 10 5
Clinometer + bubble level (4.1@52,488) Ǥ 5 2 / Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@726; ~EUR 0.50) Ǥ 5
Smart Ruler (3.8@13,308) Ǥ 8 2 / Smart Ruler Pro (4.7@1,376; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Measure X - All-in-1 Toolbox (3.7@14,662) Ǥ 22 8
Metal Detector (3.3@117,235) Ǥ 9 2

Sensor based Games

2025-12-03

Classic Labyrinth 3d Maze (4.4@142,547) Ǥ 9 3 / Classic Labyrinth Maze 3d 2 (4.5@4,710) Ǥ 6 3
Teeter 3D (1@504) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2022-11-21
Constellaria - Bullet Hell (1@80) 3 1

Other sensor apps

2025-12-03

Clinometer (5@166) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; measure the inclination of your device using the accelerometers
phyphox (4.7@7,784) 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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@3,381) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OpeNoise (4.3@264) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; a noise level meter
Entity Sensor Pro-EMF Detector (3.7@1,006; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 10 2 LastUpdate: 2024-03-14
Sensa Gram (0@0) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Stream Android sensor data over UDP with minimal latency
Sensor Spot (0@0) Ǥ 10 1 Github; streams real-time device sensor data to an MQTT broker
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

2025-12-15

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