Sensors

Raw sensor data

2023-01-18

Sensor fusion app (5@65) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-23
Senslogs (4.8@8) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-27 Github
Sensors of Android (4.3@92) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-26
Sensor Insider Pro (3.4@81; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-03
Sensors List (3@14) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-08-04
Sensor Server (0@0) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; stream phone's motion sensors to websocket clients
Sensorkraken (0@0) Ǥ 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; record raw sensor data for later processing

Sensor overviews

2023-01-18

Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite (4.6@15,480) 10 2 / Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite P (4.6@813; ~EUR 3.25) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 2/2017 | 4/2017
Sensors Toolbox (4.6@12,964) Ǥ 10 4
Sensoroid - Sensor info (4.6@529) Ǥ 6 2
Sensor Toolbox (4.4@470) Ǥ 8 8 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Sensors (4.4@9) 4 2
Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
Mobile Sensor Seeker (4.3@40) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-23
Sensorium (4.3@8) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-03 Github; Collect sensor data
Sensors Multitool (4.2@10,543) Ǥ 8 5
Sensor Sense Toolbox (4@10,513) Ǥ 12 5
Sensor Lab (4@1,629) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-13 Video Intro 10/2018
SensorBox (4@15) Ǥ 12 2 Github; incl. recording to CSV
Sensor List (3.8@1,363) Ǥ 9 5 LastUpdate: 2020-03-12
Sensor Test for Android (3.6@925) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2018-10-29
Sensor Data (3.5@267) Ǥ 11 2 record, save, and analyze
Sensor Tools (3.5@89) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-23
My Sensors (3@274) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-02-11
Sensor Box (1@10) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2018-08-20
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
Sensify: Phone Sensors Plots (0@0) 6 2 Github

Sensor overviews – fancy

2023-01-18

Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
AndroSensor (4.1@7,655) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2015-01-25 / AndroSensor Log Collector (3.7@183) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-03-10
Sensor Sense Toolbox (4@10,513) Ǥ 12 5
Sensor Guru (4@258) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
ASD Tools - Sensors (3.8@504) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-06
Sensor Box for Android (3.7@25,781) 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

2023-01-25

Altimeter (4.6@12,103) 10 7
Altimeter (4.5@753) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-29 / Altimeter Pro (3.6@154; ~EUR 1.25) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-16
Altidroid (4.5@77) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-31
Barometer Plus - Altimeter (4.4@3,988) Ǥ 11 3
Accurate Altimeter (4.3@64,673) Ǥ 18 5 / Accurate Altimeter PRO (4.3@1,909; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 15 2
Barometer and Altimeter (4.1@1,185) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (4@2,948) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Accurate Altimeter Free (3.9@727) Ǥ 17 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-13
Barometer and Altimeter (3.9@321) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
Sensitive Altimeter (3.6@251) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Altimeter Offline (3.3@3,235) 7 5
AltiVario. Recording altimeter (2.9@280) Ǥ 9 3 LastUpdate: 2014-12-26

Barometer

2023-01-18

Barometer Free (5@24) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2016-07-15
Barometer Reborn 2022 (4.6@11,682) Ǥ 10 4
Barometer HD (4.6@104) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
Accurate Barometer (4.4@14,804) Ǥ 16 4 / Accurate Barometer PRO (4.4@713; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11 1
DS Barometer & Altimeter (4.2@5,427) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2021-02-24
Barometer and Altimeter (4.1@1,185) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (4@2,948) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Barometer and Altimeter (3.9@321) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
AtmosphereLogger (3.7@238) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-25 Github
Barometer In Status Bar Lite (3.6@786) 8 5 / Barometer In Status Bar (3.1@213; ~EUR 7.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-09-13
Barometer HD (3.4@509) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-28
Barometer Graph (3@102) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-28

Compass sensor

2023-01-18

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@51,016) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Compass Steel (4.7@44,891) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass (4.5@189,086) 5 2
Compass (4.5@65,641) 4 2 / Compass PRO (4.3@7,251; ~EUR 2.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.5@3,653) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@1,010; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
GPS Compass (4.5@15) 6 2 compass with altimeter
Compass (4.4@38,423) Ǥ 19 7
Compass (4.4@18,973) Ǥ 13 1 compass, speedometer, metal detector
Compass Level & GPS (4.3@40,954) Ǥ 12 6
Compass Free (4.3@33,074) 4 2
Material Compass (4.3@783) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-24
Smart Compass (4.2@256,861) Ǥ 14 3 / Smart Compass Pro (4.6@6,055; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass Galaxy (4.2@103,181) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2021-07-10
Compass PRO (4.2@68,539) 2 8 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24
Compass (4.1@868) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-03 compass & flashlight
Material Compass (4.1@29) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-18 Github
Compass (4@320) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2021-02-06
Beauty Compass (4@5) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-06-24 Github
Digital Field Compass (3.8@2,127) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-29 / Digital Field Compass Plus (4.5@285; ~EUR 2.00) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-30
Azimuth Compass (3.7@1,717) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
Living in the sun - Sun & Moon (2.9@1,149) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2018-05-29 / Living in the sun Pro (4.2@311; ~EUR 2.50) 8 1 LastUpdate: 2015-10-15
Bompass (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab

Sensor Tools

2023-01-18

Bubble level (4.6@272,978) Ǥ 17 4 Github
Sound Meter (4.5@209,198) Ǥ 11 3 / Sound Meter Pro (4.5@3,841; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Bubble (4.5@31,621) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-12-18
Sound Meter & Noise Detector (4.4@67,530) 8 3
Clinometer + bubble level (4.1@52,548) Ǥ 4 5 LastUpdate: 2016-06-08 / Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@703; ~EUR 0.50) Ǥ 4 2 LastUpdate: 2016-05-29
Sound Meter (4@2,379) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2019-01-02
Toolbox - Handy Pro Tools (3.8@14,524) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2018-01-31
Smart Ruler (3.8@13,346) Ǥ 8 2 / Smart Ruler Pro (4.8@1,329; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Metal Detector (3.7@113,548) Ǥ 9 2
Bubble level (3.4@1,453) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-10-03

Sensor based Games

2023-01-18

Roll The Balls (4.9@15) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-16
Round Labyrinth (4.8@252) 3 3 LastUpdate: 2016-02-03
Classic Labyrinth 3d Maze (4.5@143,854) Ǥ 3 2 / Classic Labyrinth Maze 3d 2 (4.6@4,674) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2020-06-15
aTilt 3D Labyrinth Free (4.4@47) 6 5 LastUpdate: 2016-03-11
Classic Maze Ball (3@77) 2 4 LastUpdate: 2017-06-29
Teeter 3D (1.8@513) Ǥ 6 2
Hard Bullet Hell - Astral Duel (1@80) 4 1
Rings Sensor Game (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-12

Other sensor apps

2023-01-18

Sensor Test (4.8@2,590) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
phyphox (4.6@5,725) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Clinometer (4.5@17) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; measure the inclination of your device using the accelerometers
4x4 Inclinometer PRO (4.3@139; ~EUR 3.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-14
Entity Sensor Pro-EMF Detector (3.7@1,006; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2020-09-23
Weather Station (3.6@2,177) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-30 / Weather Station Pro (4.4@221; ~EUR 2.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-05-30

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

2023-01-27

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