Sensors

Raw sensor data

2023-05-14

Sensor fusion app (5@66) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Senslogs (4.8@8) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-27 Github
Sensors of Android (4.3@92) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-02-26
Sensor Insider Pro (3.3@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

2023-05-14

Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite (4.7@15,902) 10 2 / Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite P (4.6@865; ~EUR 3.25) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 2/2017 | 4/2017
Sensoroid - Sensor info (4.6@535) Ǥ 6 2
Sensors Toolbox (4.5@13,226) Ǥ 10 4
Sensor Toolbox (4.4@476) 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 LastUpdate: 2014-04-03 Github; Collect sensor data
Sensors Multitool (4.2@10,571) Ǥ 8 5
Sensor Sense Toolbox (4@10,491) Ǥ 12 3
Sensor Lab (4@1,641) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2019-06-13 Video Intro 10/2018
SensorBox (4@15) Ǥ 14 2 Github; incl. recording to CSV
Sensor List (3.7@1,361) 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 10 2 record, save, and analyze
Sensor Tools (3.5@89) Ǥ 5 2 LastUpdate: 2017-12-23
My Sensors (2@273) 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; GPS, sensor and network status; shows position from all location providers on map
Sensify: Phone Sensors Plots (0@0) 6 2 / Sensify (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github / Github

Sensor overviews – fancy

2023-05-14

Sense-it (sensors) (4.3@54) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-12
AndroSensor (4.1@7,651) 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@10,491) Ǥ 12 3
Sensor Guru (4@257) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-12
ASD Tools - Sensors (3.8@502) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2017-03-06
Sensor Box for Android (3.7@25,757) 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

2023-05-21

Altimeter (4.6@13,557) Ǥ 11 8
Altimeter (4.5@756) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-29 / Altimeter Pro (3.5@156; ~EUR 1.25) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Altidroid (4.5@77) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-31
Barometer Plus - Altimeter (4.4@4,116) Ǥ 11 3
Accurate Altimeter (4.3@65,203) Ǥ 19 5 / Accurate Altimeter PRO (4.3@1,915; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 16 2
Barometer and Altimeter (4.1@1,189) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (4@2,946) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Accurate Altimeter Free (3.9@727) Ǥ 17 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-13
Barometer and Altimeter (3.9@320) 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@3,264) 7 5
AltiVario. Recording altimeter (2.9@280) Ǥ 9 3 LastUpdate: 2014-12-26

Barometer

2023-05-15

Barometer Free (5@24) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2016-07-15
Barometer Reborn 2023 (4.6@11,743) Ǥ 10 4
Accurate Barometer (4.5@15,387) Ǥ 16 4 / Accurate Barometer PRO (4.4@724; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11 1
Barometer HD (4.5@103) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-09
DS Barometer & Altimeter (4.2@5,574) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2021-02-24
Barometer and Altimeter (4.1@1,189) Ǥ 7 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-26
Barometer Altimeter DashClock (4@2,946) 7 3 LastUpdate: 2015-05-28
Barometer and Altimeter (3.9@320) 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@787) 9 5 / Barometer In Status Bar (3.1@213; ~EUR 13.00) 7 2
Barometer HD (3.6@508) 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

2023-05-14

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 (4.5@192,982) 5 2
AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.5@3,677) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@1,025; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
GPS Compass (4.5@15) 6 2 compass with altimeter
Compass (4.4@65,660) 4 2 / Compass PRO (4.2@7,269; ~EUR 2.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass Steel 3D (4.4@53,610) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Compass Steel (4.4@46,847) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass (4.4@38,484) Ǥ 19 7
Compass Level & GPS (4.3@41,064) Ǥ 12 6
Compass Free (4.3@33,152) 4 2
Compass (4.3@19,022) Ǥ 13 1 compass, speedometer, metal detector
Material Compass (4.3@783) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-24
Smart Compass (4.2@256,930) Ǥ 14 3 / Smart Compass Pro (4.6@6,063; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass Galaxy (4.2@103,319) 2 1 LastUpdate: 2021-07-10
Compass PRO (4.2@68,539) 2 8 LastUpdate: 2017-10-24
Compass (4.1@881) 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
Beauty Compass (4@5) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-06-24 Github
Compass (3.9@318) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2021-02-06
Digital Field Compass (3.8@2,125) Ǥ 3 1 LastUpdate: 2016-07-29 / Digital Field Compass Plus (4.4@284; ~EUR 2.00) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-30
Azimuth Compass (3.7@1,775) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-10
Living in the sun - Sun & Moon (2.9@1,150) 8 3 LastUpdate: 2018-05-29 / Living in the sun Pro (4@315; ~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

2023-05-14

Bubble level (4.6@276,835) Ǥ 18 7 Github
Bubble (4.5@31,621) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2012-12-18
Sound Meter (4.4@209,158) Ǥ 11 3 / Sound Meter Pro (4.5@3,848; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Sound Meter & Noise Detector (4.4@67,927) 8 3
Clinometer + bubble level (4.2@52,622) Ǥ 4 5 LastUpdate: 2016-06-08 / Clinometer + bubble level (4.5@706; ~EUR 0.50) Ǥ 4 2 LastUpdate: 2016-05-29
Sound Meter (4@2,384) Ǥ 6 2 LastUpdate: 2019-01-02
Smart Ruler (3.8@13,347) Ǥ 8 2 / Smart Ruler Pro (4.8@1,341; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Metal Detector (3.7@115,405) Ǥ 9 2
Toolbox - Handy Pro Tools (3.7@14,516) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2018-01-31
Bubble level (3.4@1,449) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-10-03

Sensor based Games

2023-05-15

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@143,861) Ǥ 3 2 / Classic Labyrinth Maze 3d 2 (4.6@4,685) 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 LastUpdate: 2021-09-02
Rings Sensor Game (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-12

Other sensor apps

2023-05-15

Sensor Test (4.8@2,695) Ǥ 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
phyphox (4.5@5,872) 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@140; ~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 12 2
Weather Station (3.6@2,173) 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

2023-05-29

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