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Off-Grid GPS: Offline Compass

Livedixiak2 apps · 20.3K installsTravel & LocalFreecom.dixiak.distant

Offline AR waypoint compass: camera view with live bearing, distance & ETA.

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Total installs
20,279
exact · Play shows 10,000+
Installs / day
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measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
3.0★
97 ratings · 9 reviews
Released
7 Feb 2011
15.7y ago
Last update
24 Jul 2026
v2.1.1 · 3mo ago
Countries
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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • Shares data with third parties Location
  • No data collected
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • No way to ask for data deletion

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

12 in 6 groups
8 Sensitive1 Notable3 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
  • Use your camera to take photos and record videos
  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherNotable4

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Point your camera at the horizon and your saved waypoints appear floating over the real world - near ones large and close, distant ones small and faded. No special hardware, no data connection, no account. Just your phone's camera, GPS and compass working together. Off-Grid GPS is a bearing-and-distance tool for when there is no signal and no map. It doesn't download map tiles and it won't plan a route. It tells you which way to turn and how far you have left - the way a hand-held GPS or a compass does, with augmented reality on top. WHAT IT DOES - Augmented reality camera view - waypoints hover over the live camera feed, positioned by compass bearing and GPS. - Colour-cued waypoint list - each row shifts to vivid green as you close in on a waypoint, and to red as you drift away. No mental arithmetic needed; the colour tells you everything at a glance. - Live distance, bearing and an ETA range to every saved location, refreshed every second. - Tap any waypoint for the full picture: degrees to turn, closing speed and absolute bearing. - GPS speed, course, elevation and accuracy, with a colour-coded accuracy bar. - Find and add waypoints using the built-in map search. Drag pins to reposition. - Metric, imperial or nautical units. - Fully dark interface. WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL No mobile data, no Wi-Fi and no cell coverage required - only a clear view of the sky. Off-Grid GPS works in flight mode, in wilderness with no reception, at sea and on remote roads. Everything is stored locally on your device. WHO IT'S FOR Hikers and backpackers heading off trail. Sailors, kayakers and anyone crossing open water. Overlanders and drivers on remote desert roads. Geocachers. Hunters and anglers. Radio amateurs taking bearings to antennas and distant towers. Drone operators and pilots. Anyone who needs a direction and a distance when the map runs out. FREE, WITH NO CATCH No ads. No nags. No subscription. No account required. No tracking. Your waypoints never leave your phone. I wrote the first version of Off-Grid GPS in 2009 because I needed it myself, and I have kept it free ever since.

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