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Magnetometer: Metal Detector Live

Global Utility App Maker43 apps · 59.3K installsProductivityFree · contains adscom.simonj.magnetometer

Find screws, nails, studs and rebar in walls with your phone's magnetic sensor

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Total installs
1,147
exact · Play shows 1,000+
Installs / day
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Rating
—★
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Released
4 May 2026
5mo ago
Last update
24 Sept 2026
v1.0.31 · 17d ago
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Permissions

6 in 2 groups
1 Sensitive1 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
LocationSensitive1

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
OtherNotable5

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
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

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
Magnetometer is a metal detector and stud finder that uses your phone's built-in magnetic sensor to find iron and steel behind walls, under floors and inside furniture, and to measure the magnetic field in µT, mT or Gauss. ★ What it detects Ferrous metal only: screws and nails in studs and joists, steel pipes, rebar, brackets, hinges and door strikes, within a few centimetres of the phone. Sweep slowly with the phone against the surface. ★ What it cannot detect Gold, silver, copper, aluminium, wood and plastic are not magnetic, so no phone sensor can find them. It is not a coin finder and it does not trace copper wiring. ★ Calibrates as you turn the phone The phone's own magnets create a large offset in the sensor. The app learns it while you turn the phone, so tilting alone does not look like metal. A progress bar on the meter shows the calibration; when it is full the reading goes live and the phone gives a short vibration. Zero here starts it again at any spot. ★ Meter modes • Auto: radial gauge of the field deviation • Earth Field: total field with a latitude band • Metal Detector: deviation with an intensity verdict and optional vibration pulses that speed up near metal ★ Scanner and Stud Finder Slide the phone flat along a wall: the Stud Finder marks the strongest point, where the screws and nails that hold the board to the stud are. The metal scanner shows the live deviation while you sweep. ★ Compass Magnetic north or true north with declination. ★ Data and history • Live X / Y / Z chart, min, average, max and peak • Sensitivity 0.5x to 2.0x • Saved readings with 7-day trend, favourites and side-by-side comparison • One-second continuous log with CSV export • Share a reading as an image, optional GPS tag • Statistics report unlocked for 24 hours with a short rewarded ad For DIY and renovation, checking for rebar and pipes before you drill, and physics experiments with magnets.

What's new

Meter shows calibration progress as you turn the phone, then goes live with a short vibration instead of sitting at 0 µT. Haptics on Start, Pause and Zero. Line icons replace emoji. Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Czech and Hebrew interface; Norwegian fix.

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