OpenCellID Alternatives
OpenCellID is described as 'is one the largest open source databases for cell-tower information. Such information may be used for geolocation or for examination of your providers cell strength at a given place'. There are four alternatives to OpenCellID, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, Android Tablet, F-Droid and OpenCellID. The best alternative is openBmap, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to OpenCellID are Tower Collector (Free, Open Source), CellMapper (Free Personal, Open Source) and GSMmap (Free, Open Source).
- Radiocells.org is a community project to collect informations on cell tower and wifi base stations and bring them on a map.
- This app collects GPS locations of GSM/UMTS/LTE/CDMA cell towers and sends them to OpenCellID.org database. It is designed to help map the extent of mobile phone network coverage.
- Crowdsource open collection of mobile towers via app and also visible on the main website https://www.cellmapper.net/map.
- The GSM Security Map at gsmmap.org compares the protection capabilities of mobile networks. This app collects data and adds it to GSM Map.