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Trail Sense

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An Android app which uses your phone's sensors to assist with wilderness treks or survival situations. Works as general offline multitool.

Nearby

View nearby beacons and paths on your compass.
Backtrack

Trace back your steps.
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Weather

Get hyperlocal weather forecasts and alerts.

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • F-Droid
5 / 5 Avg rating (8)
44likes
2comments
0news articles

Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Support for Themes

Features

  1.  Dark Mode
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Offline Compass
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  GPS Navigation
  6.  Swiss Army Knife Tool
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  No registration required
  9.  Augmented Reality
  10.  Built-in viewer
  11.  Pedometer
  12.  Rulers
  13.  Measure Distance With GPS
  14.  Built in docs
  15.  Flashlight Brightness Control
  16.  Measurement-Tools
  17.  QR Code Generator
  18.  QR Code Recognition
  19.  Unit converter
  20.  QR Code Reader
  21.  Displaying Sun and Moon positions
  22.  Offline
  23.  Apps with Offline Map
  24.  GPS Location Tracking

 Tags

  • compass
  • distance-measurement
  • orientation-data
  • packing-list
  • metal-detector
  • augmented-reality-mobile-app
  • emergency-apps
  • moon-phase
  • ruler
  • cliff-height-calculator
  • altitude
  • smart-utility
  • Screen Flashlight
  • metal-detection
  • camping
  • unit-converters
  • gps-location
  • elevation
  • astronomy-software
  • bubble-level
  • ballistics-calculator
  • Survival
  • beacons
  • QR Code
  • measurement
  • measure
  • clinometer
  • Flashlight
  • unit-conversion
  • Geocaching
  • Survival Guide
  • barometer
  • emergency
  • inclinometer
  • whistle
  • sunset
  • sunrise-time
  • backpacking
  • sunrise
  • astronomy
  • white-noise
  • Hiking
  • sunset-time
  • sunrise-simulator
  • screen-ruler

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Trail Sense information

  • Developed by

    US flagKyle Corry
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    30 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Chinese
    • Czech
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Hebrew
    • Hungarian
    • Italian
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian

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GitHub repository

  •  1,495 Stars
  •  90 Forks
  •  483 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 18, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Trail Sense, and it has gotten 44 likes

Trail Sense was added to AlternativeTo by Tommi on Oct 26, 2020 and this page was last updated Jun 19, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Sciabba Rabba
Jan 15, 2025
0

Packed with usefel features, easy to understand, accurate

mamax
Sep 21, 2024
0

Great. One of my favorites. I never trail but it is loaded with smart and useful features like the screen ruler for example.

What is Trail Sense?

An Android app which uses your phone's sensors to assist with wilderness treks or survival situations. Works as general offline multitool.

The compass can be used to determine the direction to North, and when combined with the GPS it can be used to navigate to predefined locations. The predefined locations, known as beacons, can be created while at a location and at any point you can use the compass to navigate back to where the beacon was placed. Example beacons: home, work, trailhead, campsite

The barometer can be used to determine if the weather will change soon and if a storm is likely to occur. The barometric pressure history (last 48 hours) is displayed as a graph and an interpretation of the current reading is shown. If the pressure suddenly drops, a storm alert notification is sent. Note, this feature is only available for phones which have a barometer.

View the sun/moon rise and set times and see the current phase of the moon at your exact location.

Privacy Location information gathered by this application does not leave your device (as a matter of fact, this app doesn't use the Internet at all). The altitude and pressure history for the last 48 hours is stored in local app storage - this is used to determine weather forecasts. The last known location is also stored in app preferences to allow faster load times and support app functionality when the GPS can not be reached. The beacons store their location in a local SQLite database. All of this information is cleared when you clear the app storage or delete it.