Spyglass

GPS, compass and maps toolkit

Spyglass: GPS & Compass Toolkit for Android

"Spyglass" is an essential offline GPS app designed for outdoor adventures, offering a host of tools including a compass, augmented reality navigation, offline maps, a speedometer, and more to enhance your off-road experience.

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By: Happymagenta UAB

Users: 420,804

1.06K

Rating: 3.81

(1,492)

0.03

Version: 3.9.9 (Last updated: 2023-11-19)

Creation date: 2017-10-28

Email: in*****@happymagenta.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Camera: take pictures and videos

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Other: view network connections, full network access

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# 96,115 ▲ 4

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App summary

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Spyglass is an essential offline GPS app for outdoors and off-road navigation. Packed with tools it serves as binoculars, heads-up display, hi-tech compass with offline maps, gyrocompass, GPS receiver, waypoint tracker, speedometer, altimeter, Sun, Moon and Polaris star finder, gyro horizon, rangefinder, sextant, inclinometer, angular calculator and camera. It saves a custom location, navigates precisely to it later, shows it on maps and using augmented reality displays detailed GPS info, measures distances, sizes, angles, and does a lot more.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON ANDROID RELEASE

One of the best cross-country GPS navigation tools is now available on Android. Most features are implemented, however, some features available on other platforms are to be done. Also, instead of having multiple apps, on Android it is a single free app with a paid unlock of premium features. Be patient and report bugs, if any, directly via our email or the support page.

COMPASS & GYROCOMPASS

Accuracy improvement techniques, special compass modes and calibration methods available in Spyglass only make it a real instrument – the most advanced and accurate digital compass.

FINDER, TRACKER & AR NAVIGATION

Spyglass operates in 3D and uses augmented reality to show object positions, info and directions to them overlaid over camera or maps.

Save current position, add a point from maps, manually enter location coordinates.

Find the saved place later simply by following directional arrows.

Spyglass tracks your target and shows its info – distance, direction, azimuth, elevation and estimated time of arrival.

GPS, SPEEDOMETER & ALTIMETER

Find and track your location and get detailed GPS data – coordinates in dozens of formats, altitude, course, current, maximum and vertical speed, using imperial, metric, nautical and surveying units.

OFFLINE MAPS

See your and targets’ positions on maps using different map styles and alternative map providers – plan waypoints and measure distances. Offline maps optimized for retina displays are available for download.

TRACK POLARIS, SUN AND MOON & NAVIGATE BY STARS

Track positions of Polaris, Sun and Moon with arc second precision – use them as a reference to calibrate compass for maximum accuracy.

OPTICAL RANGEFINDER

Measure distances to objects in real time with a rangefinder reticle similar to sniper sights.

SEXTANT, ANGULAR CALCULATOR AND INCLINOMETER

Find out heights of objects and distances to them – measure visually and calculate dimensions and distances.

CAMERA

Take pictures overlaid with all available GPS, positional and directional data.

DEMO & HELP

Videos:
http://j.mp/spyglass_vids

Manuals:
http://j.mp/spyglass_help

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Good GPS accuracy for latitude and longitude.
Includes features useful for astronomy.
Some user-friendly augmented reality features.

Cons

Compass functionality is unreliable and often inaccurate.
Requires payment to unlock many advertised features.
User interface is not intuitive; many features are difficult to navigate.

Most mentioned

Compass issues: inaccurate and unreliable.
Problems with accessing settings and permissions.
Paid features create frustration among users.

User reviews

I know you got this. Let's develop a camera mode and let it be applicable to other camera apps as a filter app. Could help with predicted pop action accuracy and pitch perfect aim agility. I also see nothing but darkness with detail where the planets are. Would work wonderfully if you mixed it with real ground level then sky above level to see where everything is at. All is hoped for the perfect all.

Hernan Junior Hernandez Mendoza, 2024-12-15

This is the app I was looking for to help with creating a horizon file to be used in various astronomy programs such as Stellarium and NINA. I would have given it 5 stars if it could record points along my horizon to a comma delimited text file. I did have to pay for the features I need such as camera view but for less than a cup of coffee it was worth it. Thanks.

Michael Kovacs, 2024-06-30

Nothing is unlocked free as stared. To use all that is advertised, you will have to pay for it. Also, instead of having multiple apps, on Android it is a single free app with a paid unlock of premium features. Nothing is unlocked. Most of what is advertised will cost you. That needs to be changed to removed from the description. I will update this if anything changes.