GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect is a tools app developed by Image Insight, Inc..
How many times has GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect been downloaded?
GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect has been downloaded 170 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 410 times.
What is the rating of GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect?
GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect is rated 2.40 out of 5 stars, based on 910 ratings.
Is GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect free?
GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect is free to download. The last update was on January 2, 2025.
What are the requirements for GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect?
GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect requires Android 2.2+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2012.
Description
Developed initially for several federal agencies, turns your phone into a detector of ionizing radiation. The GammaPix technology has been successfully tested at independent labs with calibrated sources. It was developed with support from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), and the Transportation Research Board (U.S. National Academy of Sciences). We were encouraged by them to bring this technology to the public.
Worried about accidental exposure to radioactive material or acts of terrorism? The GammaPix App can provide timely warning of the presence of radioactivity using nothing more than your phone's camera. While it is NOT meant to be a substitute for dedicated ionizing radiation detectors, it is a rapid and convenient way of making preliminary threat estimates.
We hope you enjoy using GammaPix!
Notes: • Various circumstances may compromise the measurement or make the results inaccurate.
• Automatic monitoring will use ~1-5% of your battery, but could warn you of radiation even when not using the App.
• A 5 to 10-minute initialization is required before you use the application for the first time. We know this step slows you down, but it really is necessary to get the best results. Please perform this step in a place you know is likely to be free of excessive radioactivity, with your device cool and unplugged.
• For best results make sure no light is getting into the camera when you run the GammaPix App. Putting the phone in your pocket or covering it with a book works well.
• A reading takes about 3 to 5 minutes if there's no danger. Dangerous levels will be reported sooner.
• Try out Settings > Use long third stage for a more sensitive reading!
• The GammaPix App will not work on some phone models because the camera optimization at low light levels gives "bright" pictures.
• Not all phone models have been calibrated. We'll use your readings to provide a calibration for your model. The more you take, the sooner we'll have a calibration.
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Comments on GammaPix Lite-Gamma Rad Detect for Android
★★★★★watermelon watermelon· Aug 29, 2021
Very nice! I covered all cameras on my phone with few layers of black insulation tape, and after walking around my room, I noticed that old rotary phone dial was radioactive, also found radioactive vacuum tube, app works for me. The only thing I did not like is the app asking for location kinda useless. But thanks!
★★★★★MaTTph· Nov 3, 2019
This app does its job properly. For anyone not knowing, this app needs access to the camera because gamma rays can interact with the camera's sensor, showing a sort of "line". It needs completely dark environment (use black tape to cover lens) because to detect radiation, it measures the amount of light flashes in a determined amount of time. So, yes this app does indeed access the camera, for anyone concerned about that, but only if it is pitch black.
★★★★☆J Barilo· Jan 1, 2024
I have used your app successfully on cheap phones. I have a nice phone now, and it just will not initialize the camera. It started off not allowing you to pic what camera to initialize. So I suspect the same is happening, trying to initialize both front and rear cameras and the screen noise, which the screen side camera is embedded in, is causing the whole things to fail. I did get through stage three, and it said some phones won't work due to image noise. Why not allow the rear camera only.
★☆☆☆☆4ONMK· Oct 9, 2021
Weird itll pick 15 am241 button cells but lacks calibration even tho it spent 8 mins calibrating but still no beta or gamma. Might a hoax to track location for an unknown reason made to the public, don't trust this app
★☆☆☆☆Nate F· Jun 23, 2024
DATA TRAP! There is absolutely no goddamn reason this app would need location and camera permissions.
★☆☆☆☆Colin Przybylski· Jan 1, 2024
Keeps saying camera is uncovered even though it is, fake app. Suspicious that it want access to Camera, Precise Location and Notifications
★☆☆☆☆Austin Rice· May 21, 2022
Would not work for me. In a dark room with light off, and the cameras heavily covered, I continuously received the error of the camera not being covered. Maybe I'm just immersed in rads and the app thinks the light it sees is visible light lol. On an unrelated note, why does everything taste like metal?
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