A simple and lightweight app for recording your position and your path
About GPS Logger
GPS Logger is a travel & local app developed by BasicAirData.
Download Statistics
GPS Logger has been downloaded 600 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 5.9 thousand times.
User Ratings
GPS Logger is rated 4.58 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 2.9 thousand ratings.
App Information
GPS Logger is FREE to download. The APK download size is 5.20 MB. The latest version available is 3.3.0. The last update was on May 4, 2026.
Technical Requirements
GPS Logger requires Android 4.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2014.
Description
BasicAirData GPS Logger is a simple App for recording your position and your path. It's a basic and lightweight GPS tracker focused on accuracy, with an eye to power saving. It works offline (without internet connection), it has NO integrated maps. This app is very accurate in determining the orthometric height (the altitude above sea level), if you enable the automatic altitude correction on settings. You can record all your trips, view them with any installed external viewer, directly from the in-app tracklist, and share them in KML, GPX, and TXT format in many ways.
The app is 100% Free and Open Source.
GETTING STARTED GUIDE: https://www.basicairdata.eu/projects/android/android-gps-logger/getting-started-guide-for-gps-logger/
IT FEATURES: - A modern UI, with a low consumption dark theme and a tabbed interface - Offline recording (the app has no integrated maps) - Foreground & Background Recording (On Android 6+ please turn off all battery monitoring and optimizations for this app) - Creation of annotations also meanwhile recording - Visualization of GPS information - Manual Altitude Correction (adding an overall offset) - Automatic Altitude Correction (you can enable it on Settings). If your device doesn't have Internet access, you can enable this feature manually by following this simple tutorial: https://www.basicairdata.eu/projects/android/android-gps-logger/application-note-gpslogger/manual-setup-of-the-egm-altitude-correction-for-basic-air-data-gps-logger/ - Real time track statistics - In-app tracklist showing the list of recorded tracks - Visualization of your tracks using any installed KML/GPX viewer, directly from the Tracklist - Track exportation in KML, GPX, and TXT - Track sharing, in KML, GPX, and TXT format, via E-mail, Dropbox, Google Drive, FTP, ... - Uses Metric, Imperial, or Nautical units
USE IT TO: ☆ Keep track of your trips ☆ Make accurate static and dynamic measurements ☆ Add your placemarks ☆ Remember the best places you've seen ☆ GeoTag your photos ☆ Share your tracks with your friends ☆ Collaborate to OpenStreetMap map editing
LANGUAGES: The translation of this app is based on users contribution. Everyone can freely help in translations using Crowdin (https://crowdin.com/project/gpslogger).
F.A.Q: In case of any issue, you may find it helpful to read the frequently asked questions (https://github.com/BasicAirData/GPSLogger/blob/master/readme.md#frequently-asked-questions).
IMPORTANT NOTES: In GPS Logger the Location is always accessed (started) when the App is in Foreground, and then is kept active also in background. On Android 10+ the app needs the Location permission "only while using the app". It doesn't need the "all the time" permission. Depending on your Android Version, if you want to run GPS Logger reliably in background, you have to disable ALL the battery optimisations. For example you could verify in Android Settings, Apps, GPS Logger, Battery that the Background Activity is allowed and the Battery Usage is Not Optimised.
Recent changes: • Added the ability to backup/restore the tracklist as zip file. You can use a local folder or your cloud service • You can pin some quick descriptions to the Annotate dialog. Click a pinned item to set it as description, long click to add it to the current text • The tooltip of the export icon now shows which formats are exported/shared • In TXT files the timestamps are now saved in fixed format, with milliseconds • Added danish language • Upgraded to API 35 • UI refinements and bugs fixed
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Works really well and once battery optimizations are disabled for the app it reliably records tracks for many hours at a time. I wasn't sure if it worked with mock locations or not as I have a Bluetooth L5 GPS receiver, but it turns out mock locations don't send the number of satellites, so when GPS Logger shows it is connected to zero satellites on the main screen but still has the lat/long showing, that means it is using the mock location.
★★★★★Robert W. Reiter, Jr.· Aug 15, 2024
I use this app on my Android smartphone to create GPS track data from which to Georgia photos taken on my non-GPS-enabled camera. Works great (as long as I remember to start recording before shooting pictures/videos!) Really wish the app had a selectable "automatic daily track recording" mode, in which it would automatically start a new track each day at midnight (and close the previous day's track), day after day, without having to manually close and start tracks each day.
★★★★★Hadi BQ· Nov 22, 2024
Excellent app. Tiny and useful for recording distances or trips. Does the job well.
★★☆☆☆Yu-Chiuan Bau· Dec 19, 2025
The app will repeat searching instead of acquiring suboptimal data if the signal strength was marginal. This is a severe issue when fast moving, such as in a car. While google map or other map apps can give you a rough location estimation, you won't be able to get the signal back with GPS logger anymore.
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