Extensive coverage across psychology, planning, medicine, shelter, water, fire, and food
Open-source content with GitHub hosting and a wiki for translations
Active optimization and material-design refreshes to improve user experience and APK size
No interactive games or simulations; content-focused reference only
Primarily text-based content with limited multimedia or video guides
Uses a single non-sensitive location permission (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) which may be unnecessary for offline use
About Offline Survival Manual
Offline Survival Manual was a books & reference app developed by ligi. It was removed from Google Play May 21, 2025 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Offline Survival Manual had been downloaded 5 million times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Offline Survival Manual was rated 4.73 out of 5 stars, based on 34 thousand ratings.
App Information
Offline Survival Manual was free to download. The APK download size was 5.19 MB. The last available version was 4.2.8. The last update was on February 20, 2021.
Technical Requirements
Offline Survival Manual required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play September 2016.
Description
This is a Survival Manual which is fully working offline (which is important to survive in a case of some extreme situation) It contains info on how to make fire, build a shelter, find food, heal and other useful content in a case of emergency.
But it does not have to be used in emergency situations only - it can be also useful for trips to the outdoors, hiking, camping, learning about nature and yourself truly. This is not only fun, but you can also train skills (make fire, build shelter, ..) you might need in a catastrophy. Some things work best with practice in a relaxed environment - then you also have time for some experiments.
Refugees are also welcome to use this app to prepare and guide them for their dangerous journey. Although I hope we as humans come to sense and stop the wars and end climate injustice so that people do not have to flee and be afraid.
You can find the source-code on github: https://github.com/ligi/SurvivalManual Pull requests are welcome! If you have improvements regarding the content or want to help translate you can use the wiki: https://github.com/ligi/SurvivalManual/wiki
You will find this content:
PSYCHOLOGY - A Look at Stress - Natural Reactions - Preparing Yourself
PLANNING AND KITS - Importance of Planning - Survival Kits
BASIC MEDICINE - Requirements for Maintenance of Health - Medical Emergencies - Lifesaving Steps - Bone and Joint Injury - Bites and Stings - Wounds - Environmental Injuries - Herbal Medicines
SHELTER - Primary Shelter—Uniform - Shelter Site Selection - Types of Shelters
WATER PROCUREMENT - Water Sources - Still Construction - Water Purification - Water Filtration Devices
FIRE - Basic Fire Principles - Site Selection and Preparation - Fire Material Selection - How to Build a Fire - How to Light a Fire
FOOD PROCUREMENT - Animals for Food - Traps and Snares - Killing Devices - Fishing Devices - Cooking and Storage of Fish and Game
SURVIVAL USE OF PLANTS - Edibility of Plants - Plants for Medicine - Miscellaneous Uses of Plants
POISONOUS PLANTS - How Plants Poison - All About Plants - Rules for Avoiding Poisonous Plants - Contact Dermatitis - Ingestion Poisoning
DANGEROUS ANIMALS - Insects and Arachnids - Leeches - Bats - Venomous Snakes - Snake-Free Areas - Dangerous Lizards - Dangers in Rivers - Dangers in Bays and Estuaries - Saltwater Dangers - Other Dangerous Sea Creatures
FIELD-EXPEDIENT WEAPONS, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT - Staffs - Clubs - Edged Weapons - Other Expedient Weapons - Cordage and Lashing - Rucksack Construction - Clothing and Insulation - Cooking and Eating Utensils
DESERT - Terrain - Environmental Factors - Need for Water - Heat Casualties - Precautions - Desert Hazards
TROPICAL - Tropical Weather - Jungle Types - Travel Through Jungle Areas - Immediate Considerations - Water Procurement - Food - Poisonous Plants
COLD WEATHER - Cold Regions and Locations - Windchill - Basic Principles of Cold Weather Survival - Hygiene - Medical Aspects - Cold Injuries - Shelters - Fire - Water - Food - Travel - Weather Signs
SEA - The Open Sea - Seashores
EXPEDIENT WATER CROSSING - Rivers and Streams - Rapids - Rafts - Flotation Devices - Other Water Obstacles - Vegetation Obstacles
FIELD-EXPEDIENT DIRECTION FINDING - Using the Sun and Shadows - Using the Moon - Using the Stars - Making Improvised Compasses - Other Means of Determining Direction
Recent changes: - Close Navigation Drawer when back pressed
Contributions by TacoTheDank: - drawables to the latest material designs - Use switches instead of checkboxes in the settings - Decrease APK size
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★★★★★
This is amazing, what a fantastic resource, so much information to help you to survive if things went south.
★★★★★
Very informational and provides details and instructions for the information provided, I enjoy this app and I keep it on my phone at all times and I read and study it from time to time to keep learning more, and I'm surprised of the amount of antiseptics we have access to in survival situations, in a situation where a splinter could literally mean life or death because of infection, you have options all around you
★★☆☆☆
Will not do you a bit of good if your stupid phone dies, or the Sun hits us with a Coronal Mass Ejection, more probable is your battery pukes while stupid phone is still good! We don't need green, renewable energy, we only need more garbage dumps to throw all our dirty, dirty batteries into! Child labor for Cobalt in Africa, DRC and toxic dumping at Sea from Nickel tailings by Indonesia, aka China! Bidens in, are you? We have all we need, way cleaner too! Why must we go through peopled on't like us?
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