# Off-Grid GPS: Offline Compass

Android app · by dixiak · Travel & Local

Off-Grid GPS: Offline Compass has 20,608 installs (+1.0% a month, measured over 64 days), rated 3.0 from 97 ratings, \#8,367 of 83,159 in Travel & Local.

## Figures

- Installs: 20,608
- Rating: 3.0 · 97 ratings
- Price: Free
- In-app purchases: no
- 30-day growth in installs: +201 (+1.0%) (+427 over 63.6 days)
- Rank: #368,434 of 2,899,236 Android listings with an install count (down 11,017 since 2026-11-01)
- Rank: #8,367 of 83,159 in Travel & Local

## Is Off-Grid GPS: Offline Compass safe?

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- Listed on Google Play.
- Made by dixiak; developer website listed: dixiak.com.
- On Google Play since 2011-02-07. Last updated 2026-07-24.
- Rated 3.0 from 97 ratings.

## Reviews

- Ratings by stars: 5★ 43% · 4★ 0% · 3★ 14% · 2★ 0% · 1★ 43% (95 ratings)

## Description

Point your camera at the horizon and your saved waypoints appear floating over the real world - near ones large and close, distant ones small and faded. No special hardware, no data connection, no account. Just your phone's camera, GPS and compass working together.  
  
Off-Grid GPS is a bearing-and-distance tool for when there is no signal and no  
map. It doesn't download map tiles and it won't plan a route. It tells you which  
way to turn and how far you have left - the way a hand-held GPS or a compass  
does, with augmented reality on top.  
  
WHAT IT DOES  
  
\- Augmented reality camera view - waypoints hover over the live camera feed,  
  positioned by compass bearing and GPS.  
\- Colour-cued waypoint list - each row shifts to vivid green as you close in on  
  a waypoint, and to red as you drift away. No mental arithmetic needed; the  
  colour tells you everything at a glance.  
\- Live distance, bearing and an ETA range to every saved location, refreshed  
  every second.  
\- Tap any waypoint for the full picture: degrees to turn, closing speed and  
  absolute bearing.  
\- GPS speed, course, elevation and accuracy, with a colour-coded accuracy bar.  
\- Find and add waypoints using the built-in map search. Drag pins to reposition.  
\- Metric, imperial or nautical units.  
\- Fully dark interface.  
  
WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL  
  
No mobile data, no Wi-Fi and no cell coverage required - only a clear view of  
the sky. Off-Grid GPS works in flight mode, in wilderness with no reception, at  
sea and on remote roads. Everything is stored locally on your device.  
  
WHO IT'S FOR  
  
Hikers and backpackers heading off trail. Sailors, kayakers and anyone crossing open water. Overlanders and drivers on remote desert roads. Geocachers. Hunters and anglers. Radio amateurs taking bearings to antennas and distant towers. Drone operators and pilots. Anyone who needs a direction and a distance when the map runs out.  
  
FREE, WITH NO CATCH  
  
No ads. No nags. No subscription. No account required. No tracking. Your  
waypoints never leave your phone.  
  
I wrote the first version of Off-Grid GPS in 2009 because I needed it myself,  
and I have kept it free ever since.

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Source: https://storetally.com/android/com.dixiak.distant  
As of 2026-11-11, from the StoreTally census.