Handy GPS44.9



Publisher Description


Handy GPS -

A fully featured, great value hiking GPS for the real world. No signup required.

The perfect companion for your next outdoor adventure. Seek, find, record and return home with Handy GPS.

This app is a powerful navigation tool designed for outdoors sports like hiking, bushwalking, tramping, mountain biking, kayaking, boating, horse trail riding, geocaching. Its also useful for surveying, mining, archaeology, and forestry applications. Its simple to use and works even in the remotest back country since it doesn't require network connectivity. It allows you to work in UTM or lat/lon coordinates so you can even use it with your paper maps.

NOTE: Allow the app to always use GPS, and turn off battery optimisation for the app to reliably record tracklogs when the phone screen is off.

BASE FEATURES:
* Shows your current coordinates, altitude, speed, direction of travel, and distance travelled in metric, imperial/US, or nautical units.
* Can store your current location as a waypoint, and record a track log to show where you've been on a map.
* Data can be imported from and exported to KML and GPX files.
* Allows manual entry of waypoints in UTM, MGRS and lat/lon coords.
* Can guide you to a waypoint using the "Goto" screen, and optionally sound an alert when when you're getting close.
* Has a compass page which works on devices with magnetic field sensors.
* Automatically computes the local geoid offset to improve altitude accuracy
* Supports the world-wide WGS84 datum along with the common Australian datums and map grids (AGD66, AGD84, AMG, GDA94, and MGA). You can also use WGS84 for NAD83 maps in the US.
* Shows GPS satellite locations and signal strengths graphically.
* Can display simple or MGRS grid references.
* Can compute waypoint-to-waypoint distance and direction.
* Includes an optional timer line to record walk duration and compute your average speed.
* Thoroughly tested by the developer on many off-track walks

EXTRA FEATURES IN THIS VERSION:
* No ads, no subscriptions, and nothing more to pay after your initial purchase.
* Unlimited number of waypoints and track log points.
* Email or SMS your location to a friend as a clickable map link.
* Email your waypoints and tracklogs as KML or GPX file.
* Supports common datums such as NAD83 (US), OSGB36 (UK), NZTM2000 (NZ), SAD69 (South America) and ED50 (Europe), and you can configure your own custom datums, including local grid systems.
* UK grid refs with two letter prefixes can be shown if OSGB datum selected.
* Elevation profile.
* GPS averaging mode.
* Take photos and record voice memos, geo-located with KML files for easy viewing on a PC.
* Geo-tag photos, and/or have the coordinates and bearing "burnt" into the image.
* Sun rise and set times.
* Export data to CSV file.
* Create waypoint by triangulation, or projecting using an entered distance and bearing.
* Compute length, area, and elevation change for tracklog.
* Offline map support by downloading tiles from map tile servers, importing pre-prepared base maps from zip files, or registering your own map images.
* Compute calories.
* Optional background image.
* Optional location sharing on web.
* Spoken distance and direction guidance on goto page.

PERMISSIONS: (1) GPS, to show your location, (2) Network access, to load maps, (3) SD card access, to load and store waypoints, (4) Camera access, for taking pics, (5) Prevent phone from sleeping, so proximity alarm works, (6) Control flashlight, to allow flashlight use, (7) Record audio for voice memos.

DISCLAIMER: You use this app at your own risk. The developer accepts no responsibility for you getting lost or injured as a result of using this app. Batteries in mobile devices can go flat. For extended and remote hikes, a battery bank and an alternative method of navigation such as a paper map and compass are recommended for safety.



About Handy GPS

Handy GPS is a paid app for Android published in the Geography list of apps, part of Education.

The company that develops Handy GPS is BinaryEarth. The latest version released by its developer is 44.9. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.0.

To install Handy GPS on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2026-04-19 and was downloaded 86 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Handy GPS as malware as malware if the download link to binaryearth.handygps is broken.

How to install Handy GPS on your Android device:

  • Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
  • Once the Handy GPS is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
  • A pop-up window with the permissions required by Handy GPS will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
  • Handy GPS will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.

Program Details


General

Publisher
Released Date
2026-04-19
Languages
English

Category

Category
Subcategory

System requirements

Operating systems
Android

Download information

File size
N/A
Total downloads
86

Pricing

License model
Paid
Price

Version History


Here you can find the changelog of Handy GPS since it was posted on our website on 2014-06-13. The latest version is 44.9 and it was updated on Soft112 on 01 May, 2026. See below the changes in each version:

version 44.9

posted on 2026-04-19

44.9: Start spoken distances 5 km (3 miles) from goto target.
44.8: Improved performance of unzip map files and show progress.
44.6: Improved performance of offline maps. Changed default map zoom to be 15 instead of 16. Added a button to import offline maps from zip files.
44.5: Updated Google library.
44.4: Updated magnetic field and geoid models.

version 44.8

posted on 2025-12-02

44.8: Improved performance of unzip map files and show progress.
44.6: Improved performance of offline maps. Changed default map zoom to be 15 instead of 16. Added a button to import offline maps from zip files.
44.5: Updated Google library.
44.4: Updated magnetic field and geoid models.
44.3: Added options on main page section of preferences page to browse to new background image and set button transparency. Fixed file permission issue.

version 44.4

posted on 2025-08-17

44.4: Updated magnetic field and geoid models.
44.3: Added options on main page section of preferences page to browse to new background image and set button transparency. Fixed file permission issue.
44.1: Added options to change the colour of reference set tracklogs and also to draw them as polygons instead of polylines.
43.8: Fixed issue which was preventing the app from opening GPX files from emails.

version 43.7

posted on 2025-07-08

43.7: Updated to target Android SDK 35, which required updating minimum supported Android version to 5.0 (Lollipop).
43.6: When saving tracklogs to a GeoJSON file, save as LineString instead of Polygon object.
43.5: Added an option to email current data as a GeoJSON file. Increased maximum precision of Easting, Northing, and Altitude to 3 decimal places on Advanced prefs page.
43.4: Added a button to the built-in file browser to allow multiple files to be emailed at once.

version 43.5

posted on 2025-05-18

43.5: Added an option to email current data as a GeoJSON file. Increased maximum precision of Easting, Northing, and Altitude to 3 decimal places on Advanced prefs page.
43.4: Added a button to the built-in file browser to allow multiple files to be emailed at once.
43.3: Fixed bug with moon rise/set times.
43.2: Show more detailed sun and moon info.
43.1: Fixed bug with taking photos.
43.0: Added option to compute stats, including slope, on elevation profile page.

version 43.4

posted on 2025-05-13

43.4: Added a button to the built-in file browser to allow multiple files to be emailed at once.
43.3: Fixed bug with moon rise/set times.
43.2: Show more detailed sun and moon info.
43.1: Fixed bug with taking photos.
43.0: Added option to compute stats, including slope, on elevation profile page.
42.8: Added a layer control page for the map page.
42.7: Added the ability to import waypoints from Lat/Lon CSV files via file association with the app.
42.6: Updated Google libraries.

version 43.3

posted on 2025-04-07

43.3: Fixed bug with moon rise/set times.
43.2: Show more detailed sun and moon info.
43.1: Fixed bug with taking photos.
43.0: Added option to compute stats, including slope, on elevation profile page.
42.8: Added a layer control page for the map page.
42.7: Added the ability to import waypoints from Lat/Lon CSV files via file association with the app.
42.6: Updated Google libraries.
42.5: Fixed crash on Android 14.
42.4: Fixed Android 14 bug.
42.3: Updated to target Android SDK 34.

version 43.2

posted on 2025-02-05

43.2: Show more detailed sun and moon info.
43.1: Fixed bug with taking photos.
43.0: Added option to compute stats, including slope, on elevation profile page.
42.8: Added a layer control page for the map page.
42.7: Added the ability to import waypoints from Lat/Lon CSV files via file association with the app.
42.6: Updated Google libraries.
42.5: Fixed crash on Android 14.
42.4: Fixed Android 14 bug.
42.3: Updated to target Android SDK 34.
42.2: Updated Google Billing library.

version 43.0

posted on 2025-01-11

43.0: Added option to compute stats, including slope, on elevation profile page.
42.8: Added a layer control page for the map page.
42.7: Added the ability to import waypoints from Lat/Lon CSV files via file association with the app.
42.6: Updated Google libraries.
42.5: Fixed crash on Android 14.
42.4: Fixed Android 14 bug.
42.3: Updated to target Android SDK 34.
42.2: Updated Google Billing library.

version 42.8

posted on 2024-11-15

42.8: Added a layer control page for the map page.
42.7: Added the ability to import waypoints from Lat/Lon CSV files via file association with the app.
42.6: Updated Google libraries.
42.5: Fixed crash on Android 14.
42.4: Fixed Android 14 bug.
42.3: Updated to target Android SDK 34.
42.2: Updated Google Billing library.
42.1: If timer running when new session started, re-start the timer after resetting it. Fixed two bugs related to the GDA2020 datum.






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Users Rating:
  3.0/5     1
Downloads: 86
Updated At: 2026-05-01
Publisher: BinaryEarth
Operating System: Android
License Type: Paid