# Earthmate

> Text and Navigate with inReach

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.delorme.earthmate](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.delorme.earthmate)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.delorme.earthmate`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Garmin
- **Category:** TRAVEL\_AND\_LOCAL
- **Downloads:** 782,083
- **Rating:** 1.99 / 5 (1,563 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.2.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2011-11-14
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delorme.earthmate)
- **Website:** [https://www.garmin.com/apps](https://www.garmin.com/apps)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.garmin.com/privacy/outdoor/](https://www.garmin.com/privacy/outdoor/)

## Description

The Earthmate app seamlessly pairs with your inReach® satellite communication device to empower your outdoor adventures. It offers unlimited topographic and hybrid maps, aerial imagery, and extensive navigation tools including waypoints, route navigation, and high-detail GPS trip logging. With offline map caching and unlimited cloud storage, you can plan, track, and share your trips globally.

Earthmate enables 2-way text and email messaging, SOS triggering from anywhere worldwide, and live location tracking via the Iridium® satellite network when paired with an active inReach device subscription. The app also features LiveTrack™, allowing loved ones to follow your real-time location, distance, time, and elevation data. Plan your adventures from Garmin Explore™ online and sync effortlessly to your phone or tablet, making Earthmate an essential satellite communication and GPS navigation tool for outdoor enthusiasts.

## Rankings

- #78,583 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.READ_SYNC_STATS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_COMPANION_RUN_IN_BACKGROUND`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_COMPANION_START_FOREGROUND_SERVICES_FROM_BACKGROUND`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_COMPANION_USE_DATA_IN_BACKGROUND`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS`
- `com.delorme.earthmate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

## Review summary

Earthmate’s Android app is valued by some outdoor/SAR users for years of field usefulness and being a practical GPS companion in remote areas. However, many reviews highlight a poor UI/UX, frequent bugs and instability, login/authentication and message-sync problems, map download/storage issues, and subscription activation frustrations. Overall, it remains usable for a subset of users but needs significant fixes for reliable, consistent use.

### Pros

- Longstanding usefulness for outdoor/off-grid use; reviewers rely on it in remote locations (e.g., Alaska) and over many years.
- Handy GPS/app in the field; described as a practical companion for navigation.
- Historically valued for field operations by outdoor and SAR users over time.

### Cons

- Poor and non-intuitive UI/UX; described as clunky and hard to navigate.
- Buggy and unstable; frequent bugs, crashes, and malfunctioning.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.delorme.earthmate)