# Mountain Peak AR

> Discover the name of mountains, peaks and hills around you in Augmented Reality.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.thefrenchsoftware.mountainpeakar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.thefrenchsoftware.mountainpeakar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.thefrenchsoftware.mountainpeakar`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** TheFrenchSoftware
- **Category:** TRAVEL\_AND\_LOCAL
- **Downloads:** 45,106
- **Rating:** 1.83 / 5 (123 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.14
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-14
- **First published:** 2018-01-20
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2025-09-02
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thefrenchsoftware.mountainpeakar)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/site/thefrenchsoftware](https://sites.google.com/site/thefrenchsoftware)

## Description

Mountain Peak AR is an innovative Chrome extension that lets you discover the names and details of mountains, peaks, and hills around you through augmented reality. By using your device's camera, it displays the position, height, and distance of over 400,000 peaks worldwide directly on your screen.

Additional features include sun position tracking with sunrise and sunset times, zoom capabilities, GPS state monitoring, and orientation adjustment with manual bias correction. The extension functions fully offline, while online mode provides an auto-rotating 3D topographic map near your location and access to curated web photos of selected peaks, enhancing your outdoor exploration experience.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.thefrenchsoftware.mountainpeakar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users report that Mountain Peak AR suffers from camera orientation problems, inaccurate mountain labeling, laggy performance, and unreliable GPS and compass functions. Some find minor value in it showing the sun's position and basic visuals, but overall it frequently fails to work correctly and lacks proper user feedback, limiting its usability.

### Pros

- Provides some visual appeal as mentioned by users who found it 'nice' and 'good'
- Displays the position of the sun accurately
- Has potential to identify mountain peaks

### Cons

- Camera orientation issues, often showing upside down or sideways camera feed
- Inaccuracy in labeling or positioning mountains and peaks
- Laggy performance causing poor user experience
- GPS and compass functionality problems, including flickering GPS signal and incorrect compass direction
- Limited or no feedback when the app is not working properly

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