Peak Finder AR

Name: Peak Finder AR
Rating: 3.625 (416 reviews)
Author: TheFrenchSoftware

By: TheFrenchSoftware App

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

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-09-02

Overview

Removed

Downloads

106,911

Data as of 2025-09-02

Rating:

3.63

(416)

Version:

1.0.9

Last updated: 2025-07-26

Features & Capabilities

Peak Finder AR is a powerful Chrome extension that transforms your device into an augmented reality mountain guide. Simply point your camera to see the names, positions, heights, and distances of over 800,000 mountains, peaks, and hills worldwide directly on your screen.

Key features include sun position visualization with sunrise and sunset timings, GPS status, orientation adjustments with manual bias correction, and zoom functionality. The extension works offline, ensuring access anytime, anywhere. When online, you gain additional features like an auto-rotating topographic 3D map based on your location, web photos of selected peaks, and Wikipedia information to enrich your mountain exploration experience.

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Version:

1.0.9 Last updated: 2025-07-26

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Creation date:

2021-12-24

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.CAMERA Very high risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe
com.thefrenchsoftware.peakfinderar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

30.42MB

Email:

th*****@gmail.com

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Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-09-02

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Developed by:

TheFrenchSoftware

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thefrenchsoftware.peakfinderar

Email:

th*****@gmail.com

User Reviews

Peak Finder AR is praised for being an excellent and useful app for mountain hiking with a good layout and responsive developer support. However, users face issues such as small and hard-to-read peak names, inaccurate peak locations, GPS detection problems on some devices, and an unreliable mountain picture feature. Despite these, updates have resolved many compatibility problems, making the app functional and valuable for outdoor enthusiasts.

Pros

App is excellent and very useful for mountain hiking and identifying peaks.
Layout is very good and user-friendly.
Developer provides good support and updates when issues are reported.
Provides information on nearby mountain peaks effectively.
Purchase option for maps available and working after updates.

Cons

Small print (peak names) is hard to read, especially in sunlight, and lacks size adjustment.
Location accuracy for peaks is off by miles in some areas.
Map option had compatibility issues with newer Android versions before updates.
App sometimes fails to recognize GPS signal on certain devices (e.g., Lenovo Tab P11 Plus with Android 11).
Picture feature for mountains brings up inaccurate or unrelated images, reducing usability.