# AltosDroid

> Android application for AltusMetrum flight monitoring

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid)

## Overview

- **ID:** `org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Altus Metrum, LLC
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 1,778
- **Rating:** 4.91 / 5 (24 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.22.57
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-23
- **First published:** 2013-01-28
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 7.78 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid)
- **Website:** [http://www.altusmetrum.org/AltosDroid/](http://www.altusmetrum.org/AltosDroid/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://maps.altusmetrum.org/privacy-policy.html](https://maps.altusmetrum.org/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

AltosDroid is the Android edition of the Altus Metrum Rocketry Altimeter ground station software.<br><br>Using TeleBT ground station hardware, AltosDroid is able to receive telemetry from your Altus Metrum flight computer.<br><br>Features include:<br>* Telemetry logging to SD card.<br>* Text-to-speech announcements of flight state just like AltosUI (PC Software)<br>* Monitoring frequency selection.<br>* Google Maps view of airframe location<br>* Bearing, Elevation and Distance given relative to android device, not launch pad.<br><br>See http://www.altusmetrum.org/AltosDroid/ for more details.

## Rankings

- #984,131 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE`

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