# GPSLogger (open-source maps and navigation app)

> GPSLogger is a free, open-source maps and navigation app for Android. A lightweight GPS logger, battery efficient, GPX/KML, add notes, share, upload. It has 2,614 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

A lightweight, battery efficient GPS Logger. The purpose of this app is to log your GPS coordinates at specified intervals to a file on your SD card. This app runs in the background so that you can on a long walk, hike, flight ride or photo session or even go buy some milk and have this running as long as possible. Once you're back at your computer, you can then use the files to geotag photos, upload to travel sites, view in Google Earth and so on. For more information, see Note: Please remember to Allow all the time for this app in your OS settings, to allow it to log locations in the background. Features Can log to GPX, KML, CSV, NMEA and CSV formats.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 2,614 |
| License | GPL-2.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.mendhak.gpslogger/ (package com.mendhak.gpslogger) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://gpslogger.app |
| Official | no |
| Category | Maps & navigation |
| Latest release | v137 (Aug 14, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 2, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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