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phyphox

phyphox is a free, open-source education app for Android. Perform physics experiments with your phone. It has 662 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

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About phyphox

Did you know that you are carrying a 3D magnetometer? That you can use your phone as a pendulum to measure earth's local gravitational acceleration? That you can turn your phone into a sonar? phyphox gives you access to the sensors of your phone either directly or through ready-to-play experiments which analyze your data and let you export raw data along with the results for further analysis. You can even define your own experiments on phyphox.org and share them with colleagues, students and friends. Selected Features: • A selection of pre-defined experiments. Just press play to start.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds phyphox from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.

Screenshots

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Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

phyphox FAQ

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Is phyphox free and open source?

Yes. phyphox's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.

How do I install phyphox?

You can install phyphox from F-Droid (package de.rwth_aachen.phyphox) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.2.1).

Is phyphox still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 4, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 11, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.