Mobile app · Everyday life

CairnGPS

Hike tracking, live GNSS satellite view, achievements. Works fully offline.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: AGPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: Matthieu Tinnes
Latest version: 1.3.0 (4 November 2026)
Latest activity: 4 November 2026
Source code: github.com/MatthieuTinnes/CairnGPS

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: offline use, GPS track recording, themes and dark mode.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Works fully offline” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Record your hikes, drop waypoints, unlock achievements.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Browse all your past sessions with elevation profile, route trace and full statistics.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Readable in direct sunlight, light and dark themes, controlled battery use, metric or imperial units, backup and restore of your data.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

CairnGPS is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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