Handy GPS — Your Ultimate Outdoor Navigation Companion Handy GPS is the perfect companion for your next outdoor adventure. Seek, find, record, and return home with confidence. Whether you’re hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, horseback riding, geocaching, or exploring remote backcountry areas, Handy GPS keeps you on track—even where there’s no network connection. It’s also ideal for surveying, forestry, archaeology, mining, and other professional fieldwork. Use UTM or latitude/longitude coordinates to integrate seamlessly with your paper maps. Note: For reliable tracklog recording when your screen is off, allow the app to always access GPS and disable battery optimization for Handy GPS.

Handy GPS — Your Ultimate Outdoor Navigation Companion

Handy GPS is the perfect companion for your next outdoor adventure. Seek, find, record, and return home with confidence. Whether you’re hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, horseback riding, geocaching, or exploring remote backcountry areas, Handy GPS keeps you on track—even where there’s no network connection.

It’s also ideal for surveying, forestry, archaeology, mining, and other professional fieldwork. Use UTM or latitude/longitude coordinates to integrate seamlessly with your paper maps.

Note: For reliable tracklog recording when your screen is off, allow the app to always access GPS and disable battery optimization for Handy GPS.

📌 Base Features

• View your current coordinates, altitude, speed, direction, and distance traveled in metric, imperial/US, or nautical units.

• Save your location as a waypoint and record a tracklog showing where you’ve been.

• Import and export data with KML and GPX files.

• Enter waypoints manually using UTM, MGRS, or lat/lon coordinates.

• Navigate to a waypoint with the “Goto” screen, optionally alerting you as you approach.

• Compass page works on devices with magnetic sensors.

• Automatic geoid offset computation for improved altitude accuracy.

• Supports WGS84 and common datums including AGD66, AGD84, AMG, GDA94, MGA; also usable with NAD83 maps in the US.

• Display GPS satellite locations and signal strengths graphically.

• Show simple or MGRS grid references.

• Compute distance and direction between waypoints.

• Optional timer line to track walk duration and average speed.

• Extensively tested on off-track hikes by the developer.

✨ Extra Features in This Version

• No ads, no subscriptions — pay once and enjoy all features.

• Unlimited waypoints and tracklog points.

• Share your location via email or SMS as clickable map links.

• Export waypoints and tracklogs as KML or GPX files.

• Supports additional datums: NAD83 (US), OSGB36 (UK), NZTM2000 (NZ), SAD69 (South America), ED50 (Europe), plus custom local grids.

• UK grid references with two-letter prefixes supported for OSGB datum.

• Elevation profiles for your tracks.

• GPS averaging mode for more accurate locations.

• Take geo-tagged photos and record voice memos linked to KML files.

• Option to embed coordinates and bearing directly into photos.

• Display sunrise and sunset times.

• Export your data as a CSV file.

• Create waypoints by triangulation or projection using distance and bearing.

• Compute track length, area, and elevation change.

• Offline maps: download tiles, import pre-prepared base maps, or register your own images.

• Compute calories burned.

• Customize with background images.

• Optional location sharing on the web.

• Spoken distance and direction guidance on the Goto page.

🔒 Permissions

1. GPS — to show your location

2. Network access — to load maps

3. SD card access — to save and load waypoints

4. Camera — to take geo-tagged photos

5. Prevent phone from sleeping — for proximity alarms

6. Flashlight control — optional use of flashlight

7. Record audio — for voice memos

⚠️ Disclaimer

Use this app at your own risk. The developer is not responsible for getting lost or injured. Mobile device batteries can run out; for extended or remote trips, carry a battery bank and a backup navigation method such as a paper map and compass for safety.