Altimeter Pro is an app by Stéphane Sandon in the Tools category. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 8 permissions, 4 of them sensitive, including precise location, approximate location and read shared storage.
What's new in v3.8.0
- v3.7.0 :
Minor fixes.
- v3.6.0 :
Add Analog Widget.
Add Widget's settings.
- v3.5.0 :
Android N (7) support.
- v3.4.0 :
Adding some Widgets.
Others minors improvements.
- v3.3.0 :
Temperature compensation settings.
Minors improvements.
- v3.2.0 :
Android Marshmallow new permission model.
Minors improvements.
- v3.1.1 :
Live Altitude graph can be setup to not show 0 value.
Tablets layout improvement.
Minor other improvements.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “hackybg”.
Altimeter Pro is an advanced barometer altimeter.
It is usefull for outdoors activities like hiking, ski tour, mountaineering, mountain bike or air sports like aviation or paragliding.
The application is designed to work off-line in backcountry or remote places.
Most functionalities require a pressure sensor (barometer sensor) but the application can be used in GPS mode which can be usefull in certain cases or as a backup solution.
Here are the main functionalities :
* Analog panel featuring a real aviation altimeter,
* Digital panel with many information,
* Current Altitude,
* Vertical Speed (ascending or descending rate) (*),
* Altitude Gain,
* Altitude Loss,
* Minimum and Maximum Altitude,
* QFE and QNH pressure (*),
* Live Altitude Profil,
* Track history management : Save / View / Export,
* Different calibration option : by altitude reference, by pressure, by Internet (+9.000 referenced weather stations) (*),
* 2 altitude providers : pressure sensor(*) or GPS chip (not network GPS),
* Advanced GPS with geoid adjust,
* Sensor offset adjustement (*),
* ISO Standard Temperature settings (*),
* Different units (hPa, inHg, Meter, Feet, Km, Nm, Mi, °C, °F,...),
* HD Graphics,
* User interface in severals langages : English, Spanish, French, Italian, German.
* Acoustic vario : you can set climb and sink thresholds (*),
* Automatic altitude vocalization,
* Speach synthesis of altitude on touch,
* Widgets,
...
Once Altimeter Pro is started, forget-it ! The application do all the job for you.
Its intelligent design allows to have a minimal energy footprint on your device. You can then focus on your activity without to worry.
At the end of your activity, you can save your track.
Later you can view it or export it.
(*) These functions require a barometric sensor (pressure sensor) in your android device : Goolge Samsung Nexus, Google LG Nexus 4, Google LG Nexus 5, Google Nexus 6, Google Nexus 9, Samsung Galaxy Note 1, Note 2, Note 3, Note 4, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy S4 Advance, Motorola Moto X, LG G3, Sony Xperia Z3...
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “Unknown”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedFeb 26, 2019
Antivirus scan passedOct 14, 2020
Signed byCN=SANDON St?phane, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=FR
Uploaded by “hackybg”Bronze tier · 899 followers · uploading since 2018
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Permissions (8)
Altimeter Pro requests 8 permissions, 4 of them sensitive.
Prevent the device from sleepingandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run foreground servicesandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Required hardware & features
Locationandroid.hardware.location
GPSandroid.hardware.location.gps
Touchscreenandroid.hardware.touchscreen
Altimeter Pro APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the Altimeter Pro APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 9ee308cd16cab3b31097e94f3ce40d48.