Animal Tracker

Follow the movements of wild animals that are being tracked in near-real time!

Max Planck Society · com.mpio.movebank

Not rated yet 100K+ downloads v25.0.0 108.9 MB Android 8.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v25.0.0 (11113)
Updated: Jan 17, 2026 (9 months ago)
APK size: 108.9 MB
Requires: Android 8.0+ (API 26)
CPU support: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Graphics: OpenGL ES 2.0+
Category: Tools (app)
Listed since: Apr 7, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 12 (2 sensitive)
Website: orn.mpg.de/animal_tracker
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Animal Tracker is an app by Max Planck Society in the Tools category, listed since at least April 2021. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

Since version 4.4.0, the APK grew from 47.7 MB to 108.9 MB and the minimum Android version rose from 5.0 to 8.0. It asks for 12 permissions, 2 of them sensitive: precise location and read shared storage. It asks for the same permissions as version 4.5.1.

What's new in v25.0.0

- New Feature: Discussions - Under-the-Hood Upgrade: We've modernized our codebase for a better app today and tomorrow.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

With Animal Tracker, you can follow the movements of wild animals all over the world that are being tracked in near-real time! These movements are collected by tiny GPS tags carried by the animals and are stored at Movebank, a free online infrastructure used by hundreds of researchers to manage, share, analyze, and archive animal movement data. You can easily participate in our scientific research projects: Upload your real-life observations and photos of our tagged animals to Animal Tracker. Your observations are crucial for our scientists! We can determine the positions of the tagged animals but we are lacking behavioral observations - we can interpret our data much better with your additional observations. Therefore: become a scientist, become an Animal Tracker!

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v4.4.0. Since v25.0.0 it requires Android 8.0+.

v25.0.0 LATEST Jan 17, 2026 108.9 MB TRUSTED v4.5.1 Jun 25, 2025 47.7 MB TRUSTED v4.4.0 Nov 19, 2024 47.7 MB TRUSTED

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Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Jan 17, 2026.
Certificate issued to “Max-Planck-Institut f?r Ornithologie” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Jan 17, 2026
Validated against Google Play Jan 17, 2026
Signed byOU=Research, O=Max-Planck-Institut f?r Ornithologie, L=Seewiesen, ST=Bavaria, C=DE
Signing certificate (SHA-1)F4:2D:A4:71:16:36:08:A4:C8:2F:88:78:F1:04:4B:B1:5A:FE:16:B8
File MD56a41c9996e01959ea2fee47f4aa478b7
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (12)

Animal Tracker requests 12 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.

Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.mpio.movebank.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location

Animal Tracker APK: questions and answers

Is there a version of Animal Tracker for older Android phones?

The current version needs Android 8.0 or later. Version 4.5.1 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 5.0 and later. Get version 4.5.1 · All versions

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is the Animal Tracker APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 6a41c9996e01959ea2fee47f4aa478b7.