Dérive app

Explore an urban environment on your own terms and get lost.

Babak Fakhamzadeh · com.deriveapp

5.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 10K+ downloads v160020 6.8 MB Android 10+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v160020 (160020)
Updated: Aug 29, 2026 (1 month ago)
APK size: 6.8 MB
Requires: Android 10+ (API 29)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Travel & Local (app)
Listed since: Mar 17, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 4 (2 sensitive)
Website: deriveapp.com
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Dérive app is an app by Babak Fakhamzadeh in the Travel & Local category, listed since at least March 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

Since version 160017, the APK grew from 3.3 MB to 6.8 MB. It asks for 4 permissions, 2 of them sensitive: precise location and approximate location. It asks for the same permissions as version 160019.

What's new in v160020

Updated for recent Android release.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Dérive app is created as a simple but engaging platform that allows users to explore their urban spaces in a care-free and casual way. It takes the ideals of the Situationists and merges it with digital means in order to create a tool for exploration of urban space in a random unplanned way, as a game. Too often in urban centers we are controlled by our day to day activities thus closing off urban experiences that exist around us. Dérive app was created to try to nudge those people who are in this repetitive cycle to allow the suggestions and subjectivities of others to enter into their urban existences. The active engagement of communities in their urban spaces unleashes in them new understanding of their urban surroundings, to open up channels of dialogue between individuals and groups through a device that makes the unpacking of urban space part of a game. The task cards that are dealt are created with the intention of heightening the experience of the city for the user, by calling them out to search for specific architectural, urban or social points of interest, thus allowing users of the application to see their urban spaces in a different light.

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v160017.

v160020 LATEST Aug 29, 2026 6.8 MB TRUSTED v160019 Aug 21, 2026 6.8 MB TRUSTED v160017 Feb 29, 2024 3.3 MB TRUSTED

All 3 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Aug 29, 2026.
Certificate issued to “Baba's projects” 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 Aug 29, 2026
Validated against Google Play Aug 29, 2026
Signed byCN=Babak Fakhamzadeh, OU=Unknown, O=Baba's projects, L=Sao Paulo, ST=SP, C=BR
Signing certificate (SHA-1)9A:E5:56:F3:A6:6C:FD:D1:2C:37:9E:E2:C3:9D:2A:D2:B3:0D:FD:9F
File MD5adaeeab81db8c5708e27c53f3dccab56
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (4)

Dérive app requests 4 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.deriveapp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Required hardware & features

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

Dérive app APK: questions and answers

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 Dérive app 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 adaeeab81db8c5708e27c53f3dccab56.