APRSdroid - APRS Client

Georg Lukas

About this app

APRSdroid is an APRS application for Amateur Radio (HAM) operators. It allows reporting your position as well as sending and receiving messages. It also conveniently displays nearby stations as a list or on a map.

Feel free to contact the author via e-mail with any issues you might encounter. If you are not satisfied, you will get a refund, no questions asked. As there is no way to reply to Play user reviews or to see who wrote them, please use e-mail!

To make full use of APRSdroid, you will need an APRS-IS passcode for your callsign. You can request one in advance at http://aprsdroid.org/passcode/

APRSdroid is Open Source Software written in Scala and licensed under the GPLv2.

The APRSdroid features are:
* See what is going on on APRS with the Hub View or on the map
* One-time or periodic position reporting to APRS
* APRS Messaging support
* Get detailed information about a station
* Follow the movement of a station on the map
* Support for GPS and network location
* Bi-directional APRS-IS support via TCP and AFSK
* Unidirectional position reporting via UDP and HTTP
* Bluetooth TNC support (beta quality)
* Status Bar notification when running and for incoming messages
* AFSK decoding via microphone
* Smart beaconing

The following features are planned for the next months:
* Position reporting profiles
* Tablet UI
* USB serial support

APRSdroid requires some permissions on Android: http://aprsdroid.org/permissions/

Ratings and reviews

I use this app with my android phone (Galaxy s22+) or a cheap android tablet running android 14. I have had great luck with it! Works very well with various radios using my digirig lite. Very pleased with the app. My only request would be to have the imperial system supported for the units. For my USA self it's a bit of a bummer to see distances in KM. Not the end of the world though. Just requires some math if I want to have a better idea of the distance to a specific station from my location.

By and large, an awesome app. Great map, I like that the log sorts incoming beacons by distance. Five suggested improvements: 1) allow users to set the beacon distance to miles instead of KM; 2) Android Auto integration; 3) more sorting options for messages; 4) add unread count to messages icon; 5) center map on a user's current location.

No longer functional on Android 10. I used to use this app occasionally about a year ago on an older version of Android, and it was great. Worked perfectly, and at the time I didn't have to wait long at all for a verification code. However, it seems development has dropped off and the app no longer works now that I've moved to a newer device. Tried to use it recently and it does nothing but crash immediately. A shame, it was a good app.

What's new

Fixed USB TNC support