Tower Collector
Map the mobile masts around you and share the data
Made by zamojski · free and open source
This comes straight from Tower Collector’s own GitHub page, and it’s free. Need help installing?
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About this app
Tower Collector logs the mobile cell towers your phone sees along with your GPS position, helping build an open map of where network coverage actually reaches. You can upload what you gather to OpenCellID and BeaconDB, public databases anyone is free to use.
It handles GSM, UMTS, LTE, CDMA and 5G networks, and its GPS settings are tuned to keep battery drain down while you're out walking or driving. If you'd rather keep the readings to yourself, export them instead as CSV, JSON, GPX, KML or KMZ.
The app has no ads and says it collects nothing that identifies you or your device. It does need location running while you collect, so expect some extra battery use on long trips.
From the app’s home page
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