Is Mushroom Compass safe?

Never get lost in the woods again. With Svampkompassen, the black arrow always points back to where you started your excursion. Just remember to save your position when you start walking. When you find good mushroom spots, you can save those coordinates too, making it easy to find your way back to the same place later.

Developer: David Bengtsson
Category: Navigation
Earliest archived version: 29 Sept 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

29 Sept 2026

1.0.2

The compass now points to true north. Bearings to a saved spot were compared against the phone's magnetic compass, which was off by several degrees while standing still. The home position can no longer be overwritten by accident; it now asks first, showing how far away the saved point is. Deleting…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDbengtsson.net.svampkompass

Latest APK SHA-256ab0fdde011248794fd0f0030045cb01d1c9f3b18458f2d45f291ed552fedcd24

Signing certificate6C:0A:87:18:35:93:9E:42:73:05:BA:7E:46:81:E6:1F:C1:B5:A4:7A:70:CA:27:CD:B7:7A:DA:82:59:79:D5:37

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTUREx86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.229 Sept 202624+x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions3 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION bengtsson.net.svampkompass.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗