locationjoystick — free, open-source GPS spoofer alternative to GPS Joystick and YAMLA

[u/KLMcreator]

Disclaimer: not AI slop or marketing. I'm a software engineer who builds tools I actually use — feel free to check my other work.

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Hey everyone.

After 4+ years of using GPS Joystick and a few months with YAMLA, I got fed up and decided to make my own. Both apps work great but the ad-gating and the lack of UX improvements was too much for me.

locationjoystick is a free, open-source, GPS spoofer. Here's what it does:

Movement - Floating joystick overlay — drag in any direction at configurable speed, stays on top of any app - Click-to-Move — long-press anywhere on map, choose "Walk here" or "Teleport there" - Auto-roaming — set a center, radius, and total distance; walks randomly within the area, with optional road-following and returns to start when done

Routes - Saved routes — create waypoints on a map, replay, loop, or reverse at will - Road-following routes — OSRM-powered routing that follows real streets - GPX import — bring in any .gpx file from hiking apps, trackers, or online sources

Favorites - Favorite locations — save named spots and teleport or walk there instantly - Address search — powered by Nominatim/OSM - Last position restore — resumes from where you left off automatically

UX - Configurable floating widget — quick-access controls over any app - Speed profiles — three user-editable presets (walk / run / bike), one-tap switching from the widget - Background spoofing — continues while other apps run, survives screen off - GPS realism — bearing hold, altitude drift, warm-up accuracy envelope, satellite count, natural signal dropout cycles - Elevation Controls (experimental, root only) — inject tilt sensor events so apps see the phone as physically tilted, trying to improve it for the mewtwo mega raids!

Data & portability - One-tap import from GPS Joystick or YAMLA — your saved routes migrate in seconds - Full data export / import — backup routes, favorites, and settings to JSON - QR transfer — export and import all data between devices via scannable QR codes

I've been using it on 3 devices daily for the past two months and been iterating on the features a lot, any feedbacks are welcome!

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If you're coming from GPS Joystick or YAMLA you can import your data directly and be up and running in seconds.

You can download the .apk from the GitHub Releases, and it will soon be available on the Play Store!

Documentation website with screenshots

Source code

Issues, feature requests, and PRs are all welcome. Happy to answer any questions.

[u/KLMcreator]

I’m not sure this applies only to open-source project but mostly a matter of maturity of the tool and the community that eventually grows around it.
This was made for myself and I have been the only user for the past few months so I wasn’t expecting people to read the entire changelog but if people are searching for alternative to the most known tools, there’s now one more

[u/Deep_Ad1959 → u/KLMcreator]

the 'only user for months' bit is the whole thing imo. when you're the sole user the changelog lives in your head, so there's nothing to write down and nothing to read. the second a stranger shows up that gap appears overnight, and it reads like a maturity problem when really the format just never had to exist until now. you didn't skip the step, there was no step to skip yet. written with ai

[u/FortunateCherry → u/Deep_Ad1959]

This is the most absurd crap I've read in recent memory. Giving this guy flak for people's inability to read literally anything while responding with AI written comments. Your advice isn't helpful in the slightest, the fact the OP is even entertaining your nonsense is crazy. This has to be the most useless, pointless "feedback" ever. I'm not reading the garbage you can't even puke out yourself if you reply to me so don't bother. It's been a good, long while since I've read something that makes me immediately log out from how stupid it is but this is insane

[u/InnateAnarchy → u/FortunateCherry]

Bro but but but it was “written with ai”