Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick Downloads & RevenueFake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick · Google Play
Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick is #5 in Maps & Navigation Grossing on Google Play in Taiwan and charting in 13 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick update history & changes
Last change · 12 events since 21 Feb 2019Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 12 events
- 📦Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick updated to version 5.3.45.3.4-5.3.1:
- New "Always Ignore" option in the GPS Location Required dialog
- Mock locations now reapply automatically if Android silently evicts them
- Fixed bugs and crashes
5.3.0:
- Folders for favorites and routes, nested organization, GPX/KML import/export, bulk move
- Home screen widget for teleporting to favorites and starting routes
- 5 new languages: Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Dutch, Czech (22 total)
- Cooldown status indicator with timer reference table
- Fixed bugs and crashes… more - 📊Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick: downloads up ×3.1 in a weekabout 1k a day now (our estimate)
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick entered the top 100Top Free · Maps & Navigation · TW
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick entered the top 10Top Grossing · Maps & Navigation · TW
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick charting in a new country in 5 chartsMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Taiwan · +1 more
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick charting in a new countryCanada
- 🆕Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick first spotted by AppInsiderUnited States
- 📦Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick version 5.3.35.3.3-5.3.1:
- New "Always Ignore" option in the GPS Location Required dialog
- Mock locations now reapply automatically if Android silently evicts them
- Fixed bugs and crashes
5.3.0:
- Folders for favorites and routes, nested organization, GPX/KML import/export, bulk move
- Home screen widget for teleporting to favorites and starting routes
- 5 new languages: Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Dutch, Czech (22 total)
- Cooldown status indicator with timer reference table
- Fixed bugs and crashes… more - 🆕Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Maps & Navigation GrossingFake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free GPS spoofing tool for Android that allows developers and testers to simulate location data via a joystick interface or predefined routes. The app demonstrates strong monetization potential in Taiwan, ranking #5 in Maps & Navigation Grossing, while maintaining broad global visibility with top-160 free chart positions across diverse markets including the US, Vietnam, and Brazil.
Similar apps: Fake GPS Location, GPS Joystick, Location Spoofer
Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v4.3.5, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #5 |
 United States | Maps & NavigationFree | #181 |
| Taiwan | Maps & NavigationFree | #23 |
 Japan | Maps & NavigationFree | #158 |
 United Kingdom | Maps & NavigationFree | #197 |
 South Korea | Maps & NavigationFree | #166 |
 India | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #189 |
 Mexico | Maps & NavigationFree | #168 |
| Mexico | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #200 |
 Indonesia | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #182 |
 Saudi Arabia | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #189 |
| Indonesia | Maps & NavigationFree | #164 |
| Saudi Arabia | Maps & NavigationFree | #175 |
 United Arab Emirates | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #191 |
 Turkey | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #193 |
 Thailand | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #183 |
 Vietnam | Maps & NavigationFree | #130 |
| Vietnam | Maps & NavigationGrossing | #180 |
Apps near Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick on the chart
Maps & Navigation Grossing, around #5.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick
From the 65 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users frequently report that the app fails to spoof locations for games like Pokémon GO or crashes immediately upon launch. While some praise its functionality when working, a significant number of reviews highlight excessive advertisements and unstable GPS connections.
Mostly negative (37% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for few ads, and its features and content. The main complaints are about ads, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Ads: “How to disappear the ads?”
- Features & content: “still the best app, but it does new a better UI and the option for us to remove toggles from the joystick”
- Useful: “Follow the FAQ and it works perfectly”
- Design: “very useful for simulated locations so beautiful”
Common complaints
- Ads: “great if you love adverts”
- Crashes & bugs: “doesn't work on pokemon go, full of ads”
- Price & subscription: “I subscribed but i still receive ads when i restarted the app”
About Fake GPS Location-GPS JoyStick
Will overwrite your current location and any apps that you want to test will think you're in New York, London or any other place in the world!
This app has a "JoyStick" option which makes it simple and fun to change your location instantly.
Installation:
We've assembled a FAQ with steps on how to make this app work for you! Please read it carefully before emailing or leaving a review:
http://gpsjoystick.theappninjas.com/faq/
Features:
- Changes GPS location instantly and easily
- Select your current location or any location in the world using the map or joystick
- Enter latitude/longitude directly from the joystick and teleport anywhere
- Change your location in any direction you point the joystick
- Create and save a route using any number of points on a map and walk automatically
- Pause and continue the route directly from the joystick
- Use loop or reverse route mode to walk on your route over and over
- Keep track of your favorite list of locations and routes
- Keep track of custom markers for groups of points of interest
- Import and export GPX files to your favorites, routes or custom markers
- Displays distance and cooldown time information
- Hide option in the notification to show/hide the joystick on your screen
- Have 3 customizable speeds for your joystick
- Size, type and opacity settings for the joystick
- Lots of settings options for complete user customization
Plus this app automatically includes the best algorithm for providing realistic GPS values. All of these variance options are available in Settings to allow complete customization for the best and most realistic location testing.
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What's new in 5.3.4
- New "Always Ignore" option in the GPS Location Required dialog
- Mock locations now reapply automatically if Android silently evicts them
- Fixed bugs and crashes
5.3.0:
- Folders for favorites and routes, nested organization, GPX/KML import/export, bulk move
- Home screen widget for teleporting to favorites and starting routes
- 5 new languages: Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Dutch, Czech (22 total)
- Cooldown status indicator with timer reference table
- Fixed bugs and crashes