Android · Location Tools
Fake Location — change your location, your way: a glowing map pin over a neon city grid with London, New York, Tokyo and Sydney coordinate cards

Change your location. Your way.

Fake Location sets a simulated GPS position on your own device. Pick a spot on the map, press start, and the apps on your phone read that position instead of your real one — no root, no complicated setup.

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No rootRequired
Saved places
JSONImport & export
100%Free
Inside the app
Fake Location main screen: a map with a dropped pin, Current GPS and Save buttons and a Start FAKE Location button
01 · The map

Drop a pin. That's your new position.

The whole app is one screen. Move the map, tap where you want to be, and the pin lands there. When you press ▶ Start FAKE Location, Android starts reporting those coordinates to the apps on your phone, and an ongoing notification reminds you it is running.

Need to get back to reality? Current GPS snaps the map to where you actually are, and stopping the simulation is the same single button.

  • Tap anywhere on the map to place the simulated position
  • Pinch, zoom and pan with the normal Google Maps controls
  • One button starts and stops the whole thing
02 · Controls

Six buttons, nothing hidden

Three in the top bar, three at the bottom. That is the entire interface.

Top bar

Search

Type an address, a city or a place name and the map jumps straight to it — no scrolling across the globe.

Top bar

Saved places

Your bookmarked locations in one list. Tap one and the pin is there instantly — ideal for the handful of spots you use again and again.

Top bar

Settings

Import and export your places as JSON, open the privacy settings and the privacy policy, share or rate the app.

Bottom

Current GPS

Centres the map on your real position — a quick way to start from where you are, or to check what the device actually sees.

Bottom

Save

Stores the pin you are on as a named place, so it joins your saved list and is one tap away next time.

Bottom

Start FAKE Location

Turns the simulation on. A foreground service keeps it alive with a permanent notification, and the same button stops it.

Fake Location settings screen with Share this app, Rate this app, Import JSON, Export JSON, Privacy settings and Privacy policy
03 · Settings

Your places, in a file you own

Export JSON writes every saved place into a plain text file you can keep, back up or move to another phone. Import JSON reads it back. No account, no cloud, no sync server in the middle — the file goes wherever you put it.

The same screen holds Privacy settings, where you can change or withdraw your advertising consent at any time, and a direct link to the privacy policy.

Export JSON Import JSON Privacy settings No account
Setup in 3 steps

Android will not let any app report a simulated position until you pick it yourself under Developer options. It is a one-time setup and it takes about a minute.

Android Software information screen with the Build number entry highlighted
Step 1

Unlock Developer options

Open Settings → About phone → Software information and tap Build number seven times. Your device will ask for your PIN and then tell you that developer mode is on.

Android Settings list with the new Developer options entry at the bottom
Step 2

Find the new menu

Go back to the main Settings list. A new Developer options entry now sits at the bottom, usually right under About phone.

Developer options with Select mock location app set to Fake Location
Step 3

Select the mock location app

Inside Developer options scroll to Location → Select mock location app and choose Fake Location. That is it — the app can now simulate a position.

Worth knowing

  • The simulated position only affects your own device, and only while the simulation is running. Stop it, or clear the mock location app, and your phone is back to normal.
  • Some apps — banking, ride-hailing, a few games — deliberately detect mock locations and may refuse to work or restrict your account. Fake Location does not try to hide anything from them.
  • Nothing is sent to us. Your coordinates and saved places stay on the device; see the privacy policy for the details.
  • Use it for what it is good at: testing location features in your own apps, checking geofences, taking screenshots of another city, or simply not handing out your real position.
  • It is not a VPN — it changes your GPS coordinates, not your IP address or your network traffic. The FAQ explains the difference.
Read the FAQ →

Almost ready

Fake Location 1.0.0 is on its way to Google Play. Until then, the full feature list is right above.

Coming soon on Google Play