I recently bought an Ipod Touch, and I was curious as to if anyone here knows any good apps that are survival related? If possible reply with a link, Thank You very much!

Sybert777.

I think DR had a similar thread. Try searching and see if it comes up. As I recall, wasn't much. Some first aid apps, I think there's a slimmed down version of the SAS guide too somewhere.

Other than the iPhone 4's onboard Maps and Compass apps, I've also got Here I Am (not useful without GPS), iTopoMaps (less useful without GPS but not useless), myLite (not useful without a flash), wikiHow: How to and DIY Survival Kit, iMedJet, the paid version of the Ultimate SAS Survival Guide, and the US Army Ranger Handbook.

I think all of them were free other than the Ultimate SAS Survival Guide. I'm a bit of a packrat when it comes to books and apps, with reference apps triggering both of my packrat reflexes.

The U.S Army survival manual is available as an app.

I think a nice bus schedule is good

There's the Smoke Signal App. Start a fire, toss the gizmo in...

On top of those above, I also have KG Free which is a good guide for tying a small number of knots

Depends what you mean by 'survival' but I find the app 'ShowTheLoo' great when out and about!

I think that in a real emergency, the mobile network will most likely grind to a halt, so I am not planning on relying on anything that needs it. However, I have downloaded a free PDF reader and am in the process of digitising all my important documents, so if I have to evacuate I have a readable electronic copy of it all with me (as well as paper versions). Also for public transport routes and timetables etc, anything that could help me get home. And downloaded maps for the area.

Columbia Sportswear came out with an iOS app last January called Take Ten to the Great Outdoors, sized for iphone or ipod Touch. It's based on the Ten Essential Groups.

http://www.columbia.com/iPhone-Take-Ten/iPhone_App_Page-TakeTen,default,pg.html

"Army Survival Manual" Got it on My Android

Are you talking about something you'd put on the device to learn in advance of being in a survival situation, or something you'd plan to use DURING a survival incident? If it's the latter I'd recommend a book, not an electronic app. I have both the Army Survival Guide and the SAS Handbook in book form and like them both. They would be great for reading/learning IN ADVANCE of a survival situation on your device. DURING a survival situation, I would first use the device try to make an emergency phone call or send a text message/email, then to get my coordinates (GPS) and write those down for later use, and then remove the battery and short it out to generate sparks to light a fire. Angry Birds, while fun, is mostly useless in a survival situation.

These are free. You will find a ton of pay apps. Let us know if you find any gems.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikihow-how-to-diy-survival/id309209200?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/take-ten-to-greater-outdoors/id412088534?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aaa-roadside/id322490679?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/survival-guide/id407204621?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/led-light-for-iphone-4-free/id379753015?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/disaster-survival-guide/id378000067?mt=8

Don't know the site, but here is another list:

http://www.intherabbithole.com/survival-apps/

There are a ton of freebies out there. A couple of the ones I have installed on my Android phone are:
1. US Army Survival Manual (23 chapters plus appendices)
2. Survival Guide (US Military Survival Manual FM 21-76)
3. Daily Survival Tips (submitted by survival enthusiasts)

1 and 2 may be redundant...

The last one I present with caveats. While a number of the tips are useful, some are also dangerous and send out mixed or incorrect information. Use with care. The real usefullness of these tips is that it keeps you thinking everyday about survival issues and thus keeps you on your toes.

Hurricane by American Red Cross

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hurricane-by-american-red/id545689128?mt=8

Here is what I'm considering survival apps on my Android phone (in addition to several reference apps mentioned above, in no particular order) :

[list]
[*]Alpha Bravo encoder - encodes a phrase to Alpha-Bravo and Morse code (can vibrate it in Morse code).
[*]Cardiograph - measure your pulse (using camera and LED light).
[*]Cookbook - engeneering solutions cookbook.
[*]Several LED and Screen light apps, one of them can encode Morse code to series of flashes.
[*]Shake flashlight - turns your screen white on vigorous shaking (great when you can not look at your phone to touch icons).
[*]Cooking - eBook app.
[*]Earthquake Alert! - online resources aggregator.
[*]ElectroDroid, Electronics Tool Box - apps aiding with electronics devices improvisation.
[*]EMF Detector - basic metal finder app.
[*]GPS Essentials - various GPS tools collection.
[*]Military Mountaineering - eBook app.
[*]Night Vision - camera booster app.
[*]Offline dictionaries - various languages dictionaries to download.
[*]Physics Cheater - another reference app aiding in improvising with very well categorized everyday physics formulas.
[*]Scanner Radio - online only app for monitoring of public police and fire radio channels.
[*]Scrolling Text - great tool for sending your message up to 100 feet away or even farther (e.g. from your car to another car running at 80 mph both). No wireless connection required
[*]SkySafari - astronomy app which can be used as navigation aid (using stars, planets, moon, and sun).
[*]Smart Compass - compass over the video overlay. Good over the map and over the real view.
[*]Smart Tools - a set of various useful tools like rulers, protractors, distance meters, level, metal detector, sound and vibration monitors.
[*]TwoTouch Timer - really quick set timer app.
[*]Sound grenade - produces very loud and annoying sound, seems even piercing walls.

I have several dedicated GPS mapping apps as well. Using Evernote to collect and organize everyday data as it's coming in. Using SPB Wallet to store sensitive information (e.g. passwords, lock combinations, credit cards, e.t.c.).

(Hmm, List tag seems to be broken on the forum)

By the way, if anyone have an idea of a survival app - let's discuss. I can make your idea a reality on Android Platform (perhaps for iPhone too).

Just downloaded TeslaLED last night. $1.00 donation...so not free but it doesn't ask for ridiculous special permissions either. Modes include regular flashlight, auto off after 1 min, strobe (adjustable rate), continuous SOS mode (includes beeps), touch-on mode (must touch screen to activate and as soon as you stop it is off), auto screen brightness, and "police lights" (flashing red & blue patterns). Will be testing them outdoors in dark this week.

BTW, I should add that I have a Droid Razr Maxx...simply for the battery capacity. I don't like the iphones. If the Samsung Galaxy Siii had the razr maxx battery I'd have that. I do travel with a Nomad 7 Solar Panel ( Nomad 7 http://www.goalzero.com/shop/p/11/Nomad-7-Solar-Panel/6:3/) by Goal Zero (http://www.goalzero.com/). So, outside of getting stuck in a tunnel or cave, I can solve the smart phone power drain issue.

Search the Google Play Store (really dumb name!) using the term "foraging". Lots of good survival apps from free to about $8.00, including the USMC Summer Survival Handbook (free).

We just started trying "iTriage" first aid app. Initial impressions are that it seems pretty helpful in terms of diagnosis and explainations.

I have no is where found them, other than in the android app store, but my hubby surprised me with "230+ survival book" as well as slimmed down versions of the SAS Survival Guide and the Zombie Handbook.

I'm such a non-teckie though. Is a book an app?

An SDR radio app, which could connect via USB to a Funcube Dongle Pro+ would be useful rather than using a on line server.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP4tO_sVIpI

My travel setup exactly! Just drop in their Guide 10 Plus battery pack with 4 eneloops.

The SDR radio service is already available for some android phones with FM radio chip onboard (I have used it with my old HTC HD2 smartphone, it's amateur development project on the XDA-forums). Works well with supporting GPS car navigation apps.

The Funcube dongle is a 3rd party hardware. To use it with the phone we need the device driver for Android from the manufacturer first.

I downloaded glSDR21.apk on my Windows PC from

http://code.google.com/p/sdr-widget/downloads/list

and transferred the app to a el cheapo Ployer Momo 9 tablet using the app 'WiFi File Transfer' and installed it.

The list of SDR radio servers shown below is a bit limited but it has turned to Ployer Momo 9 into an Internet HF (SW) receiver etc and works reasonably well.

http://www.montefusco.com/ghpsdr3/



The Funcube uses standard Windows, Linux MacOS drivers and these computers should just see the Dongle as a 196KHz soundcard. I'm not to sure about Android devices though!

There are a few good first aid apps, one I like is
"First Aid by British Red Cross",
but I have a few other, similar apps too (Android)

For foraging "Wild Edibles" (free) is OK