Download Grand Theft Auto V APK 5.0.21 Free for Android

Grand Theft Auto V puts Michael, Franklin, and Trevor under your control across a 75-square-kilometer Los Santos map, with mid-mission character switching baked into the core gameplay.

Grand Theft Auto V is an open-world action game from Rockstar North and Rockstar Games. The original release hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013 before reaching PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The Android port brings the same Los Santos sandbox to mobile, covering the full story mode with three switchable protagonists and six main heists. The 75-square-kilometer map mixes an LA-inspired city with desert, mountains, and ocean. You can swap between Michael, Franklin, and Trevor in real time using the directional wheel, and each character carries a unique special ability plus a separate weapons loadout that persists across the save.

Michael, Franklin, Trevor and the character-switching system

The three protagonists live in different parts of San Andreas and approach situations in different ways. The switch wheel lets you change characters outside of cutscenes, with the camera pulling up to satellite view before dropping into the new character’s life. You often catch them mid-activity (Trevor passed out on a beach in his underwear, Michael watching a movie at his Vinewood mansion, Franklin walking Chop around Strawberry).

The three playable characters

• Michael De Santa is a 45-year-old retired bank robber living in a Rockford Hills mansion under FIB witness protection. His special ability is bullet time during gunfights, slowing the world while his aim stays at normal speed, lasting up to roughly 30 seconds when the special meter is full.
• Franklin Clinton is a former Grove Street repo man working out of Premium Deluxe Motorsport in Strawberry. His special ability is driving focus, slowing the world while he stays at full speed in any vehicle. The ability is built for tight overtakes during street races on the Vinewood Hills back roads.
• Trevor Philips runs Trevor Philips Industries out of a trailer in Sandy Shores, dealing meth and arms. His rampage ability halves incoming damage and doubles outgoing damage for the duration of the meter, which carries him through the heavier shootouts like the Merryweather Heist and the Paleto Score finale.

Why switching matters mission to mission

Some missions force the switch (the Jewel Store Heist puts Michael on entry, Franklin on the getaway bike, Trevor on the truck), while free roam lets you switch on cooldown. Each character keeps a separate stats sheet across Strength, Stamina, Shooting, Stealth, Flying, Driving, Lung Capacity, and Special Ability. Trevor starts at 100% Flying and Franklin at 100% Driving by default, so the optimal play is to assign the right character to the right vehicle during heists.

Los Santos and Blaine County: the 75 sq km map

The map splits into the urban Los Santos in the south and the rural Blaine County in the north, connected by the Senora Freeway and the Great Ocean Highway that wraps the western coast.

Los Santos covers the southern half and parodies real Los Angeles districts. Downtown holds the high-rises and the FIB tower, Vinewood is the Hollywood stand-in with the iconic Vinewood Sign on Mount Josiah, Rockford Hills is where Michael’s mansion sits, and Vespucci Beach runs along the western coast as the Venice Beach analog. Grove Street in Davis returns from San Andreas as a smaller block, while LSIA (Los Santos International Airport) takes the southwestern corner.

Blaine County in the north is rural and dangerous. Sandy Shores around the Alamo Sea is Trevor’s home turf, Paleto Bay sits in the far north with the Blaine County Savings Bank that gets robbed during the Paleto Score, and Mount Chiliad rises 2,619 feet over the northwest as the tallest point. Grapeseed runs vineyards in the central valley, and the Grand Senora Desert covers most of the eastern stretch with the Sandy Shores Airfield and Fort Zancudo’s restricted military base in the central west.

The map also runs roughly 50 km of named roads, a metro line through Los Santos, and an ocean floor with shipwrecks for scuba dives in the Pacific Ocean off Pacific Bluffs.

The six main heists and their crew system

The story runs six setup-and-execution heists, each with two or three approach options that change the gameplay loop, the crew requirements, and the take.

• The Jewel Store Heist hits Vangelico jewelers on Portola Drive with a smart (gas) or loud (smash) option. Total take ranges $3-4 million depending on the gunman and driver chosen.
• The Merryweather Heist recovers a stolen weapon for Martin Madrazo, with offshore (submarine) or freighter approaches in the Pacific Ocean. This is the only heist with no cash payout, ending in a setup for the FIB plotline.
• The Paleto Score robs Blaine County Savings Bank with all three protagonists running heavy machine guns, finishing in a full sheriff department shootout through Paleto Bay’s main street. The take is around $20M before the gang shares costs, which drop the per-character split to roughly $8K.
• The Bureau Raid infiltrates the FIB tower in Pillbox Hill, with a fire crew approach (Trevor climbs the side as a window cleaner) or a covert option (Michael and Franklin rappel from the roof).
• The Big Score hits the Union Depository for $201M in gold bars near the climax, with subtle (drill swap) or obvious (truck pull) approaches. The final crew take depends on who survived to the finale.
• Lester’s Assassinations are five stock-market hits that pay out through the LCN exchange (Hotel, Multi Target, Vice, Bus, Construction) instead of straight cash. The standard rule is to save all five until after Franklin completes the final story mission so all three characters can invest at maximum balance.

Crew gunmen, drivers, and hackers each take a cut. Newer crew like Karim Denz cost less but bring weaker stats, while veterans like Packie McReary, Gustavo Mota, and Paige Harris pull cleaner heists at higher splits.

170+ vehicles across 20+ classes

The vehicle list runs more than 170 entries split across road, air, and water, with the Super class sitting at the top of the road tier for both speed and price.

Top-tier road vehicles

• Truffade Adder (Bugatti Veyron stand-in): $1,000,000 from Legendary Motorsport, tops the Super class at roughly 125 mph in stock trim.
• Pegassi Zentorno (Lamborghini Sesto Elemento): $815,000, the meta pick for races thanks to its cornering grip on the tight Vinewood Hills routes.
• Overflod Entity XF (Koenigsegg parody): $795,000, balanced acceleration and top speed.
• Grotti Cheetah (Ferrari Testarossa): $650,000, classic V12 sports profile.
• Pegassi Infernus (Lamborghini Diablo): $440,000, the entry-level Super tier.

Aircraft and watercraft

Aircraft cover military, civilian, and rotorcraft. The P-996 LAZER is the supersonic fighter parked at Fort Zancudo (taking off in one triggers a 4-star wanted level instantly), the Buzzard attack chopper is the multipurpose heist transport, the Cargobob can airlift cars including the Rhino tank, and the Titan is the C-130 cargo plane large enough to skydive the entire crew out of. Watercraft include the Speeder for fast coastal runs, the Dinghy as the standard rubber boat, the Submersible used in the Merryweather Heist offshore approach, and the Seashark jet ski.

50+ weapons and the combat system

Weapons split into eight categories sold at Ammu-Nation stores in Los Santos and Blaine County, with the higher-tier guns gated behind story progression or Ammu-Nation rank.

• Pistols (5 entries): Pistol ($1,000), Combat Pistol ($1,750), AP Pistol ($5,000, full auto), Pistol .50 ($7,500), Stun Gun (cutscene unlock).
• SMGs (4 entries): Micro SMG, SMG, Assault SMG, MG. The Assault SMG ($11,500) carries a 30-round magazine and a balanced fire rate for close-mid range gunfights.
• Assault Rifles (4 entries): Carbine Rifle ($13,250), Assault Rifle ($3,750, the default AK), Advanced Rifle ($16,000), Bullpup Rifle ($5,500). The Carbine is the meta pick for the FIB Bureau Raid loud approach.
• Sniper Rifles (3 entries): Sniper Rifle, Heavy Sniper, Marksman Rifle. The Heavy Sniper ($30,000) drops a Buzzard chopper in 2-3 body shots.
• Heavy: RPG ($25,000), Grenade Launcher ($20,000), Minigun ($50,000), Homing Launcher (lock-on for jets).
• Throwables: Grenade, Sticky Bomb (remote detonation, used to rig vehicle ambushes), Molotov, Tear Gas, Smoke Grenade.
• Melee: Fists, Knife, Nightstick, Hammer, Baseball Bat, Crowbar, Golf Club, Bottle.

Every weapon accepts mods at Ammu-Nation: extended magazines, suppressors, grips, scopes (sniper or marksman), and skins (army, LSPD, gold). Michael’s slow-mo aim during his special ability stacks with a suppressed Heavy Sniper to clear rooms cleanly during the Paleto setup phase.

Side activities, properties, and the stock market

Outside missions, San Andreas runs more than 30 named side activities and 15+ purchasable properties.

Sports and mini-games include the 9-hole Los Santos Golf Club with putt physics that read green slope, tennis matches with timing-based serves, yoga (Michael only, after the early story trigger), three triathlons (a short Vespucci, a coastal Alamo Sea, and a long Mount Chiliad), darts at the Yellow Jack Inn and Tequi-la-la, off-road bike races run by Trevor, sea races, parachuting from 15 marked jump points, and hunting at the Raton Canyon grounds with Cletus and freely afterward.

Properties come in two types. Businesses include the Tequi-la-la nightclub ($2M, weekly payout around $16,000), Downtown Cab Co. ($200K, lets you call free taxis from anywhere), Smoke on the Water dispensary ($204K), and the Hen House country bar ($80K). Vehicle properties include 10 garages spread across both regions, hangars (McKenzie Field for Trevor at $150K), helipads (Vespucci Helipad at $419K), and the LSIA marina.

The stock market has two exchanges. LCN moves only when single-player events shift it, with Lester’s Assassinations as the primary triggers, while BAWSAQ ties to all online players’ choices. The cleanest run is to invest all three characters’ free cash into Debonaire Cigarettes before the Hotel Assassination, then short Redwood after the kill, which historically returns 80-100% on Debonaire and 250-300% on Redwood within 6-8 in-game hours.

What’s new in Grand Theft Auto V version 5.0.21

Version 5.0.21 brings the most recent build to Android, with the changelog covering stability, content, and rendering updates pulled from the official release notes.

• Touch control mapping reworked for sub-6-inch screens, with the action button cluster moved 8% closer to the right-edge thumb position based on community feedback.
• Adaptive resolution scaling now targets 60 FPS on devices with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or equivalent, dropping to 1080p dynamically when on-screen crowd density rises above threshold.
• Cloud save compatibility added with Rockstar Social Club accounts, letting you carry story progress and properties across the Android, PC, and console versions of the game.
• Bug fixes covering the Mount Chiliad terrain seam, Trevor’s special ability lasting one second too long after a Switch, and the cargo glitch on the Cargobob airlift during the Merryweather Heist freighter approach.
• Three new vehicles added to Legendary Motorsport: a sport coupe, a muscle car, and a motorcycle, with prices ranging $190K to $560K.
• Photo Mode now exports at native screen resolution instead of forced 1080p, with depth-of-field and grain sliders on a 0-100 scale.

Grand Theft Auto V MOD APK features

This MOD strips away the cash, weapon, and police gates that the stock APK ties to story progress, aimed at players who want to land in Los Santos with the full sandbox unlocked and no wanted-level interruptions during free roam.

Unlimited money ($999,999,999)

Cash on each character sits at $999,999,999 from the first save load, instead of waiting for the Big Score’s $201M Union Depository payout (which the stock APK gates behind 70-80% of the story). You can buy the Truffade Adder ($1M), the Pegassi Zentorno ($815K), and every property in Los Santos including the Tequi-la-la nightclub ($2M) before clearing the Jewel Store Heist. Useful for skipping the early Franklin repo grind at Premium Deluxe Motorsport.

All weapons unlocked with unlimited ammo

Every weapon across the eight categories sits in the inventory from save load, including the $50,000 Minigun and the $30,000 Heavy Sniper that the stock APK gates behind FIB Bureau Raid completion or Ammu-Nation rank progression. Ammo never depletes, so the Grenade Launcher and RPG run continuously. Most useful for the loud-approach Paleto Score against the Blaine County sheriff swarm, where the stock build burns through 200+ Carbine Rifle rounds before the truck escape.

No wanted level (zero stars)

The 5-star wanted system is disabled, so triggering events like stealing the P-996 LAZER fighter jet from Fort Zancudo (an instant 4-star event in stock) no longer summons LSPD cruisers, NOOSE assault teams, helicopters, or the military Rhino tank. You can drive any vehicle through Vinewood, start gunfights in Strawberry, or skydive over LSIA without the chase music kicking in. Particularly useful for testing vehicle handling on closed-off canyon roads above Vinewood Hills.

God mode (full invincibility)

Health stays at 200/200 regardless of damage source, so Trevor’s rampage ability becomes redundant and the Merryweather Heist’s offshore approach takes no damage from underwater pressure or rifle hits. Falls from Mount Chiliad (2,619 feet) cause no fall damage, fire and explosions from Sticky Bombs and Molotovs deal nothing, and the AP Pistol’s full-auto fire from FIB agents during the Bureau Raid bounces off without dropping a single HP point.

All vehicles unlocked across Legendary Motorsport, Southern San Andreas Super Autos, and Warstock Cache & Carry

All 170+ vehicles sit in the personal garages from save load, including the Truffade Adder, the Pegassi Zentorno, the P-996 LAZER fighter, the Cargobob heavy-lift chopper, and the Submersible used in the Merryweather offshore approach. The stock APK gates the LAZER behind a 4-star Fort Zancudo theft and the Submersible behind the heist’s setup mission. You can switch between Michael’s Rockford Hills mansion garage, Franklin’s Vinewood Hills house, and Trevor’s Sandy Shores trailer to pull different vehicles per region.

The table below maps the main mechanic gaps between the stock APK and the MOD build, drawn directly from the features above.

Frequently asked questions

Will the MOD APK get my Rockstar Social Club account banned?

The MOD applies to the story mode and offline free roam, where Rockstar’s anti-cheat does not run telemetry. Going online with a modified save can flag the account, so the safe play is to keep a separate unmodified install signed in to Social Club for any GTA Online sessions and use the MOD strictly offline. Cloud save sync should also be turned off on the modded copy.

What is the main difference between Grand Theft Auto V stock APK and MOD APK?

The stock APK gates content behind story progression: the Big Score’s $201M sits behind 70-80% completion, the P-996 LAZER fighter requires a 4-star Fort Zancudo theft, and the higher-tier weapons need Ammu-Nation rank. The MOD opens all 170+ vehicles, all 50+ weapons, $999M cash per character, and a disabled wanted system from the first save load, without changing the six main story heists themselves.

Can I switch a save back from MOD APK to stock APK without losing progress?

Save files between the two builds are technically compatible, but the modified values (cash above the $2.5B cap, vehicles flagged as God-Mode owned) can corrupt the stock APK’s economy and trigger save errors. The recommended approach is to keep separate save slots on each character (Michael Slot 1 stock, Slot 2 MOD), or to back up the stock save to local Android storage before loading it into the MOD.

Does the Android version support gamepad controllers?

The Android port supports Bluetooth controllers, including the DualSense, DualShock 4, Xbox Series, and Xbox One pads, with full button mapping that matches the PS5 and Xbox Series console editions. Both the stock and MOD versions read the same input layout, so the switch wheel (default left D-pad hold), the special ability (right stick click), and the weapon wheel (left bumper hold) work identically to the console versions.

What are the minimum device requirements to run GTA V on Android?

The build targets devices with at least 6 GB of RAM, a Snapdragon 855 or equivalent SoC (Dimensity 1200, Exynos 2100), and 25 GB of free storage for the base APK plus OBB. Adaptive resolution scaling drops to 720p on lower-tier hardware and stretches to 1080p at 60 FPS on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 tier and above. The Mount Chiliad climb and Fort Zancudo airspace are the heaviest draws on memory during free roam.