
Northsense: Direction Trainer
Sharpen your inner compass
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About
Northsense is a 90-second daily exercise for your sense of direction.
Every day, the app names a bearing — north, southwest, 47 degrees — and asks you to point your iPhone at it. Tap to lock when you think you're aimed right; we measure the angular error and score the round. Five rounds make a Daily Quest. Get under 30° average error and your streak counts up.
It's not a navigation tool. It's a training game — for hikers, orienteers, sailors, walkers, geocachers, kids learning geography, or anyone who likes a small daily mental warm-up.
FOUR MODES
• Daily Quest — five rounds, a fresh combination of bearings every day. Build a streak.
• Free Practice — pick your own target. Tap as many times as you like.
• No-eyes Quest — voice prompts and haptics only. Close your eyes and trust your instinct.
• Memory Walk — face a direction, walk a few steps in any way you like, then point back from memory.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No cloud. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Every score stays on your device. Apple's own CoreLocation and CoreMotion frameworks read heading and step data only while you're inside a round. There is no network traffic.
WORKS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
• iPhone with a magnetometer (any model from the last decade).
• Apple Watch — standalone Quick Round, doesn't need your phone in hand.
• Home Screen Widget showing today's streak and the last seven days.
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island during a quest.
A daily minute. A sharper compass instinct.
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What's New in Northsense
1.0.1
June 11, 2026
Initial release.





