# Northsense: Direction Trainer — Sharpen your inner compass

> Sharpen your inner compass (iPhone/iPad app by Ilia Filiaev.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/northsense-direction-trainer/id6775890076 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ilia Filiaev](https://appshunter.io/developer/1742628366)
- Category: Games
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-09
- Data updated: 2026-07-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/northsense-direction-trainer/id6775890076/reviews.md

## What is Northsense?

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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## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-06-11

Initial release.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-09

No release notes.

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