# PlacePoint — Your personal waypoint compass

> Your personal waypoint compass (iPhone/iPad app by David Hind-Smith.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/placepoint/id6782223603 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [David Hind-Smith](https://appshunter.io/developer/1859247989)
- Category: Navigation, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/placepoint/id6782223603/reviews.md

## What is PlacePoint?

PlacePoint is a simple, intuitive way to save locations and find your way back to them.

Save your current location with a tap or search for a place you want to visit. PlacePoint keeps your saved places together and shows the distance to each one.

Choose a destination and the compass shows two things clearly: the direction you’re currently heading and the direction you need to go. Simply turn until your PlacePoint is ahead of you and start walking.

PlacePoint is useful anywhere you want straightforward direction without needing turn-by-turn navigation:

• Mark where you parked
• Save a pub, restaurant or shop to revisit later
• Plan places to visit while exploring a new city
• Find your way back to a saved meeting point
• Mark trail locations and other places away from roads
• Save field locations such as wildlife cameras, bat houses or survey points

Your saved places are stored on your device, and the interface is designed to stay simple: save a place, choose where you want to go, and point yourself in the right direction.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-08-20

PlacePoint’s compass is now even easier to follow. See both the direction you’re currently heading and the direction of your destination, with a rotating compass that responds as you turn.

### 1.3 — 2026-07-04

This update lowers the minimum iOS requirement so PlacePoint can run on more devices. It also includes the new place-saving and browsing features from version 1.1: choose a waypoint directly on a map, review saved places before making them active, rename saved locations, and manage multiple saved points while keeping compass guidance visible. Squashed a bug as well.

### 1.2 — 2026-07-02

This update lowers the minimum iOS requirement so PlacePoint can run on more devices. It also includes the new place-saving and browsing features from version 1.1: choose a waypoint directly on a map, review saved places before making them active, rename saved locations, and manage multiple saved points while keeping compass guidance visible.

### 1.1 — 2026-07-01

PlacePoint now gives you more ways to save and manage places. You can choose a point directly on a full-screen map, browse saved places before making them active, rename saved locations, and more easily manage multiple saved points while keeping your active compass guidance visible.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-24

No release notes.

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All apps by David Hind-Smith: https://appshunter.io/developer/1859247989

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