Comparison

Nuremberg Travel Guide vs Ecliptic Compass

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nuremberg Travel Guide

This offline travel guide provides comprehensive information for exploring a city, including interactive maps, points of interest, shopping, nightlife, and safety tips. It's designed to be used without an internet connection, making travel more convenient and cost-effective.

Highlights
  • 100% Offline Travel Guide
  • Zoomable Offline Maps
  • Interactive Points of Interest
  • Shopping & Nightlife Information
  • City Tips & Safety Advice
  • GPS Capable
Features
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Discover what to see, plan a day around your interests, and explore on foot with walking itineraries and an interactive city map. Less time planning. More time enjoying the trip. - Personalized day plans based on your interests and available time. - Walking itineraries with clear stops and estimated walking times. - An interactive map to explore places and see where to go next. - Sights, history, art, architecture, parks and more to match your mood. - Useful place details to help you decide what to visit. - My Day to bring your chosen places together in one plan. YOUR DAY, YOUR WAY A few hours to spare or a full day to explore? Choose what you feel like doing and how much time you have. Get a suggested plan, review the stops, and adapt it to the day you want. Spend more time on the things that interest you, whether that means a museum visit, remarkable architecture or a walk through green spaces. TURN IDEAS INTO A DAY OUT Browse places by interest, take a closer look at what catches your eye, and add your choices to My Day. Bring together the sights you came to see and places you might otherwise have walked past. EXPLORE ONE STOP AT A TIME Pick a walking itinerary, preview its stops and walking times, and see how it fits into your day. Use the map to put each place in context and find your next stop as you explore. KNOW MORE BEFORE YOU GO Find out what makes each place worth a visit, check practical details and estimated visit times, and decide where to spend your time. Download your travel companion and make your next day out your own.

About

Ecliptic Compass

This navigation app displays the ecliptic plane, Sun, Moon, and planet directions on a compass. It helps users verify compass accuracy using celestial bodies and offers manual rectification. It also generates horoscope charts and allows custom time/location views.

Highlights
  • Normal compass functionality
  • Ecliptic plane, Sun, Moon, planet directions
  • Manual compass rectification
  • Horoscope chart generation
  • Custom time and location settings
  • Offline location database
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Features: *Normal Compass(check the location shown in the bottom first. You can use the button in the bottom left to retrieve your current location) *Drawing the Ecliptic Plane, the Sun, the Moon and the planet symbols on the compass based on your location. *Showing the Sun, the Moon and other visible planets directions(azimuth) on the compass based on your location. *You can use the celestial bodies direction to confirm that the compass is pointing to the north. You can even using the celestial bodies' directions to manually rectify the compass pointing if it shows the pointer is offset by background noises. *Horoscope chart based on current time and location. *Custom time and location for the ecliptic plane view and horoscope view *10 random locations to see what the sky looks like in other locations. This is not just another compass App. Other than the normal compass feature. The Sun, the Moon and other planets' direction are also shown on the compass so that you know if the compass is affected by the background noise or not. We all know that the compass is easy to be interfered when you are inside a concrete house, near electronics or some other situations. But currently the built-in compass could not neutralize those background magnetic fields. Here comes this Ecliptic Compass app, you could use the Sun, the Moon's or even some planets' azimuth(direction) to know that if the compass is pointing to the north and you are heading to the right direction. As long as you could see the celestial bodies in the sky. Manually rectifying the compass, if you find that the Sun or the Moon's direction in the sky is offset quite a bit from the computed direction. You could use the Manual Rectification feature to temporarily to override the pointer so that your could still get the right direction. Power efficient, the app is designed to work offline most of the time. No unnecessary feature/APIs is called, No data collection. The location service only tries to get your coordinates at start-up or when you tap the big refresh button from surrounding hotspots, data or GPS. It uses data only when you want to use the map to retrieve a place's coordinates. You can also use the offline location database to search for the latitude/longitude from over 40 thousand cities and towns. Location database is provided by Simplemaps.com under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Colorful astrological symbols, we use astrology/astronomy symbols to show the luminaries, planets and zodiac signs. And the colors we use follow the astrological conventions. Renaissance astrological art, the twelve zodiac signs art is from the Zodiac Clock at San Marco square in Venice. Preset places, there are about 10 preset places(coordinates) at the moment which you could try and get the feeling about how the app works. Custom location and time, you could input the latitude and longitude and time to draw the ecliptic items and horoscope chart.

Screenshots

Nuremberg Travel Guide4 screens
Ecliptic Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nuremberg Travel Guide at Free against Ecliptic Compass's $1.99. Ecliptic Compass's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nuremberg Travel Guide is free to download; Ecliptic Compass costs $1.99 up front. Nuremberg Travel Guide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ecliptic Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ecliptic Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nuremberg Travel Guide versus Ecliptic Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNuremberg Travel GuideEcliptic Compass
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereTips LTDwing lun tong

Customer experience

Nuremberg Travel Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Ecliptic Compass

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Nuremberg Travel Guide

One-time10
  • Munich Travel Guide$1.99
  • Vienna Travel Guide$1.99
  • Frankfurt$1.99
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  • Prague$1.99
  • Salzburg$1.99
  • Vienna$1.99
  • Budapest$1.99
  • Munich$2.99
  • Nuremberg Travel Guide$3.99
  • Nuremberg Tourism, Germany$3.99
None

Ecliptic Compass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nuremberg Travel Guide free?
Nuremberg Travel Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ecliptic Compass free?
Ecliptic Compass costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nuremberg Travel Guide or Ecliptic Compass?
Ecliptic Compass is rated higher. Nuremberg Travel Guide averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ecliptic Compass averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Nuremberg Travel Guide or Ecliptic Compass have ads?
Neither Nuremberg Travel Guide nor Ecliptic Compass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nuremberg Travel Guide or Ecliptic Compass?
Nuremberg Travel Guide ships an update every 10 months, and Ecliptic Compass every 10 months. Most recently, Nuremberg Travel Guide was updated on November 2, 2026 and Ecliptic Compass on November 3, 2026.

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