Comparison

Accurate Compass Navigation vs NorthPin True North Compass

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

Head to head
About

Accurate Compass Navigation

Navigate with confidence using a globally accurate compass. Customize its appearance with various designs and colors. Features include true or magnetic north, a bubble level, and location sharing.

Highlights
  • Global accuracy for true and magnetic north
  • Display location with coordinates and address
  • Bubble level for tilt measurement
  • Customizable housing colors, disk, needle, and background
  • Location sharing via email and SMS
Features
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Accurate Compass is a simple application and easy to be used with various designs and colors customized to produce high quality graphic. Accurate Compass can be used for most of your outdoor activities such as travel, picnics, camping, hiking or boating. There are many compass apps on the market but most of them work accurately only in America but less accurate in Australia and Asia. Our app can work accurately all over the world. It can display True North (default, GPS on) or Magnetic North and Level (tilt). With this application you can customize your compass as follow: - 7 housing (case) colors from white to blue - Option for black or white disk - 4 background options - 3 types of direction needle Features: - Display directions in magnetic north and true north - Display location with coordinates, address and gps altitude (check Setting). Click location will show on map - Display bubble level. - Share your location with friends through email, sms... * GPS must be turned on and fixed for True North, coordinates, address and altitude, you choose "Allow" when first run * Important note: Hold phone/tablet in fixed magnetic field, away from computers, other phones / tablets, cables and electrical devices for accurate measurement results * During the time you use our app, we collect anonymous data and error reports in order to improve application. Follow our official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/pvdapps or Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/accucompass/ *** If you like this app, please support us, you can remove ads from the Menu *** We welcome your ideas and suggestions, please email us at: support+compass@pvdapps.com

About

NorthPin True North Compass

This offline compass provides accurate headings with multiple stability modes and a magnetic interference detector. Save waypoints, get direction guidance, and access sun, moon, and Qibla information without an internet connection. It also offers various coordinate formats and a night mode.

Highlights
  • Offline compass with stable bearings
  • Magnetic interference detection
  • Waypoint saving and guidance
  • Offline sun, moon, and Qibla data
  • Multiple coordinate and heading formats
  • Night mode and home-screen widget
Features
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NorthPin is an offline compass you can trust — no ads, no analytics, no background tracking, and no internet needed. STABLE, HONEST HEADING • Smooth 0–360° bearings with 3 stability modes and a live jitter score • Magnetic interference detector with µT field strength and warnings • Guided figure-eight calibration to fix a wobbly compass TRUE NORTH, OFFLINE • Magnetic or True North with offline WMM declination — one-time location or manual coordinates WAYPOINTS & PIN DIRECTION • Pin a bearing and get left/right guidance until you are on target • Save named waypoints and use back-bearing to retrace your steps SUN, MOON & QIBLA — OFFLINE • Sun and moon azimuth, elevation, sunrise/sunset direction and moon phase • Offline Qibla direction, computed on your device FIELD TOOLS • Coordinates in DD, DMS, UTM and MGRS with one-tap copy • Heading in degrees, NATO mils (6400) or gradians • Red night mode to preserve night vision, home-screen widget and outdoor mode PRIVACY PROMISE No data collected. No account. Nothing is uploaded — your location never leaves your phone.

Screenshots

Accurate Compass Navigation4 screens
NorthPin True North Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NorthPin True North Compass at none against Accurate Compass Navigation's 1. NorthPin True North Compass also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Accurate Compass Navigation's advantage is ratings volume (206 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Accurate Compass Navigation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NorthPin True North Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NorthPin True North Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Accurate Compass Navigation has 206 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Accurate Compass Navigation ships an update every 13 months, NorthPin True North Compass every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Accurate Compass Navigation versus NorthPin True North Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAccurate Compass NavigationNorthPin True North Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (206 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings206 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNgo Nalapnito.cz s.r.o.

Customer experience

Accurate Compass Navigation

All ratings193 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative32.0%

NorthPin True North Compass

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Accurate Compass Navigation

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Compass needle is frozen
  • Compass is backwards
  • Compass does not work on iPad
  • Compass does not work on iPhone
  • Compass is not accurate
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  • Compass gives two different outcomes (True/Magnetic North)
  • Compass needle stays at 0 degrees
  • Text dial does not rotate
  • Altitude does not display
  • Decimal coordinates do not display
  • App is just a picture of a compass
  • Compass doesn't move

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improve graphics
  • Allow color customization
  • Reduce calibration needs
  • Fix altitude display bug
  • Fix decimal coordinate bug
Show 1 more
  • Make the app more modern

NorthPin True North Compass

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Accurate Compass Navigation

One-time1
  • Use compass app without ads$1.99
None

NorthPin True North Compass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Accurate Compass Navigation free?
Accurate Compass Navigation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NorthPin True North Compass free?
NorthPin True North Compass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Accurate Compass Navigation or NorthPin True North Compass?
NorthPin True North Compass is rated higher. Accurate Compass Navigation averages 4.6 out of 5 from 206 ratings, while NorthPin True North Compass averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Accurate Compass Navigation or NorthPin True North Compass have ads?
Accurate Compass Navigation shows ads; NorthPin True North Compass does not.
Which is updated more often, Accurate Compass Navigation or NorthPin True North Compass?
Accurate Compass Navigation ships an update every 13 months, and NorthPin True North Compass every 5 months. Most recently, Accurate Compass Navigation was updated on November 6, 2026 and NorthPin True North Compass on October 31, 2026.

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