Compass vs Cycling Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass
A straightforward compass app with a large, easy-to-read display showing your direction and heading. Its minimalist design prioritizes simplicity and usability for quick navigation.
- Large display
- Shows direction
- Shows heading
- Simple design
- Easy to read
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Compass Compass-Free is a super simple compass that is very easy to read with a huge display showing you the direction and heading. Its simple design makes it awesome!. Please rate us if you like it and share it with your friends!.
Cycling Guide
Discover low-stress cycling routes designed for comfort and confidence. This app helps you navigate your city by bike for errands, leisure, or exploring new places, making cycling accessible for all experience levels.
- Low-stress cycling routes
- Beginner-friendly navigation
- Discover new places by bike
- Easy route planning
- Enhance cycling confidence
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Getting around by bike is easier and more fun if you know how to do so in a low-stress way. Cycling Guide shows you how by providing the best available low-stress cycling-friendly routes that are great for people who would like to get around by bike but perhaps lack the experience, confidence, or knowledge to do so comfortably. Run errands to the store, ride to a park with your kids, and discover new places from the comfort of your bicycle. And have fun while doing so.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cycling Guide at 4.7 against Compass's 4.1. Cycling Guide also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 109 months). Compass's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 41%) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cycling Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Compass's written reviews are positive against 41% of Cycling Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Compass ships an update every 109 months, Cycling Guide monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass | Cycling Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 109 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramalingam Sivaramakrishnan | Cycling Guide Foundation |
Customer experience
Compass
Cycling Guide
In-app purchases
Compass
No in-app purchases
Cycling Guide
No in-app purchases
