Compass vs Compass 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!.
Compass Guide
This application provides directional guidance and heading information using your device's compass. It's designed to help users find their way in various situations.
- Directional finding
- Heading information
- Outdoor navigation aid
- Hiking GPS support
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Compass Guide is a simple, reliable digital compass for hiking, navigation, and everyday direction-finding — no account required. FIND YOUR WAY • Live compass heading in true north or magnetic north • Calibration guidance and an accuracy indicator you can trust • Your coordinates, altitude, and speed at a glance NAVIGATE TO A DESTINATION • Set a destination by map, clipboard coordinates, or manual entry • See live bearing and distance to where you're headed • Save multiple destinations with Premium SEE THE SKY • Sun and moon position markers on the dial (Premium) • Night mode with a red-tinted display to protect your night vision MAKE IT YOURS • Six compass styles: Classic, Field, Nautical, Military, Surveyor, and Minimal • Choose degrees or mils, metric or imperial units • Keep the screen on, add a haptic tick at true north, and use the built-in flashlight SHARE YOUR HEADING • Export a shareable image card with your heading and location details GO PREMIUM YOUR WAY • Unlock every feature with a one-time purchase — no subscription • Or watch a short ad anytime to unlock Premium free for 24 hours Compass Guide works fully offline for core compass features and never asks you to create an account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Compass at none against Compass Guide's 1. Compass also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 38%). Compass Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 109 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Compass Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Compass Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass Guide has 125 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Compass's written reviews are positive against 38% of Compass 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, Compass Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass | Compass Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 4.5 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 125 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 109 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramalingam Sivaramakrishnan | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Compass
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In-app purchases
Compass
No in-app purchases
Compass Guide
- Remove Ads$2.99
