Simple Compass vs Polaris Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Compass
This app offers a straightforward and highly readable compass for instant direction and heading information. Its large display and simple design make it easy to determine your orientation at a glance, ideal for navigation and travel.
- Huge, easy-to-read display
- Accurate real-time direction
- Quick orientation for travel
- Simple and clutter-free design
- Reliable heading information
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Simple Compass-Direction is a super simple compass designed for unmatched clarity and ease of use. This app provides reliable, real-time direction and heading information instantly using your device's sensors. Its simple design features a huge display, making it very easy to read your current direction and cardinal points at a glance. Key Features for Simple Navigation: • Easy to Read: Features a huge display and a simple design that prioritizes clarity over clutter. • Accurate Direction: Provides precise heading and direction readings for confident navigation. • Quick Orientation: An essential tool for hiking, travel, and easily determining your orientation. • Simple Usability: Designed to be the quickest and easiest compass tool on your device. Download Simple Compass-Direction and experience the clarity required for straightforward navigation and direction finding.
Polaris Compass
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Polaris is a focused compass and bearing tool for anyone who navigates by feel and by map — hikers, paddlers, sailors, cyclists, and curious commuters. A single brass-and-navy dial, an honest heading, and the bearing tools you actually use. No popups, no upsells, no telemetry. KEY FEATURES • Smooth compass dial with degree ticks and cardinal labels (N/NE/E/SE/S/SW/W/NW) • True or magnetic heading, one tap to switch • Live calibration status so you know when the reading is trustworthy • Bearing screen: enter or pick a waypoint and watch the bearing update as you turn • Distance to target alongside the bearing pointer • Trip Log: save waypoints with a name and recall them in a single tap • Deep navy and brass theme, designed for low-light readability on trail and on deck • Locked portrait, glance-friendly typography PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your heading, waypoints and trip log live on your device only. Location is used only while the app is open, and only to compute heading and bearings. DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY Whether you are bagging a summit, paddling a coast, or following an unfamiliar shortcut home, Polaris just gives you a dial that points true.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple Compass at 13.0 against Polaris Compass's 17.0. On price and in-app purchases 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.
| Parameter | Simple Compass | Polaris Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramalingam Sivaramakrishnan | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh |
In-app purchases
Simple Compass
No in-app purchases
Polaris Compass
No in-app purchases
Questions
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