NESW vs MapCompass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NESW
A simple, easy-to-read compass app showing heading, cardinal direction, and magnetic north. It also features a flashlight toggle for convenience during outdoor activities.
- Heading and cardinal direction indicator
- Magnetic North pointer
- Large font degree heading
- Rotating compass rose
- Background color change for North
- Integrated flashlight toggle
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NESW is a clean, fast compass app built for hikers, campers, travelers, and anyone who needs reliable direction at a glance. Get a live compass with large heading readouts, cardinal direction, and a smooth rotating dial designed for quick outdoor use. Switch between true north and magnetic north, monitor heading accuracy, and stay oriented with a minimal interface that keeps the essentials front and center. NESW goes beyond a simple compass: - Save objectives and lock onto a destination bearing - Share your current location quickly - View altitude, speed, and magnetic declination - Track direction with clear turn guidance Whether you're hiking, camping, backpacking, overlanding, boating, traveling, or navigating unfamiliar places, NESW helps you keep your bearings with less clutter and more confidence. Key features: - Large degree heading and clear cardinal direction - True north and magnetic north support - Smooth rotating compass dial - Objective pinning and bearing lock - Live location sharing - Altitude, speed, and declination readouts - Calibration and heading status guidance - Minimal design built for fast readability Great for: - Hiking and trail navigation - Camping and backpacking - Road trips and travel - Orienteering and outdoor exploration - Marine and land navigation Notes: - For best accuracy, avoid strong magnetic interference, metallic objects, and magnetic phone cases - True north accuracy may improve after location access and GPS lock are available If you have questions, feedback, or ideas for future updates, we'd love to hear from you.
MapCompass
Navigate with a digital compass that displays directions on a map, utilizing GPS for real-time location and orientation. Find your way offline or online, with features like Qibla direction, altitude, and speed.
- Compass on map with GPS
- Qibla direction finder
- Real-time altitude and speed
- Magnetic and true north
- Offline and online modes
- Sensor status display
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MapCompass : Compass with maps is the application to support classic compass, maps compass and compass on the map. With GPS technology the application will auto directions for you. This application support with device have sensor. Here is request with any application support digital compass. The compass app depends on the performance of your device exactly. If the compass works perfectly, it means that your sensors are perfect, too. This will help to you easy find direction in the real time. You can use it for compass offline mode. but the best you should use compass online. Because with this mode help you quickly find figure out result with the best accurate compass. Features: - Locate the direction of the qibla right from your current location on orienteering compass and map. This is great feature that you can use it to find location, find the qibla in the dark night. We use compass for maps to exactly your current location in the real-time. - Compass Show the accurate direction and compass 360 degree four direction. - Maps compass locator show compass on maps your current location (at latitude and longitude). - Show Altitude Speed - Display horizontal level - Show device slope - GPS and Maps are supported. - Show magnetic field strength - Display true heading - Show latitude, longitude - Display current location - Show Sensor State - Magnetic and true north are available, compass for maps automatically takes care of variation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NESW at none against MapCompass's 1. MapCompass's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 57 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MapCompass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NESW asks for nothing beyond the download.
NESW ships an update every 57 months, MapCompass every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NESW | MapCompass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 57 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solaz Dazen srl | Bhavik Savaliya |
Customer experience
NESW
MapCompass
In-app purchases
NESW
No in-app purchases
MapCompass
- MapCompass Premium Version$4.99








