Comparison

Compass for Watch vs iGadget

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

Head to head
About

Compass for Watch

This app helps you find North using the sun and your Apple Watch. Rotate the digital crown to align a marker with the sun, and it will display your direction. It functions like a real compass without needing GPS or a phone.

Highlights
  • Find direction to North using the sun
  • Digital Crown for marker alignment
  • Works without GPS or phone
  • Real compass feel
  • Supports Apple Watch, iPhone, iPod
Features
Currently charting
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Compass for Apple Watch Easily find direction to the North using the sun and Apple Watch. Just use Digital Crown (on your Apple Watch) to point marker to the sun and app shows you direction to the North. It looks and feel like real compass, You do not need GPS and phone, only what you need is to see the sun see how it works here: https://youtu.be/PYH5n703aP8

About

iGadget

This app provides a collection of retro-styled analog gadgets for your iPhone and Apple Watch. It includes tools like an altimeter, barometer, compass, ruler, and magnifying glass, offering practical utility with a vintage aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Altimeter
  • Barometer
  • Compass
  • Magnifying Glass
  • Ruler
  • Speedometer
  • Thermometer
Features
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Think of it as your “Electronic Toolbox”. The iGadget App for iPhone and Apple Watch features a variety of useful and entertaining gadgets, each with a delightfully “retro” analog appearance. Currently, the iGadget App supports the following Gadgets: • Altimeter • Barometer • Compass* • Hygrometer • Magnifying Glass* • Metronome* • Rain Gauge* • Ruler* • Speedometer • Spirit Level* • Sundial • Telescope* • Thermometer • Vertical Speed Indicator • VU Meter • Weather Vane * Indicates Gadgets supported by iPhone only. Altimeter - The Altimeter Gadget displays your altitude as either a standard aviation Altimeter, or as a ‘digital’ gauge, both of which are calibrated in either meters or feet. Barometer - Displays the atmospheric pressure at your current location, with readout in hPa, mmHg and inHg. Compass - We all want to know where we’re going, don’t we? Now your iPhone can show you at a glance your current compass heading. Just like a ship’s compass, the entire dial of the Compass Gadget rotates, so the North arrow always points to magnetic North. Hygrometer - Displays the humidity level (%) at your current location. Magnifying Glass - Use the iPhone's camera to view small objects and text at 10x magnification. Metronome - Select a frequency between "Grave" (42 beats per minute) and "Prestissimo" (208 beats per minute). Rain Gauge - View the cumulative rainfall in your current location for the last hour, last day or last week. Ruler - Have you ever needed to measure something, but couldn’t lay your hands on a ruler? Just use your iPhone! This Gadget displays a ruler, precisely calibrated to the size of your iPhone’s screen. Yet another reason to love the larger screen-size of your iPhone 6/6s/7 Plus! Speedometer - View your current speed using one of several classic automobile or motorcycle speedometers. Spirit Level - Use your iPhone as a (relatively inaccurate!) Spirit Level, to measure the level of your desk, for example. Sundial - An electronic sundial which automatically rotates the Sundial’s face so that it is orientated to the equator, whether you are in the Northern or Southern hemisphere. During daylight hours, the Sundial Gadget displays the shadow cast by the electronic ‘gnomon’ (that’s the name for the pointy thing on a Sundial). So you can use the sun’s shadow to read the time of day at your current location, even if it’s cloudy/raining. Just don’t expect it to tell you the time after sunset! Telescope - Displays the camera image magnified 2x, 5x or 10x. Thermometer - Displays the ambient temperature for your current location, based on local weather reports. Calibrated in degrees Centigrade and Fahrenheit. Vertical Speed Indicator - Displays your vertical speed, as per a standard aviation VSI gauge. Calibrated in thousands of feet per minute or thousands of meters per minute. VU Meter - Displays the ambient noise level, as detected by the microphone of your iPhone or Apple Watch. Weather Vane - Displays the wind speed and direction at your current location. The vane's needle points into the wind, while the wind's strength is indicated by the speed at which the anemometer spins. Configurability On the iPhone, use the Gadget Gallery to select a specific Gadget. Alternatively, swipe right or left to step through the list of supported Gadgets. You can also select your preferred language, units, source of weather data (currently only OpenWeatherMap), Altimeter (analog or 'digital') and Speedometer. The 'Favourites' button allows you to register your Favourite Gadgets and step between them instantly. On Apple Watch, the main menu allows you to select which of the supported Gadgets you wish to view. All relevant Settings (e.g. language, units) are automatically transferred from your iPhone to your Apple Watch.

Screenshots

Compass for Watch1 screens
iGadget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iGadget at 5.0 against Compass for Watch's 2.5. iGadget also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Compass for Watch's advantage is chart position (#38 vs unranked) and review sentiment (9% vs 0%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Compass for Watch costs $1.99 and iGadget $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iGadget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of Compass for Watch's written reviews are positive against 0% of iGadget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compass for Watch ships an update every 2 months, iGadget every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Compass for Watch versus iGadget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass for WatchiGadget
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#38 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrion Lukasz GonerskiPaul Manson

Customer experience

Compass for Watch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.9%

iGadget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Compass for Watch

No in-app purchases

None

iGadget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compass for Watch free?
Compass for Watch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iGadget free?
iGadget costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Compass for Watch or iGadget?
iGadget is rated higher. Compass for Watch averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while iGadget averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Compass for Watch or iGadget have ads?
Neither Compass for Watch nor iGadget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compass for Watch or iGadget?
Compass for Watch ships an update every 2 months, and iGadget every 6 weeks. Most recently, Compass for Watch was updated on September 9, 2026 and iGadget on September 21, 2026.

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