Comparison

Simple Digital compass for you vs NearSite

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

Head to head
About

Simple Digital compass for you

This app provides a precise digital compass to help users find their location and magnetic north. It's ideal for hikers, travelers, and adventurers needing to determine direction for navigation, sailing, or general orientation.

Highlights
  • Precise digital compass
  • Find location and north orientation
  • Map option to indicate direction
  • City drop-down for orientation
  • Displays cardinal directions
Features
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Useful precise digital compass to help you to find the location, for all hikers or travelers who wish to know the direction or magnetic north pole. If you are lost or you have lost the North, open the compass and find the direction. Very useful application to help you with sailing, hiking or for all those travelers, sailors, adventurers, mountaineers, campers and hikers who want to know the location and orientation of magnetic north anywhere in the planet and to know where the North, South, East and West is. • Find the location and north orientation. • You can press the map option and indicate which direction a place is. • You can know the orientation and where the most relevant cities are found by clicking on the cities drop-down list. A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions (or points). Usually, a diagram called a compass rose shows the directions north, south, east, and west on the compass face as abbreviated initials. When the compass is used, the rose can be aligned with the corresponding geographic directions; for example, the "N" mark on the rose really points northward. Compasses often display markings for angles in degrees in addition to (or sometimes instead of) the rose. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NearSite

Features
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NearSite is the easiest way to keep track of the places that matter to you and instantly find which of them is closest to a specified location. Whether you're planning a trip across town, deciding which of your stores or offices to visit next, or just want to know which friend's house is the shortest drive away, NearSite gives you the answer in a tap. What You Can Do NearSite works with three kinds of inputs: a typed address (with autocomplete), supplied GPS coordinates, or your device's current location. Use any of them to: • Save a place and give it a name you'll remember. • Provide any location to instantly see which of your saved places is closest to it. • See results sorted by distance or alphabetically. • Switch between miles and kilometers. • Choose how many top results to show - from 1 to 100. Designed for Privacy NearSite was built with a focus on privacy. • Your saved addresses live only on your device. • Your current location, when you choose to use it, is used to calculate distances and is never stored or transmitted. • No analytics, no advertising, no third-party tracking. • No annoying accounts or sign-ups required. Accessibility NearSite was developed with accessibility in mind from the start. • VoiceOver works throughout. • Audio feedback is provided when your current location is captured. • Search results are announced when they appear. • Proper labels are used to facilitate rotor navigation. Have a feature request or run into a bug? Use the buttons in the app's settings menu to join our community Discord or contact me directly.

Screenshots

Simple Digital compass for you4 screens
NearSite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NearSite at none against Simple Digital compass for you's 4. NearSite also leads on ads (none vs shown). Simple Digital compass for you's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Digital compass for you sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. NearSite asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Simple Digital compass for you versus NearSite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Digital compass for youNearSite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 51 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBonifacio MeleroDale Oster

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Simple Digital compass for you

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly plan$2.997 Days
  • Annual plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove advertisements.$3.99
  • Forever plan$29.99
None

NearSite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Digital compass for you free?
Simple Digital compass for you is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NearSite free?
NearSite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Digital compass for you or NearSite have ads?
Simple Digital compass for you shows ads; NearSite does not.

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