Comparison

Textile vs Altitude Compass

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

Head to head
About

Textile

A minimalist notes app designed for simplicity and speed on iPhone. It focuses on providing a clean interface for typing and saving notes with elegant typography, free from distractions like ads or complex features.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Elegant typography with curated fonts
  • No user login or cloud storage
  • Focus on core note-taking functionality
  • Bug-free at launch
  • Simple and fast interface
Features
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Textile is the notes app for people who just want to write. No login, no account, no subscription, no ads. Buy it once and it's yours forever. Textile does one thing perfectly: it gives you a beautiful, distraction-free place to type. WHAT YOU GET • A carefully curated set of elegant fonts, including sans-serif, serif (roman and italic), and monospace, because typography changes how writing feels. • Automatic iCloud backup and restore. Your notes are safe, and they come back if you reinstall. • A Home Screen widget: tap to jump straight into a new note. • Dynamic Type and dark mode, everywhere in the app. • Plain text, always. Nothing proprietary, nothing to lock you in. WHAT YOU DON'T GET No half-built checklists, no drawing tools, no cloud accounts to configure, no cryptic menus, no upsells. Textile is built on the belief that a tool should do one thing perfectly, not a hundred things badly. Simplicity, typography, quality. A smaller feature set means every feature is bulletproof: reliable, fast, and streamlined. Let your phone get out of your way. Questions or requests? Use the feedback form in Textile's Settings, or email lukebradfordapps@gmail.com.

About

Altitude Compass

This tool provides real-time altitude, atmospheric pressure, and location data. It includes a camera with environmental watermarks, a level gauge, speedometer, and sunrise/sunset calculations. Customize the interface and view data via widgets.

Highlights
  • Switchable altitude data sources (GPS/altimeter)
  • Real-time camera with environmental data watermarks
  • Level gauge, speedometer, sunrise/sunset calculator
  • Customizable UI with dark/light modes
  • Widget support for home and lock screens
  • Ad-free and privacy-focused design
Features
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Altitude Compass is a focused, ad-free compass and altimeter for hiking, camping, and travel records. Core compass and altitude features are free, while Full Version adds an iPhone watermark camera and more personalization. Free core features • View heading, altitude, barometric pressure, coordinates, and nearby addresses • Switch the altitude source between GPS information and the device altimeter when supported • Check level, speed, sunrise, and sunset information • Choose from multiple compass dials, altitude display themes, light or dark appearance, fonts, and units • View altitude with Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets Full Version Choose Full Version when you want to record outdoor photos or further personalize Altitude Display: • High-quality iPhone watermark camera: capture directly with the iPhone camera and apply watermarks to high-resolution camera output rather than a screen or viewfinder capture • Photo information preservation: retain capture time, orientation, location, and other photo information whenever possible for continued recognition and organization in Photos and other apps • Custom watermark content: record altitude, pressure, coordinates, address, direction, time, and notes, with control over each field's visibility and order • HDR watermarked photos: supported iPhones can preserve richer highlight and shadow detail, with an option to save a more widely compatible JPEG instead • Custom background colors for Altitude Display You can try Full Version free for 3 days. The trial does not renew or charge automatically. A one-time in-app purchase permanently unlocks Full Version. There are no subscriptions. Customers who previously purchased the paid app automatically keep Full Version access and do not need to purchase it again. Network and privacy Core features such as heading, sensor altitude, and barometric pressure generally work offline. Nearby addresses, maps, in-app purchases, and purchase restoration require a network connection. The app contains no ads and does not collect personal data. Permissions • Location: GPS altitude, coordinates, speed, sunrise and sunset, maps, and addresses • Motion & Fitness: pressure and altimeter readings on supported devices • Camera and Photos: only when capturing and saving watermarked photos Device capabilities and readings may vary with hardware, system version, environment, and location signal. HDR watermarked photos require iPhone 12 or later with iOS 17 or later. The watermark camera is not available on iPad.

Screenshots

Textile4 screens
Altitude Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Altitude Compass at Free against Textile's $2.99. Altitude Compass also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Textile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Altitude Compass is free to download; Textile costs $2.99 up front. Altitude Compass sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Textile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Textile against 5.0 for Altitude Compass. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Textile's written reviews are positive against 95% of Altitude Compass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textile ships an update every 2 weeks, Altitude Compass every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Textile versus Altitude Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextileAltitude Compass
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better95.0% of reviews
Number of ratings916 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke Bradford锦滔 欧

Customer experience

Textile

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Altitude Compass

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

Textile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Altitude Compass

One-time2
  • 3-day TrialFree
  • Full Version Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is Textile free?
Textile costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Altitude Compass free?
Altitude Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Textile or Altitude Compass?
Textile and Altitude Compass are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 16 ratings respectively.
Do Textile or Altitude Compass have ads?
Neither Textile nor Altitude Compass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Textile or Altitude Compass?
Textile ships an update every 2 weeks, and Altitude Compass every 5 days. Most recently, Textile was updated on September 30, 2026 and Altitude Compass on October 12, 2026.

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