Comparison

Ruuvi Station vs Aurora Compass

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

Head to head
About

Ruuvi Station

Monitor and visualize data from Ruuvi sensors, including temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Manage your devices, set alerts, and view historical data through graphs and cloud services.

Highlights
  • Monitor sensor data (temperature, humidity, pressure)
  • Visualize data with graphs
  • Manage Ruuvi devices
  • Set custom alerts
  • Integrates with Ruuvi Cloud
  • Mobile widgets for at-a-glance data
Features
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Ruuvi Station is an easy-to-use application that allows you to monitor the measurement data of Ruuvi's sensors. Ruuvi Station collects and visualises Ruuvi sensor data, such as temperature, relative air humidity, air pressure and movement from local Bluetooth Ruuvi sensors and Ruuvi Cloud. Additionally, Ruuvi Station allows you to manage your Ruuvi devices, set alerts, change background photos, and visualise the gathered sensor information through graphs. How does it work? Ruuvi sensors send tiny messages over Bluetooth, which can then be picked up by nearby mobile phones or specialised Ruuvi Gateway routers. Ruuvi Station mobile app enables you to collect and visualise this data on your mobile device. Ruuvi Gateway, on the other hand, routes the data over the internet not only to the mobile application but also to the browser application. Ruuvi Gateway routes the sensor measurement data directly to the Ruuvi Cloud cloud service, which enables you to build a complete remote monitoring solution including remote alerts, sensor sharing and history in Ruuvi Cloud – all available within the Ruuvi Station app! Ruuvi Cloud users can view longer measurement history by using the browser application. Use our customisable Ruuvi mobile widgets alongside the Ruuvi Station app when data is fetched from Ruuvi Cloud to view selected sensor data at a glance. Above features are available to you if you are a Ruuvi Gateway owner or have received a shared sensor to your free Ruuvi Cloud account. To use the app, get Ruuvi sensors from our official website: ruuvi.com Available in English, Finnish, Swedish, French, and German.

About

Aurora Compass

This app provides aurora forecasts and alerts, helping users find the best conditions to see the northern or southern lights. It offers detailed space weather data, real-time geomagnetic activity, and a cloudiness filter for accurate predictions.

Highlights
  • Aurora alert notifications
  • Geomagnetic activity tracking
  • Aurora forecast map
  • Real-time aurora probability
  • Solar image animation
  • Cloudiness forecast
  • Darkness tool
Features
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Aurora Compass is a free aurora and space weather forecast app with no ads or paywalls. With it, you'll get all the data you need to catch the northern or southern lights in a layout that’s simple for beginners, yet detailed for experienced aurora chasers. The main features include: • Aurora alert notifications with cloudiness filter • Near real-time geomagnetic activity from over 110 magnetometers • Aurora forecast map with observation sharing tool • Current and forecasted aurora probability in your location • Solar image animation with x-ray chart and solar regions • WSA-Enlil solar wind forecast animation • Darkness tool to see when it'll be dark • Moon rise, set and phase information • Cloudiness forecast • Solar wind charts • Kp forecasts • Color theme for people with red-green colorblindness

Screenshots

Ruuvi Station4 screens
Aurora Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ruuvi Station and Aurora Compass both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Aurora Compass's written reviews are positive against 43% of Ruuvi Station's. Ruuvi Station's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (85 vs 9). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Aurora Compass sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Ruuvi Station asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Aurora Compass holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ruuvi Station has 85 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Ruuvi Station's written reviews are positive against 86% of Aurora Compass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ruuvi Station ships an update every 3 weeks, Aurora Compass every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ruuvi Station versus Aurora Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuuvi StationAurora Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (85 ratings)4.8 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings85 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuuvi Innovations Ltd. (Oy)Otto Ranta-Ojala

Customer experience

Ruuvi Station

All ratings85 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative46.4%

Aurora Compass

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Ruuvi Station

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Aurora Compass

One-time8
  • Pastel Color Palette$1.99
  • Black and White Palette$1.99
  • Pink Color Palette$1.99
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  • Purple Color Palette$1.99
  • IBM Color Palette$1.99
  • Mint Color Palette$4.99
  • Gold Color Palette$9.99
  • Diamond Color Palette$29.99

Questions

Is Ruuvi Station free?
Ruuvi Station is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aurora Compass free?
Aurora Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ruuvi Station or Aurora Compass?
Aurora Compass is rated higher. Ruuvi Station averages 4.6 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while Aurora Compass averages 4.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Ruuvi Station or Aurora Compass have ads?
Neither Ruuvi Station nor Aurora Compass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ruuvi Station or Aurora Compass?
Ruuvi Station ships an update every 3 weeks, and Aurora Compass every 5 weeks. Most recently, Ruuvi Station was updated on November 6, 2026 and Aurora Compass on November 3, 2026.

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