Comparison

WinGPS Marine vs Compass Toolkit

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

Head to head
About

WinGPS Marine

This app provides onboard navigation for various watercraft. It displays your GPS position, speed, and course, and allows you to download nautical charts with depth information and navigational aids. Set waypoints and sail to your destination with guidance on course and distance.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS position, speed, and course tracking
  • Downloadable nautical charts with depth and aids
  • Waypoint navigation with Course to Go
  • Waterway network information (bridges, locks)
  • View sailed tracks on charts
  • Distance circles around GPS position
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Ideal for navigation onboard of your sailing yacht, motorship, canoe or longboat: - Always know where you are, how fast you go and what your course is using a GPS receiver (internal or Bluetooth). - Download the chart of your sailing area and check the current depths, buoys and other nautical information. - Place a navigation waypoint and sail to your destination using the course line, Course to Go and Distance to Go. - Waterway network: View the information of the bridges, locks and waterways. - View your sailed track on the chart. - Show the distance circles around your GPS position. At the first start-up of the app, you will be asked to log in with your account. The free default online charts from Apple are available in the app for orientation. The DKW-charts of 2018 and newer, which are connected to your account, can be downloaded directly in this app and be used for navigation.

About

Compass Toolkit

Features
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Compass Toolkit puts a whole outdoor navigation kit in one beautifully crafted app. At its heart is a stunning brass-amber marine compass — a real, gorgeously rendered instrument that shows heading, cardinal points and true vs magnetic north, so orienting yourself feels like holding a fine piece of gear rather than reading a flat dial. Around it sits everything an explorer needs: precise GPS coordinates in DMS, decimal or UTM you can copy and share; live altitude and barometric pressure; a digital bubble level for setting up a tripod, hanging a shelf at camp or checking a slope; sun and moon rise and set times with golden-hour and blue-hour windows for photographers; and waypoints you can drop, name and see together on a map. When you find somewhere worth remembering, a share-location card turns your spot into a clean, sendable snapshot. Compass Toolkit works offline — the compass, coordinates, altitude, level and sun & moon calculations all run entirely on your device with no signal needed; only the waypoint map loads Apple map tiles when you happen to have a connection. It is 100% on-device with no account and no tracking: your data stays on your device and is never uploaded to us or anyone else. Native and universal, it's designed to feel just as at home on iPad as on iPhone. FEATURES • A stunning brass-amber marine compass — heading, cardinal points, true vs magnetic north • Precise GPS coordinates in DMS, decimal or UTM — copy and share in a tap • Live altitude and barometric pressure • A precise digital bubble level for tripods, shelves and slopes • Sun and moon rise-set times with golden-hour and blue-hour windows • Waypoints you can drop, name and see together on a map • A clean share-location card to send where you are • Works offline, no account, no tracking — your data stays on your device Start free with the compass and coordinates, then a single $4.99 purchase unlocks altitude, the bubble level, sun & moon times, waypoints and the share-location card — one time, no subscription, ever.

Screenshots

WinGPS Marine4 screens
Compass Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WinGPS Marine at none against Compass Toolkit's 1. WinGPS Marine also leads on iOS requirement (13.1 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Compass Toolkit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WinGPS Marine asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WinGPS Marine versus Compass Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinGPS MarineCompass Toolkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStentec SoftwareJaroslaw Krochmalski

In-app purchases

None

WinGPS Marine

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Compass Toolkit

One-time1
  • Full Toolkit$4.99

Questions

Is WinGPS Marine free?
WinGPS Marine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Compass Toolkit free?
Compass Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WinGPS Marine or Compass Toolkit have ads?
Neither WinGPS Marine nor Compass Toolkit shows ads.

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