Comparison

WG Compass vs VIPS Mobile RN

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

Head to head
About

WG Compass

This app provides authorized merchandisers with essential product data and insights, including lost sales and out-of-stock alerts. It aims to enhance efficiency for store visits by offering near live data, planogram details, and ticket printing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Near live product data
  • Article details
  • Planogram data
  • Ticket printing
  • Display commitments
  • Lost Sales alerts
  • Ranged Not Sold alerts
  • Pre-plan store visits
Features
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Compass is a Woolworths app for authorized Merchandisers only. It provides Merchandisers access to important product data and actionable insights (Lost Sales & Ranged not sold alerts). We see this as the next evolution to support merchandisers to work more efficiently when visiting our stores. What Compass will provide Merchandising Teams: - Near live data - Article details - Planogram data - Ticket printing - Display commitments - Lost Sales & Ranged Not Sold alerts - Capability to pre-plan store visits - Take and capture corrective action

About

VIPS Mobile RN

Features
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Is your mobile workforce bogged down in manual processes and paperwork resulting in poor field execution and delays? Do they have the information they need to make smart, quick decisions? Can your managers track field activities and communicate with teams in an instant? VIPs Mobile is an intuitive application that allows your remote teams to easily complete and submit their daily work and activities while in the field. VIPs Mobile also allows communication with your team through voice, video and written messages. VIPs Mobile includes a self managed document library which ensures that your field team always have up to date resources at their fingertips. Content can include PDF, Excel, Power Point, Videos, YouTube, Images and much more.

Screenshots

WG Compass4 screens
VIPS Mobile RN3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WG Compass at 12.2 against VIPS Mobile RN's 15.1. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WG Compass ships an update every 3 months, VIPS Mobile RN every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WG Compass versus VIPS Mobile RN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWG CompassVIPS Mobile RN
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB55 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWoolworths Group LimitedVIPS International

In-app purchases

None

WG Compass

No in-app purchases

None

VIPS Mobile RN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WG Compass free?
WG Compass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VIPS Mobile RN free?
VIPS Mobile RN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WG Compass or VIPS Mobile RN have ads?
Neither WG Compass nor VIPS Mobile RN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WG Compass or VIPS Mobile RN?
WG Compass ships an update every 3 months, and VIPS Mobile RN every 2 months. Most recently, WG Compass was updated on September 18, 2026 and VIPS Mobile RN on September 24, 2026.

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