Orienteering Compass & Map vs Compass Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orienteering Compass & Map
Navigate your way using your device's compass and GPS. This app overlays your destination onto Apple Maps, allowing you to orient the map and find the correct direction. It also includes a ruler for measuring distances, mimicking traditional orienteering techniques.
- Map orientation with compass
- Distance and direction to destination
- Supports SI, imperial, and nautical units
- Integrated map ruler
- GPS and Apple Maps integration
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This app makes it easy to find the direction and distance to where you want to go by using the built-in compass, the GPS, and Apple maps. You line up your position (the GPS position) on the map with your destination by moving and rotating the map using one or more fingers. Turn the phone/tablet until the compass needle fits into the compass orienting arrow. Then the phone/tablet points in the direction towards the destination. Just like classical orienteering with compass and paper map. Alternatively the map can be locked to the compass such that north of the map is always the same as real north irrespective the orientation of the phone/tablet. Also the compass has a ruler such that you can measure the distance to where you want to go. Features: • The compass can orient the map with the landscape automatically or you can orient the map yourself • You get the distance and direction to where you want to go • Supports SI, imperial, and nautical units • Makes orienteering easy
Compass Guide
This application provides directional guidance and heading information using your device's compass. It's designed to help users find their way in various situations.
- Directional finding
- Heading information
- Outdoor navigation aid
- Hiking GPS support
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Compass Guide is a simple, reliable digital compass for hiking, navigation, and everyday direction-finding — no account required. FIND YOUR WAY • Live compass heading in true north or magnetic north • Calibration guidance and an accuracy indicator you can trust • Your coordinates, altitude, and speed at a glance NAVIGATE TO A DESTINATION • Set a destination by map, clipboard coordinates, or manual entry • See live bearing and distance to where you're headed • Save multiple destinations with Premium SEE THE SKY • Sun and moon position markers on the dial (Premium) • Night mode with a red-tinted display to protect your night vision MAKE IT YOURS • Six compass styles: Classic, Field, Nautical, Military, Surveyor, and Minimal • Choose degrees or mils, metric or imperial units • Keep the screen on, add a haptic tick at true north, and use the built-in flashlight SHARE YOUR HEADING • Export a shareable image card with your heading and location details GO PREMIUM YOUR WAY • Unlock every feature with a one-time purchase — no subscription • Or watch a short ad anytime to unlock Premium free for 24 hours Compass Guide works fully offline for core compass features and never asks you to create an account.
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Verdict
Orienteering Compass & Map and Compass Guide both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Orienteering Compass & Map's written reviews are positive against 40% of Compass Guide's. Orienteering Compass & Map also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Compass Guide's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (126 vs 6). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Compass Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orienteering Compass & Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Compass Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass Guide has 126 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Orienteering Compass & Map's written reviews are positive against 40% of Compass Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Orienteering Compass & Map ships an update every 9 months, Compass Guide fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orienteering Compass & Map | Compass Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (126 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nils Calander | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Orienteering Compass & Map
Compass Guide
In-app purchases
Orienteering Compass & Map
No in-app purchases
Compass Guide
- Premium$2.99
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