Orienteering Compass & Map vs Handy Compass
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
Handy Compass
This navigation tool helps you find directions and locate specific places or items. Easily mark and track locations, such as your parked car, by adding custom symbols to the map.
- Find directions
- Locate items
- Track parked car
- Add custom places
- Move symbols on map
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Handy Compass is a compass app that helps you find directions or locate items whenever needed. You can also use this app to find your car in the parking lot. FEATURES: - Add and track a place or item by clicking "+". - You can move and relocate the symbol wherever you want by dragging the map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Handy Compass at 5.0 against Orienteering Compass & Map's 4.3. Handy Compass also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). Orienteering Compass & Map's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handy Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orienteering Compass & Map has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Orienteering Compass & Map ships an update every 9 months, Handy Compass every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Orienteering Compass & Map | Handy Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nils Calander | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Orienteering Compass & Map
Handy Compass
In-app purchases
Orienteering Compass & Map
No in-app purchases
Handy Compass
No in-app purchases
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