Comparison

Lyon Vélo vs Ecliptic Compass

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

Head to head
About

Lyon Vélo

This app provides real-time information on bike rental stations, including bike and stand availability, and displays bike paths on a city map. Users can save favorite stations, find nearby options, and search for stations by various criteria. It also includes a timer for tracking bike usage duration.

Highlights
  • Real-time station availability
  • Interactive city map with bike paths
  • Favorite station management
  • Nearby station finder
  • Station search functionality
  • Bike usage timer
Features
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Unofficial app to view detailed information about the stations of Vélo'V bike rental service in Lyon. - Map of the city with the position of stations showing the number of bikes and the free stands for each station. It includes also the BIKE PATH. - You can click on a station directly on the map to expand its information. - The map also shows your current position and it updates when you move. - List of favorite stations categorized by groups (home, work, friends or general). - List of stations closest to you according to your current position. - List of all stations. - Search engine for stations by number, name of station or address in all lists. - Timer to see the duration of bike use. - Several languages available (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan). * Unofficial app: Use your user card to unlock a bike.

About

Ecliptic Compass

This navigation app displays the ecliptic plane, Sun, Moon, and planet directions on a compass. It helps users verify compass accuracy using celestial bodies and offers manual rectification. It also generates horoscope charts and allows custom time/location views.

Highlights
  • Normal compass functionality
  • Ecliptic plane, Sun, Moon, planet directions
  • Manual compass rectification
  • Horoscope chart generation
  • Custom time and location settings
  • Offline location database
Currently charting
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Features: *Normal Compass(check the location shown in the bottom first. You can use the button in the bottom left to retrieve your current location) *Drawing the Ecliptic Plane, the Sun, the Moon and the planet symbols on the compass based on your location. *Showing the Sun, the Moon and other visible planets directions(azimuth) on the compass based on your location. *You can use the celestial bodies direction to confirm that the compass is pointing to the north. You can even using the celestial bodies' directions to manually rectify the compass pointing if it shows the pointer is offset by background noises. *Horoscope chart based on current time and location. *Custom time and location for the ecliptic plane view and horoscope view *10 random locations to see what the sky looks like in other locations. This is not just another compass App. Other than the normal compass feature. The Sun, the Moon and other planets' direction are also shown on the compass so that you know if the compass is affected by the background noise or not. We all know that the compass is easy to be interfered when you are inside a concrete house, near electronics or some other situations. But currently the built-in compass could not neutralize those background magnetic fields. Here comes this Ecliptic Compass app, you could use the Sun, the Moon's or even some planets' azimuth(direction) to know that if the compass is pointing to the north and you are heading to the right direction. As long as you could see the celestial bodies in the sky. Manually rectifying the compass, if you find that the Sun or the Moon's direction in the sky is offset quite a bit from the computed direction. You could use the Manual Rectification feature to temporarily to override the pointer so that your could still get the right direction. Power efficient, the app is designed to work offline most of the time. No unnecessary feature/APIs is called, No data collection. The location service only tries to get your coordinates at start-up or when you tap the big refresh button from surrounding hotspots, data or GPS. It uses data only when you want to use the map to retrieve a place's coordinates. You can also use the offline location database to search for the latitude/longitude from over 40 thousand cities and towns. Location database is provided by Simplemaps.com under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Colorful astrological symbols, we use astrology/astronomy symbols to show the luminaries, planets and zodiac signs. And the colors we use follow the astrological conventions. Renaissance astrological art, the twelve zodiac signs art is from the Zodiac Clock at San Marco square in Venice. Preset places, there are about 10 preset places(coordinates) at the moment which you could try and get the feeling about how the app works. Custom location and time, you could input the latitude and longitude and time to draw the ecliptic items and horoscope chart.

Screenshots

Lyon Vélo4 screens
Ecliptic Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lyon Vélo at Free against Ecliptic Compass's $1.99. Lyon Vélo also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months). Ecliptic Compass's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Lyon Vélo is free to download; Ecliptic Compass costs $1.99 up front. Lyon Vélo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ecliptic Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ecliptic Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Lyon Vélo's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ecliptic Compass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lyon Vélo ships an update every 4 months, Ecliptic Compass every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
Lyon Vélo versus Ecliptic Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLyon VéloEcliptic Compass
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#170 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergi Palomares Redonwing lun tong

Customer experience

Lyon Vélo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Ecliptic Compass

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lyon Vélo

One-time1
  • Remove advertisements$6.99
None

Ecliptic Compass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lyon Vélo free?
Lyon Vélo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ecliptic Compass free?
Ecliptic Compass costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lyon Vélo or Ecliptic Compass?
Ecliptic Compass is rated higher. Lyon Vélo averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ecliptic Compass averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Lyon Vélo or Ecliptic Compass have ads?
Lyon Vélo shows ads; Ecliptic Compass does not.
Which is updated more often, Lyon Vélo or Ecliptic Compass?
Lyon Vélo ships an update every 4 months, and Ecliptic Compass every 10 months. Most recently, Lyon Vélo was updated on September 12, 2026 and Ecliptic Compass on September 3, 2026.

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