Comparison

Missileer vs Northsense

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

Head to head
About

Missileer

Experience mercenary missile operations in a fictional civil war. Guide missiles in first-person, evade defenses, and earn money by completing contracts. Customize your missiles with upgrades to enhance performance.

Highlights
  • First-person missile guidance
  • Evade detection and defenses
  • Complete contracts for money
  • Missile customization and upgrades
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Be a Missileer, a mercenary missile operator, and conduct your business in the midst of a fictional civil war. • Guide missiles to targets in first person view • Evade detection and missile defenses • Earn money by completing contracts • Customize your missiles with upgrades

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Northsense

Features
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Northsense is a daily exercise for your sense of direction. A Daily Quest takes about 90 seconds. Each round, the app names a bearing — north, southwest, 47 degrees — and asks you to point your iPhone at it. Tap to lock when you think you are aimed right. Northsense measures your error in degrees and scores the round out of 100. A Daily Quest is five rounds by default, and you can choose anything from 3 to 10 in Settings. Keep a quest's average error at 30° or less and your streak counts up. It is a training game, not a navigation tool — for hikers, orienteers, sailors, geocachers, kids learning geography, or anyone who likes a small daily warm-up for the mind. HOW A ROUND IS SCORED • Bullseye within 3°, Great within 10°, Good within 25°, then Off, Way off and Other side. • Haptic feedback marks each result: success for a close lock, a warning or an error for a far one. Haptics can be switched off in Settings. FOUR MODES • Daily Quest — new bearings every quest, once a day. Build a streak. • Free Practice — pick north, east, south or west, or any bearing from 0° to 359°, and try as many times as you like. • No-eyes Quest (Pro) — the screen hides the compass and a voice names the bearing. Close your eyes, point, tap anywhere to lock, and the voice reads your result. The voice speaks the language of the app and can be switched off in Settings. • Memory Walk (Pro) — face a direction, tap Start, walk anywhere for 30 to 200 steps, then point back to where you started, from memory. Your steps are counted with the iPhone's motion sensors. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Stats tab: your day streak, your best score for each of the last seven days, how your quests split between modes, and your recent quests. TRUE NORTH (OPTIONAL) By default Northsense uses your iPhone's compass heading. Turn on "Use true north" in Settings and the Daily Quest also asks for your approximate location, only while a quest is running, to correct the compass for magnetic declination. The location is not stored. FREE AND PRO Daily Quest, Free Practice and Stats are free. Northsense Pro, a one-time in-app purchase, unlocks No-eyes Quest and Memory Walk. Unlock and Restore Purchase are in Settings. PRIVATE No account and no ads. Your scores and history stay on your iPhone, and the compass heading is read on the device. Purchases go through the App Store. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE • iPhone with a built-in compass (magnetometer). iPhone only. A daily minute. A sharper compass instinct.

Screenshots

Missileer4 screens
Northsense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Northsense at none against Missileer's 4. Northsense also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Missileer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Missileer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Northsense asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Missileer ships an update every 6 weeks, Northsense fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Missileer versus Northsense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMissileerNorthsense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (59 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIfelse Media Ltd.Ilia Filiaev

Bugs and requests

Missileer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game won't tilt to match device orientation
  • Automatic missile roll is too slow
  • Night vision is useless
  • Turrets can miss but still hit

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add ballistic/intercontinental missiles
  • Add landscape mode setting
  • Add Katyusha, more houses, civilians, military troops, bunkers
  • More upgrade options
  • Add more features for end game
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  • Add unique missile abilities (e.g., smoke cloud)
  • Improve UI and buttons for a more professional feel
  • Add night vision functionality

Northsense

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Missileer

One-time4
  • Minor Investment$1.99
  • Sensible Investment$2.99
  • Major Investment$4.99
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  • Aggressive Investment$17.99
None

Northsense

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Missileer free?
Missileer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Northsense free?
Northsense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Missileer or Northsense have ads?
Missileer shows ads; Northsense does not.
Which is updated more often, Missileer or Northsense?
Missileer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Northsense fortnightly. Most recently, Missileer was updated on November 3, 2026 and Northsense on October 31, 2026.

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