Comparison

Compass & Altimeter vs NearSite

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

Head to head
About

Compass & Altimeter

This app provides precise geographical orientation with a compass and displays vital data like altitude, weather, and location. It helps users navigate, record locations, and measure real-time GPS speed, making it a useful travel companion.

Highlights
  • Accurate compass functionality
  • Display altitude, longitude, and latitude
  • Real-time weather information
  • Location recording
  • GPS speed measurement
Features
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Compass GPS is an application for measuring geographical orientation. It also supports many data displays, including altitude, longitude and latitude, weather, water boiling point, air data, magnetic field data and other information. It can help you find accurate directions, save location records and become an excellent guidance assistant for your travel. Key Features: – Experience a very good compass – Display longitude, latitude, altitude, weather, etc – Convenient location recording function – GPS real-time velocity measurement Unlimited access to subscriptions: – Unlock more GEO data – Accurate GPS speed measurement – Remove all Ads – You can subscribe to get unlimited access to all app features – Subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly at the rate based on the subscription plan – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – You can unsubscribe or try for free in iTunes settings – Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period – Any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacypolicyforcompass Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/serviceagreementcompass

About

NearSite

Features
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NearSite is the easiest way to keep track of the places that matter to you and instantly find which of them is closest to a specified location. Whether you're planning a trip across town, deciding which of your stores or offices to visit next, or just want to know which friend's house is the shortest drive away, NearSite gives you the answer in a tap. What You Can Do NearSite works with three kinds of inputs: a typed address (with autocomplete), supplied GPS coordinates, or your device's current location. Use any of them to: • Save a place and give it a name you'll remember. • Provide any location to instantly see which of your saved places is closest to it. • See results sorted by distance or alphabetically. • Switch between miles and kilometers. • Choose how many top results to show - from 1 to 100. Designed for Privacy NearSite was built with a focus on privacy. • Your saved addresses live only on your device. • Your current location, when you choose to use it, is used to calculate distances and is never stored or transmitted. • No analytics, no advertising, no third-party tracking. • No annoying accounts or sign-ups required. Accessibility NearSite was developed with accessibility in mind from the start. • VoiceOver works throughout. • Audio feedback is provided when your current location is captured. • Search results are announced when they appear. • Proper labels are used to facilitate rotor navigation. Have a feature request or run into a bug? Use the buttons in the app's settings menu to join our community Discord or contact me directly.

Screenshots

Compass & Altimeter4 screens
NearSite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NearSite at none against Compass & Altimeter's 3. NearSite also leads on ads (none vs shown). Compass & Altimeter's advantage is chart position (#131 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Compass & Altimeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. NearSite asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Compass & Altimeter versus NearSite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass & AltimeterNearSite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#131 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明力 王Dale Oster

Bugs and requests

Compass & Altimeter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Compass doesn't move
  • Latitude/longitude doesn't work
  • Difficult to cancel subscription

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add km/h speed option
  • Improve iPad landscape mode support
  • Provide a free version

NearSite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Compass & Altimeter

Subscriptions3
  • Compass Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Compass Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Compass Premium3 Days trial$18.991 Year
None

NearSite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compass & Altimeter free?
Compass & Altimeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NearSite free?
NearSite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Compass & Altimeter or NearSite have ads?
Compass & Altimeter shows ads; NearSite does not.

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