Compass Guide vs Offline Digital Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass Guide
This app provides a reliable digital compass for outdoor navigation and everyday direction-finding. It offers live heading, coordinate display, and the ability to navigate to saved destinations. Premium features like sun/moon positions and custom styles are available.
- Live compass heading
- Coordinate and altitude display
- Navigate to destinations
- Sun and moon position markers
- Multiple compass styles
- Offline functionality
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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.
Offline Digital Compass
Navigate outdoors with a simple digital compass. This application helps you find north, ideal for hiking and mountain exploration.
- Digital compass
- Find north direction
- Offline navigation
- Hiking aid
- Mountain exploration
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This app was made by Hopebest Limited. Use this simple compass app and navigate the mountains/when you go hiking. Find out where the north direction is using our app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Offline Digital Compass at 5.0 against Compass Guide's 4.5. Offline Digital Compass also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Compass Guide's advantage is ratings volume (126 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Offline Digital Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Offline Digital Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass Guide has 126 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Compass Guide ships an update fortnightly, Offline Digital Compass every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass Guide | Offline Digital Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (126 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 126 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | APPS BAY LIMITED | Hopebest Inc Limited |
Customer experience
Compass Guide
Offline Digital Compass
In-app purchases
Compass Guide
- Premium$2.99
Offline Digital Compass
No in-app purchases
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