Comparison

Compass Guide vs CARlectra Tracé

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live compass heading
  • Coordinate and altitude display
  • Navigate to destinations
  • Sun and moon position markers
  • Multiple compass styles
  • Offline functionality
Features
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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.

About

CARlectra Tracé

Features
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Auto’s en elektronica zitten in ons bloed. Met ruim 15 jaar werkervaring in deze branche zijn we in 2008 gestart met CARlectra. We zijn trots op de expertise van ons team. Of het nu gaat om een carwrap, compleet audio-systeem of de elektronica die het comfort in uw auto vergroten, ieder project is voor ons speciaal. En zijn pas tevreden wanneer u dat bent!

Screenshots

Compass Guide4 screens
CARlectra Tracé4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CARlectra Tracé at none against Compass Guide's 1. CARlectra Tracé also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Compass Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CARlectra Tracé asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compass Guide ships an update fortnightly, CARlectra Tracé every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Compass Guide versus CARlectra Tracé: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass GuideCARlectra Tracé
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (126 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings126 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAPPS BAY LIMITEDAllsetra B.V.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Compass Guide

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
None

CARlectra Tracé

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compass Guide free?
Compass Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CARlectra Tracé free?
CARlectra Tracé is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Compass Guide or CARlectra Tracé have ads?
Compass Guide shows ads; CARlectra Tracé does not.
Which is updated more often, Compass Guide or CARlectra Tracé?
Compass Guide ships an update fortnightly, and CARlectra Tracé every 3 weeks. Most recently, Compass Guide was updated on November 3, 2026 and CARlectra Tracé on November 4, 2026.

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