Compass Guide vs TrueMag
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.
TrueMag
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Provides the variation estimate from the World Magnetic Model valid to 2029. This enables the user to convert from True to Magnetic North and vice versa.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueMag at none against Compass Guide's 1. TrueMag also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Compass Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TrueMag asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Compass Guide | TrueMag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (126 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 126 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | APPS BAY LIMITED | Peter Bleakley |
In-app purchases
Compass Guide
- Premium$2.99
TrueMag
No in-app purchases









