MapCompass vs Direction Compass Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapCompass
Navigate with a digital compass that displays directions on a map, utilizing GPS for real-time location and orientation. Find your way offline or online, with features like Qibla direction, altitude, and speed.
- Compass on map with GPS
- Qibla direction finder
- Real-time altitude and speed
- Magnetic and true north
- Offline and online modes
- Sensor status display
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MapCompass : Compass with maps is the application to support classic compass, maps compass and compass on the map. With GPS technology the application will auto directions for you. This application support with device have sensor. Here is request with any application support digital compass. The compass app depends on the performance of your device exactly. If the compass works perfectly, it means that your sensors are perfect, too. This will help to you easy find direction in the real time. You can use it for compass offline mode. but the best you should use compass online. Because with this mode help you quickly find figure out result with the best accurate compass. Features: - Locate the direction of the qibla right from your current location on orienteering compass and map. This is great feature that you can use it to find location, find the qibla in the dark night. We use compass for maps to exactly your current location in the real-time. - Compass Show the accurate direction and compass 360 degree four direction. - Maps compass locator show compass on maps your current location (at latitude and longitude). - Show Altitude Speed - Display horizontal level - Show device slope - GPS and Maps are supported. - Show magnetic field strength - Display true heading - Show latitude, longitude - Display current location - Show Sensor State - Magnetic and true north are available, compass for maps automatically takes care of variation.
Direction Compass Camera
Overlay compass directions, location coordinates, and timestamps onto your photos. Visualize your surroundings with a compass aligned with satellite imagery or maps. Get precise GPS data in multiple formats for accurate navigation.
- Add compass direction to photos
- Overlay GPS coordinates
- Include date and time stamps
- Align compass with satellite/map views
- Multiple GPS coordinate formats
- Capture screenshots with data
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With Direction Compass Camera, you can visualize the compass direction and align it with either a satellite image or a map displayed on the compass. The Direction Compass Camera app provides the ability to add location coordinates, direction, date, time and compass screenshot information to the image. With Compass Pro Cam you can navigate your surroundings efficiently. Users can see the compass direction and compare it with the satellite image or map displayed on the compass. For more accurate location determination, the application provides the address, exact GPS coordinates in various formats, such as: Decimal degrees by microseconds (DD.dddddd "N, S, E, W") Decimal minutes (DDMM.mmmm) Degrees, minutes, seconds (DD°MM'SS.sss") December minutes seconds (DDMMSS.sss ") UTM (Universal Transversal Mercator) MGRS (Military Reference System) Decimal degrees (DD.dddddd) This application provides a rich set of location data for improved user orientation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MapCompass at 4.7 against Direction Compass Camera's 3.5. MapCompass also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Direction Compass Camera's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. MapCompass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Direction Compass Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MapCompass holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapCompass has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapCompass | Direction Compass Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bhavik Savaliya | Tigran Mkhitaryan |
Customer experience
MapCompass
Direction Compass Camera
In-app purchases
MapCompass
- MapCompass Premium Version$4.99
Direction Compass Camera
- Remove Ads$6.99
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