Compass Free vs Motag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass Free
This app functions as a sundial to determine cardinal directions using sunlight. Align the shadow of your finger with the app's shading to find north, south, east, and west.
- Measures cardinal points
- Uses sunlight
- Aligns finger shadow
- Indicates directions
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You can find directions without a magnetic compass, as long as there is sunlight. Hold your finger upright at the center of the screen and turn your device. Just line up the white line with your finger's shadow, and the correct directions are shown. It needs neither GPS nor a network connection and works completely standalone. Just make sure your device's clock is set correctly.
Motag
This app tracks your daily exercise and monitors your progress over time. It helps you achieve your fitness goals by providing detailed insights into your activity.
- Daily exercise recording
- Progress tracking (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
- Goal achievement assistance
- Fitness insights
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Motag Smart Fitness app records your daily exercise,keeps track of your daily,weekly,monthly and yearly progress to better assit you in achieving yourbody goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Motag at none against Compass Free's shown. Motag also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Compass Free's advantage is review sentiment (34% vs 0%) and rating (2.1 vs 1.7). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Compass Free holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass Free has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Compass Free's written reviews are positive against 0% of Motag's.
Compass Free ships an update every 10 months, Motag every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass Free | Motag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (49 ratings) — better | 1.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Summit Electronics LLC |
Customer experience
Compass Free
Motag
Bugs and requests
Compass Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Causes device freezes or crashes
- Inaccurate compass readings
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for southern hemisphere
- Integrate with GPS for more accurate direction
- Provide night mode or moonlight option
- Improve instructions and user guidance
Motag
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Compass Free
No in-app purchases
Motag
No in-app purchases
