DINOPAY vs Compass Course Navigator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DINOPAY
Find Sinclair gas stations and truck stops, including those with amenities like car washes or air/water. Pay for gas and in-store items directly from your phone at participating locations.
- Locate Sinclair gas stations and truck stops
- Identify stations with amenities
- Mobile payment for gas
- In-store mobile purchases
- Official Sinclair Oil app
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DINO PAY® is the official mobile app of Sinclair Oil—designed to make fueling faster, easier, and more rewarding. Locate Sinclair gas stations and truck stops with ease, and quickly identify locations with amenities like car washes, air, and water. Then skip the swipe, dip, and tap—pay securely for fuel and in-store purchases using only your mobile device at participating Sinclair locations. Why DINO PAY? • Save at least 10¢ per gallon on every fill-up* • Secure, contactless payment right from your phone • Find nearby Sinclair locations with built-in navigation and amenities • Track your purchases and savings in one place • Play games and earn rewards for even bigger discounts Whether you’re commuting or hitting the road, DINO PAY helps you go farther for less—every time you fill up. Download today and start saving. *Up to 35 gallons at participating U.S. locations
Compass Course Navigator
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Build a compass-and-pace course. Run it, or teach it. Compass Course Navigator is built around two roles: an Instructor who lays out a course as a sequence of compass headings and distances, and a Student who navigates it, with GPS help while learning, or with GPS hidden when it's time to prove they can do it with a compass alone. It's made for orienteering instruction, land navigation training, and anyone teaching or practicing dead reckoning. INSTRUCTOR MODE • Set a start point and add as many legs as you need, each a heading and a distance. • Unlimited waypoints. • Share a course with students by QR code or link. The magnetic declination travels with it, so the course lands on the right heading whatever declination is set on their device. STUDENT MODE • Practice mode: GPS on, so students see where they are against the planned course while they learn. • Test mode: GPS hidden, the real test of navigating by compass and pace count alone. • Mark each waypoint as cleared along the way. • Pace count practice: walk 100 m (or 100 ft), measured by GPS or on a taped course, and the app averages your last five trials. Every leg then shows its distance in paces, and Practice mode counts down the paces to the next waypoint. • Free student performance report: after a test run, a PDF of the planned course against the student's actual GPS track, with the error at each waypoint marked. SHARING AND DATA • JSON import and export, full backup and restore to a file you control. • Manual magnetic declination, street and satellite maps. • Shared course links open straight in the app. • Your pace data stays on your device and is never included in a shared course. PRO, A ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Waypoint hints: add notes like "old oak by the creek". Students see them for free; writing them is Pro. • GPX export, for any GPS or mapping tool. • Saved course library. • Course report PDF: the route on a map, a table of every leg, total distance. • Live magnetic declination from a geomagnetic model, based on your position. • Reorder legs. • Offline maps: download the area of your course in advance. • Keep the screen awake through a full run. No subscription: an instructor who builds a course library isn't billed indefinitely for a tool they teach with. Available in English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DINOPAY at none against Compass Course Navigator's 1. DINOPAY also leads on chart position (#79 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Compass Course Navigator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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 Course Navigator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DINOPAY asks for nothing beyond the download.
DINOPAY ships an update every 3 months, Compass Course Navigator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DINOPAY | Compass Course Navigator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (50K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | P97 Networks, Inc. | Videre Research, LLC |
Bugs and requests
DINOPAY
Reported bugs
4 issues- App logs users out frequently
- Payment method issues and failures
- Location detection problems
- Pump authorization failures
Requested features
4 requests- Allow selecting specific fuel type in station search
- Integrate with existing Sinclair loyalty accounts
- Provide better customer support and troubleshooting
- Improve app reliability and stability
Compass Course Navigator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DINOPAY
No in-app purchases
Compass Course Navigator
- Compass Course Pro$4.99
Questions
Is DINOPAY free?
Is Compass Course Navigator free?
Do DINOPAY or Compass Course Navigator have ads?
Which is updated more often, DINOPAY or Compass Course Navigator?
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