Elevation vs Compass & Altimeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elevation
Easily find your current elevation, altitude, and height above sea level. This app allows you to check elevations by touching the map, entering an address, or using your device's GPS or barometer. It also provides valuable data for flood prediction and outdoor planning.
- Find current elevation and altitude
- Check elevation by map touch or address input
- Utilize GPS and barometer for altitude
- Record and display GPS altitude path
- Standalone barometer functionality
- Support for UTM and MGRS coordinates
- Export timestamp, altitude, pressure, and coordinates
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Find your current elevation, altitude, and height above sea level easily with this altimeter/barometer app. ## Elevation Finder ## This app helps you observe the elevations of all locations on the surface of the earth by simply touch and move the map around, or input the address/location name. You can also find the elevation of your current location by using online database, built-in GPS, or barometer on your device. Elevation data benefits flood prevention, prediction of water levels in rivers, lakes, and seas, etc. Thus, knowing the elevation of places is very crucial if you are looking for a flood-free house, or planning for a hiking trip, and more. ## Cloud-based Altitude Data ## The easiest way to find altitude of any location on earth. By simply point on the screen, you can get the elevation data from a coordinate location point. “Range Mode” is available for altitude comparison (by graph and line) of each point between two selected locations. ## GPS Altitude Data ## Use built-in GPS on your device to determine the altitude of your current location. The altitude data of the area you walked-through will be recorded and displayed as a multicolored line on the map. The colors presented on the line indicate different heights. Precision indicators (horizontal resolution and vertical resolution) are displayed on the screen. ## Barometric Altitude Data ## Use built-in barometer on your device to determine the elevation of your current location. You can either measure the elevation from raw barometric data, or relative pressure from sea-level. Like GPS data, the result is displayed as a multicolored line. To get the most accurate data, it is recommended to adjust the sea level pressure and temperature prior to the measurement, and set the offset or calibration value if necessary. ## Standalone Barometer ## You can use this app as a standalone barometer. ## Air Pressure / Altitude Calculator ## Atmospheric pressure and/or altitude at your current location are calculated from known altitude, pressure of the location, temperature and/or sea level pressure. ## Support of Coordinate Formats ## This app not only displays regular latitude and longitude data, but also supports many coordinate systems such as, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system and Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) and more. ## Export of Data ## From this app, you can export many useful information including timestamp, altitude, pressure, and coordinates. Subscription ------------- Elevation - Sea Level Map is completely free to use with all features. You can subscribe to this application to remove ads and reduce data retrieving delay by 50%. Device subscriptions are available in these plan and will renew automatically each month, six months or year, unless cancelled. (Per month) - $4.49 (Per six-months) - $25.99 (Per year) - $48.99 Pricing shown is for the United States store. Pricing in other stores will vary. Payment for subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Subscriptions may be managed by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase or by clicking the “Purchase / Manage Subscription. Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. Subscription cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period More information: https://mapnitude.com/elevation Privacy policy: https://mapnitude.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://mapnitude.com/terms-of-service
Compass & Altimeter
This app provides precise geographical orientation with a compass and displays vital data like altitude, weather, and location. It helps users navigate, record locations, and measure real-time GPS speed, making it a useful travel companion.
- Accurate compass functionality
- Display altitude, longitude, and latitude
- Real-time weather information
- Location recording
- GPS speed measurement
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Compass GPS is an application for measuring geographical orientation. It also supports many data displays, including altitude, longitude and latitude, weather, water boiling point, air data, magnetic field data and other information. It can help you find accurate directions, save location records and become an excellent guidance assistant for your travel. Key Features: – Experience a very good compass – Display longitude, latitude, altitude, weather, etc – Convenient location recording function – GPS real-time velocity measurement Unlimited access to subscriptions: – Unlock more GEO data – Accurate GPS speed measurement – Remove all Ads – You can subscribe to get unlimited access to all app features – Subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly at the rate based on the subscription plan – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – You can unsubscribe or try for free in iTunes settings – Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period – Any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacypolicyforcompass Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/serviceagreementcompass
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Verdict
Elevation and Compass & Altimeter both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 46% of Compass & Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 30% of Elevation's. Compass & Altimeter also leads on chart position (#140 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Elevation's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Elevation sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Compass & Altimeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Elevation against 4.6 for Compass & Altimeter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.5K and 2.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Elevation's written reviews are positive against 46% of Compass & Altimeter's.
Elevation ships an update every 4 weeks, Compass & Altimeter monthly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Elevation | Compass & Altimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (5.5K ratings) | 4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 2.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #140 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mapnitude Company Limited | 明力 王 |
Customer experience
Elevation
Compass & Altimeter
User reviews
Elevation
From 5.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works great
- 👍 Helpful for research
- 👍 Useful for tracking elevation during storms
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on opening
- 🐛 Elevation readings are inaccurate
- 🐛 Doesn't work consistently
- 💰 Too many ads
- 🤔 Confusing user interface
Compass & Altimeter
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Useful compass feature
- 🚀 Smooth performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate on iPad mini
- 🐛 Drifts out of alignment over time
- 💰 Forced premium subscription
Bugs and requests
Elevation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Elevation readings not working
- App freezes or crashes frequently
- Inconsistent behavior across locations
Requested features
3 requests- Add search functionality
- Display elevation in feet instead of meters
- Improve accuracy of elevation readings
Compass & Altimeter
Reported bugs
3 issues- Compass doesn't move
- Latitude/longitude doesn't work
- Difficult to cancel subscription
Requested features
3 requests- Add km/h speed option
- Improve iPad landscape mode support
- Provide a free version
In-app purchases
Elevation
- Plus Upgrade$4.491 Month
- Plus Upgrade$25.996 Months
- Plus Upgrade$48.991 Year
Compass & Altimeter
- Compass Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Compass Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Compass Premium3 Days trial$18.991 Year
Questions
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