Compass vs Speedometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass
This application displays your current direction and heading in a large, easy-to-read format. Customize the look by selecting your preferred background and arrow style to suit your needs.
- Large format display
- Direction and heading indicator
- Selectable background
- Selectable arrow style
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Compass- is a simple app that shows the direction and heading in a large format that is easy to read. Features: 1) Select the desired background 2) Select the desired arrow 3) Point to get the direction and heading If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!
Speedometer
Track your speed and location with a GPS-powered dashboard. Features include weather updates, a compass, and speed limit alerts based on real-time road data. Customize the display and utilize HUD mode for enhanced visibility.
- GPS speed tracking
- Map location display
- Current weather and temperature
- Analog compass
- Speed limit alerts
- HUD mode
- Apple Watch support
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Measure your speed with this beautiful designed speed dashboard with many other functionality. It can track your speed, location on map by using GPS. Features: * Graphical presentation of speed * Analog and numeric speed * Current location weather and temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit * Kilometer and Mile unit system selection * Change dashboard different color * Analog Compass * Map location * Maximum, average speed and odometer * Speed limit of current road getting online info from open street.org * Over speed limit warn * Current road name * Portrait and landscape mode * HUD (Head up Display Mode) * Today widget presentation * Apple watch support and syncronisation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speedometer at 4.6 against Compass's 4.1. Speedometer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 41 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 182). Compass's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Speedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speedometer has 1.8K ratings behind it against 182, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Compass's written reviews are positive against 69% of Speedometer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Compass ships an update every 41 months, Speedometer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass | Speedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (182 ratings) | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews — better | 69.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 182 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horizon Business, Inc. | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
Compass
Speedometer
Bugs and requests
Compass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speedometer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Speedometer not accurate at high speeds
- GPS signal slow to update
- Speed limit not always correct
Requested features
2 requests- Option to remove ads
- Thicker/bolder font for better readability
In-app purchases
Compass
No in-app purchases
Speedometer
No in-app purchases
