Kolumbus vs Virtual Compass º
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kolumbus
Plan your trips and get real-time departure information in one convenient application. It offers accurate travel suggestions, step-by-step guidance, and live map tracking of buses and boats. Receive notifications for route changes and view onboard capacity.
- Travel planner
- Real-time departures
- Favorite places shortcuts
- Step-by-step journey guidance
- Live bus and boat map location
- Route change notifications
- Onboard capacity overview
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The Kolumbus app provides full control over your journey. With travel planner and real time departures in one app, you get: • easier planning and more accurate travel suggestions • stored shortcuts to your favourite places • step by step guiding throughout the journey • real time map location of the bus and boat at any time • notifications regarding changes and detours on your routes • overview of the capacity on board the bus Real time and travel planning in one app! Download or update the app to get the latest features. It's completely free. Have a nice trip! Questions or experiencing issues? Contact us at app@kolumbus.no
Virtual Compass º
This app overlays a precise compass and GPS coordinates onto your camera's view, offering real-time direction and location tracking. Navigate easily by seeing your heading and position directly on your surroundings.
- Real-time compass direction
- Real-time compass heading
- GPS coordinates display
- Camera viewfinder integration
- Instant GPS readings
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Virtual Compass is a camera compass that accurately navigates users through virtual navigation and compass direction. Just open the app and see an accurate compass heading and compass direction displayed over what is in front of you. Your GPS coordinates are always displayed as well, so you can always identify where you are, making it easier to navigate using the virtual compass. Virtual Compass includes: -accurate realtime compass direction in big bold font -accurate realtime compass heading -your real time GPS coordinates -easy-to-use view finder (via your phone's camera) to accurately identify compass direction and compass heading. -instant gps readings -camera compass Get an accurate virtual compass reading instantly!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virtual Compass º at 56% against Kolumbus's 17%. Virtual Compass º also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (308 vs 56). Kolumbus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Compass º holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Compass º has 308 ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Kolumbus's written reviews are positive against 56% of Virtual Compass º's.
Kolumbus ships an update monthly, Virtual Compass º every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kolumbus | Virtual Compass º |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (56 ratings) | 4.6 (308 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 308 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kolumbus AS | Villegas Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Kolumbus
Virtual Compass º
In-app purchases
Kolumbus
No in-app purchases
Virtual Compass º
No in-app purchases
