Compass mini vs Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass mini
This app provides a minimalist compass for identifying direction. It also displays altitude, barometric pressure, and coordinate information for your current location. Additional features include sunrise/sunset times and solar angles, with offline usability and widget support.
- Direction identification
- Altitude and barometric pressure
- Coordinate navigation
- Location bookmarking
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Solar elevation and azimuth
- Offline usability
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Compass mini is an elegant and minimalist compass tool. You can use it to get the current location's altitude, barometric, and coordinate information, and identify direction. - Clean and lightweight, usable offline. - View altitude and atmospheric pressure information. - Coordinate navigation and location bookmarking. - Sunrise and sunset related times. - Solar elevation and azimuth angles. - Desktop and lock screen widgets. - Detailed latitude and longitude values. - Supports dark mode.
Compass
Navigate with precision using this stylish app that shows your direction, altitude, coordinates, and barometric pressure. Explore two distinct visual themes for an immersive experience, ideal for any outdoor or urban journey.
- Accurate direction display
- Real-time altitude and elevation
- Latitude/longitude coordinates
- Barometric pressure readings
- Movement speed tracking
- Two visual themes
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This is a sleek and stylish compass app that accurately displays your current direction, altitude, latitude/longitude coordinates, real-time barometric pressure, movement speed, and geographic location. Featuring two meticulously designed visual themes—"Classic" and "Sunset"—each with premium color schemes for an immersive experience, it’s the perfect companion for outdoor adventures and urban navigation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Compass mini at none against Compass's shown. Compass mini also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 68%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Compass's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. Compass mini sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Compass sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Compass mini holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Compass mini's written reviews are positive against 68% of Compass's.
Compass mini ships an update every 5 weeks, Compass every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass mini | Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (59 ratings) — better | 4.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.6% of reviews — better | 68.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鑫 吴 | 伟 雷 |
Customer experience
Compass mini
Compass
In-app purchases
Compass mini
- Compass mini · Pro$6.99
Compass
- life member$0.99
- VIP$0.99
