Compass vs Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Compass
This navigation app provides detailed location data, including direction, weather, and altitude. It also offers real-time GPS speed measurement and a bubble level for practical geographical understanding.
- Professional compass and positioning
- Real-time GPS data display
- GPS speed measurement
- Bubble level
- Altitude and weather information
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Compass is a professional compass and positioning tool that utilizes data from networks, GPS, and mobile sensors to determine your location's direction, weather, latitude, longitude, altitude, and other information. It also supports real-time GPS data display, GPS speed measurement, a bubble level, altitude, weather, and other practical features, making it more convenient for you to understand your geographical situation. Our standard subscription options include: A Pro Version subscription, which includes an annual auto-renewing subscription. The subscription will automatically renew, allowing you to enjoy an ad-free experience during this period. It grants unlimited access to all features, unlocks all Pro Version content, and provides early access to functional updates. Upon purchase confirmation and at the beginning of each renewal cycle, the subscription fee will be charged to your iTunes account. Subscriptions that include a free trial will automatically renew as a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription or free trial at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period in your iTunes settings. Cancellation will take effect after the last day of the current subscription cycle. Once the cancellation is effective, your subscription benefits will expire. Privacy Policy:https://docs.qq.com/doc/p/33350adfa281e9ec7043f28a1f8613743ea5d6e7 Terms of Use:https://docs.qq.com/doc/p/c628fa908141c200d485c8f4c7c381e6372d800d?nlc=1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Compass at 100% against Compass's 68%. Compass also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Compass's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Compass sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Compass sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Compass's written reviews are positive against 100% of Compass's.
Compass ships an update every 2 weeks, Compass weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass | Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟 雷 | 启鹏 田 |
Customer experience
Compass
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In-app purchases
Compass
- life member$0.99
- VIP$0.99
Compass
- Weekly Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Monthly Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Quarterly Pro3 Days trial$3.993 Months
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- Annual Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Compass Lifetime Pro$12.99









