Handy Compass vs Hike Safe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Compass
This navigation tool helps you find directions and locate specific places or items. Easily mark and track locations, such as your parked car, by adding custom symbols to the map.
- Find directions
- Locate items
- Track parked car
- Add custom places
- Move symbols on map
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Handy Compass is a compass app that helps you find directions or locate items whenever needed. You can also use this app to find your car in the parking lot. FEATURES: - Add and track a place or item by clicking "+". - You can move and relocate the symbol wherever you want by dragging the map.
Hike Safe
This navigation app saves your starting location and waypoints to help you find your way back if you get lost. It offers map, GPS coordinates, and compass features with large buttons and high contrast colors for visibility. Detailed satellite views are available with active cell service.
- Saves start location and waypoints
- GPS Coordinates and Compass
- XL Buttons and high contrast colors
- Detailed Satellite Map Views
- Unit and map scale options
- Offline functionality
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Everyone Needs a Back Up Plan Hikers, hunters, berry pickers, off roaders, conservationists, field workers, skiers, even boaters! Saves your hike start location ( and waypoints ) in case you are lost or off trail Can close the app and power off the phone to save battery, your location is still saved Map, GPS Coordinates and Compass Meters, Yards, Kilometers, Miles XL Buttons and 5 high contrast colors for night or day outdoor visibility One tap bearings, unit and map scales All on one screen NEW - Detailed Satellite Map Views if active cell service Still 100% FREE NO file downloads NO subscriptions NO in app purchases required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hike Safe at every 5 days against Handy Compass's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Handy Compass against 5.0 for Hike Safe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Handy Compass ships an update every 3 weeks, Hike Safe every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Handy Compass | Hike Safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | APPS BAY LIMITED | Todd Studer |
Customer experience
Handy Compass
Hike Safe
In-app purchases
Handy Compass
No in-app purchases
Hike Safe
No in-app purchases
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