TargetNavigator vs Neo Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TargetNavigator
Navigate to your chosen destination using a simple compass and bearing. This app provides real-time location data, weather, and celestial information. It also allows for saving custom locations, recording tracks, and exporting them as GPX files.
- Simple compass with bearing navigation
- Real-time location, altitude, and speed
- Target location weather and celestial data
- Save and restore custom locations
- Record and export tracks as GPX
- Night mode and customizable display
- Open Apple Maps for directions
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TargetNavigator - Simple Compass - Use bearing to find your way to selected target location - Comes with night mode - Shows the current location, altitude, speed and slope angle indicator - Shows the target location, weather, temperature, air pressure, sunrise and sunset - Shows either metric or imperial units - Will store last target location and reload after new start, so you don't need to let it run but could also stop and re-run later - Tap on target location will center map on target location - Double tap on target location to enter target location coordinates manually - Tap on current location will center map on current location - Store custom locations on iCloud - Restore target locations from saved locations - Long press button to save current location as target location - Long press button to reverse geocode the current location (street address, zip, city, country, iso code, timezone, daylight saving and latitude, longitude) - Reverse geocoded address will be copied to clipboard so that one can paste it in another document, mail, message, etc. - Open Apple Maps to get directions to target location - Search for locations and move map to selected location - Show estimated time to target location when walking or taking the car - Show the the current position of the sun - Show sunrise and sunset time for current location or overlay the hours of the day (0-23) with their current locations - Visualize angle range of daylight, show blue and golden hours - Show current moon location - Save photos that contain the coordinates, date, time and direction of view - Record a track - Export a recorded track as GPX file - Import a formerly recorded track from the GPX file - Show track on map - Show information like distance, top speed and elevation for track - Show speed/distance diagram of track - Get information about sunrise/sunset, blue hours, golden hours and moon rise/set for the current location - Has live activity that shows current distance of recorded track and time, during recording - Indicate gps signal strength - Dim night mode to your needs - Choose a simple indicator if needed
Neo Compass
This navigation app helps users stay on course during outdoor activities and low-visibility conditions. It is designed to work with a specialized controller for tactile feedback, enhancing navigation and gaming experiences.
- Tactile navigation
- Low-visibility guidance
- Outdoor activity aid
- Labyrinthine gaming
- Cybernetic control integration
- Visually impaired traveler assistance
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Introducing Neo Compass, the newest addition to the Neo-Luna Navigation & Game System by Global Tactile. The Neo Compass has been meticulously designed to complement the Luna Navigator App (also available through the App Store) and the optional, high-performance, patent-pending Neo Controller for cybernetic navigation and tactical outdoor and labyrinthine gaming (available exclusively at https://globaltactile.com/product/neo-controller/). The Neo Compass eliminates veering off course during activities such as trekking through forested terrains, navigating through low-visibility conditions like fog while boating, aiding unassisted visually impaired travelers, and playing a whole new realm of social, indoor, outdoor, and athletic games and activities. Simply set a course, pair up a Neo Controller, and feel your way with our Patent Pending Tactile Reticle — exclusively at GlobalTactile.com/product/neo-controller/. We invite you to transcend your magnetically-transparent, conventional human limitations: Enter the realm of Geo-Magnetic Aether, where the integration of Visual-Tactile Navigation & Control, coupled with Distributed-Cognition Cybernetics, revolutionizes the way humans interact with the environment. The Neo Compass empowers you to elevate your Human capabilities to full-on Cyborg. Embrace the future.. Borg Up Yourself.. Be Super, Human..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Neo Compass at 5.0 against TargetNavigator's 4.0. Neo Compass also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Neo Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | TargetNavigator | Neo Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gerrit Grunwald | Global Tactile, LLC |
Customer experience
TargetNavigator
Neo Compass
In-app purchases
TargetNavigator
No in-app purchases
Neo Compass
No in-app purchases
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