Compass X° vs WaveDepth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass X°
Navigate with a highly accurate and user-friendly compass tool. This app provides precise direction for hiking, traveling, or exploring with a sleek, easy-to-read interface. It works offline and supports both magnetic and true north.
- Accurate and responsive compass
- Works offline without internet/GPS
- Simple and intuitive design
- Supports magnetic and true north
- Lightweight and fast performance
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Find your way with our highly accurate and user-friendly Compass tool! Whether you're hiking, traveling, or simply exploring, this app is designed to provide precise direction every time. With a sleek interface and easy-to-read compass dial, you'll never lose your sense of direction again. Key Features: - Accurate and responsive compass for quick navigation - Works without an internet connection or GPS signal - Simple and intuitive design for easy use - Perfect for outdoor activities like hiking, camping, or road trips - Lightweight and fast performance - Supports both magnetic and true north - Our Compass tool app is your reliable navigation companion—ideal for anyone from seasoned adventurers to casual travelers. Download today and always stay on course!
WaveDepth
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WaveDepth estimates how deep the water is by watching what waves do as they cross it. In deep water a wave barely feels the bottom. As the seabed rises the wave slows, its crests bunch together, and it grows taller — wave shoaling. How much taller depends only on the depth and the wave period, so measuring that change at several points along the wave's path recovers the depth at each one. All you need is one brightly coloured floating ball and a steady place to rest your phone. HOW A MEASUREMENT WORKS 1. Register your ball. Circle it once in a photo and enter its real diameter. That single number sets the scale for everything that follows. 2. Film the water. Up to two and a half minutes, split into five 25-second sections with a five-second gap between them. Move the ball to a new spot during each gap. 3. Mark the ball in each section. You get one frame per section — circle the ball on each. That fixes its size and colour for tracking that stretch of water. 4. Read the depth. The app follows the ball twenty times a second, measures the wave period from both the ball's motion and the water around it, and reports a depth for every section. WHAT YOU SEE Every section gets its own card: the depth, the camera-to-ball range, the wave amplitude and how it compares with the reference section, the period used, the ball's width in pixels, the scale at the ball, and the phone's tilt. Open the diagnostics on any section for the frames analysed, the detection rate, the tracking confidence, the drift removed by the fit, and any period estimates that were measured but deliberately left out of the calculation. Nothing is hidden behind a summary. If a number looks wrong, the numbers behind it are there too. ALREADY HAVE MEASUREMENTS? Manual mode takes a wave period and a set of amplitudes and returns the depth profile directly, with no filming required. ON YOUR DEVICE All video analysis runs on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and the app makes no network requests of its own. Available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. PLEASE READ These depth readings are rough estimates and can be inaccurate. Do not rely on them for navigation, safety, or any real-world decision. WaveDepth is a tool for curiosity and experiment — it is not a depth sounder and not a charting instrument. The developer accepts no responsibility for any use of these results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WaveDepth at none against Compass X°'s 1. Compass X°'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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. Compass X° sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WaveDepth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Compass X° ships an update every 4 days, WaveDepth monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass X° | WaveDepth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubert Willy Lehmann | Jin Hwa Lee |
In-app purchases
Compass X°
- Remove Ads$1.99
WaveDepth
No in-app purchases









