Find North vs V1Sidekick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Find North
This app offers a daily challenge to test and improve your sense of direction using your Apple Watch. It leverages the device's compass to accurately find true north and helps you track your progress and streaks.
- Daily directional challenges
- Apple Watch integration
- True north calculation
- Streak tracking
- User-friendly interface
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Find North is an engaging daily challenge designed exclusively for Apple Watch. Test your sense of direction by facing north each day and track your streaks as you improve. Leveraging data from the Apple Compass, Find North calculates true north with enhanced accuracy and simplicity. Built to be a lightweight, user-friendly companion, Find North focuses on providing users with an interactive experience to enhance their directional skills. Begin your journey and keep your streak alive as you strive to Find North!
V1Sidekick
This app enhances a radar detector by providing a live display of alerts, signal strength, and frequencies on your smartphone. It offers advanced features like push notifications, a crowdsourced threat map, and weather radar overlays for improved situational awareness.
- Live V1 detector display
- Customizable alert tones
- Push notifications with background support
- Crowdsourced threat map
- Live weather radar overlay
- Full-range spectrum analyzer
- Apple Watch companion app
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V1Sidekick connects to your Valentine One Gen2 over Bluetooth and turns your iPhone into the display it always deserved — then adds the situational awareness a detector alone can't give you. FREE FOREVER • Live V1 display: bands, direction arrows, signal strength, and frequencies, styled after the detector itself • Alert tones through your phone or car speakers, with smart muting • Full detector control: modes, band toggles, filters, Savvy auto-mute V1SIDEKICK PRO — 7-DAY FREE TRIAL, THEN $9.99/YEAR • Push alerts on your Lock Screen — the only V1 app that alerts you even with the app in the background, and they break through Driving Focus • Crowdsourced threat map: community-reported hotspots with your speed, heading, and compass • Live weather radar overlay with severe-weather alerts and "rain starting in N minutes" warnings on your route • Full-range spectrum analyzer with max hold — watch every band the V1 sweeps • Apple Watch companion: alerts and mute on your wrist SOUND PACKS Make alerts yours. Upload your own sound per band (Pro), or grab a themed one-time pack — More sounds coming soon. COMING SOON CarPlay (pending Apple approval) and private group track sharing are in the works and included with Pro at no extra charge. REQUIREMENTS Requires a Valentine One Gen2 radar detector (with built-in Bluetooth). No detector handy? Demo mode simulates a full drive so you can explore every feature. V1Sidekick is an independent app, not affiliated with Valentine Research, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Find North at none against V1Sidekick's 2. Find North also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. V1Sidekick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Find North asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Find North against 5.0 for V1Sidekick. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find North has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Find North ships an update fortnightly, V1Sidekick every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Find North | V1Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carter Anderson | David Taubman |
Customer experience
Find North
V1Sidekick
In-app purchases
Find North
No in-app purchases
V1Sidekick
- V1Sidekick Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Animal Noises Sound Pack$1.99









