Comparison

Compass AR vs WebClear

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Compass AR

This utility app provides precise directional, altitude, and speed readings on a clear interface. It offers augmented reality views of the sun and moon's paths, along with location data and weather information. Pro features include time scrubbing, AR tracking, and speed recording.

Highlights
  • AR sun and moon tracking
  • Precise direction and altitude
  • Live speed and acceleration
  • Sunrise, sunset, and golden hour
  • Location and weather data
  • Time scrubbing for celestial paths
Features
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CompassPlus is an instrument. Direction, altitude, speed — one screen each, in numbers big enough to read while you walk. COMPASS · A large heading and a dial. True North or Magnetic North, switched any time. · The Sun and Moon are marked on the dial, with sunrise, sunset and elevation. · Scrub time (Pro) by year, month, day, hour or minute and see where the Sun sits at that moment. When you are not on Now, the app says so, and one tap brings you back. · A coordinate card: decimal degrees or DMS, tap to copy, with the place name. · A level, so you can tell whether the phone is flat. · When the magnetic field is disturbed it tells you, and walks you through the figure-eight calibration. ALTITUDE · One big number, colored by how high you are. · GPS + Barometer fused, GPS alone, or automatic — your call. · Meters or feet, with the vertical accuracy beside it. · Pressure, temperature and wind, while you are here. SPEED · Live speed and acceleration, from GPS speed, the motion sensors, or both fused. · It works out whether you are still, walking, running, cycling or driving, and tells you how confident it is. · Tap once to record a stretch (Pro). The average is integrated over time rather than averaged across readings, so the minutes spent parked do not drag it down. Max speed and duration are kept with it. FIND SUN / MOON IN AR (PRO) · Hold up the phone and the Sun and Moon are drawn on the real sky. · It draws the whole day's arc: where it rose, the path it takes, where it sets — including the stretch below the horizon. · The Moon's path drifts a little each day. The gap in the arc says by how much. · When the target is off screen, the edge points you toward it. · Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and the golden hour sit on the arc. · Drag to move the reticle onto the real thing — slowly to fine-tune, quickly to move far. Exposure stays automatic, and a lock is always one tap from released. SETTINGS Which screen opens first, north reference, altitude source and unit, coordinate format, speed unit, whether to show accuracy. Set it once. PRICE Free to download. Direction, altitude and live speed — with weather, the level and coordinates — stay free. The AR finder, time scrubbing, widgets and speed recording make up CompassPlus Pro: a one-time purchase, not a subscription, with future updates included and Family Sharing on. No ads. ABOUT LOCATION Location and motion data are used on the device to work out direction, altitude and speed. Nothing is uploaded to my server — I don't have one. Place names go through the system geocoder, and the weather reading comes from Apple Weather (WeatherKit). Those are the only two places your location leaves the phone; both use coordinates alone, and both go only to Apple. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later, iPhone only. Barometer-fused altitude needs a device with a barometer. AR needs an ARKit-capable device and camera access.

About

WebClear

Features
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Browse a cleaner, faster, distraction-free web in Safari. The modern web is packed with distractions: cookie consent popups, intrusive advertisements, newsletter prompts, sticky bars, autoplay media, and recommendation widgets. WebClear brings clarity back to Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Enable it once and enjoy a cleaner browsing experience with intelligent, on-device web cleaning. AUTOMATIC WEB CLEANING WebClear intelligently detects and removes unwanted distractions across 10 categories: 1. Advertisements and Banners Hide intrusive ads, display banners, and sponsor placements. 2. Cookie Consent Banners Dismiss cookie consent prompts and reject non-essential cookies where supported. 3. Newsletter and Sign-up Popups Remove subscription overlays and lead-capture prompts. 4. Promotional and App Banners Clean "Open in App" prompts, discount bars, and promotional upsells. 5. Floating Social Widgets Remove floating share bars and distracting social buttons. 6. Recommendation Grids Hide clickbait widgets, sponsored recommendations, and "around the web" sections. 7. Website Notification Prompts Remove custom notification prompts that interrupt your browsing. 8. Autoplay Media Reduce unwanted autoplay video and background media. 9. Sticky and Floating Bars Remove floating bottom bars and sticky promotional elements. 10. Full-Page Overlays Dismiss intrusive modal overlays and unnecessary interruptions. THREE CLEANING PROFILES Choose how aggressively you want to clean the web. Minimal Essential ad and cookie-banner cleaning for a lightweight experience. Balanced - Recommended A smart everyday profile that removes common ads, consent banners, newsletter prompts, and promotional distractions. Aggressive Maximum cleaning for users who want an ultra-minimal, reading-focused web experience. POINT-AND-CLICK ELEMENT PICKER See something WebClear does not automatically remove? Use Pick Element to select an unwanted element directly on a webpage. WebClear generates a resilient rule to hide matching elements on that website in the future. CONTROL WHAT YOU SEE WebClear puts you in control of every cleaning decision. * Preview hidden elements with Show Cleaned * See why an element was hidden * Restore hidden elements instantly * Manage custom rules * Create website-specific allowlists * Adjust your cleaning profile whenever you want DESIGNED TO PROTECT IMPORTANT CONTENT WebClear uses heuristic detection and safety rules designed to avoid interfering with essential webpage functionality, including: * Article headlines and body content * Navigation and menus * Search fields * Login and authentication forms * Password fields * Shopping carts and checkout interfaces * Payment buttons and forms * Native media players * Accessibility-related regions and skip links PRIVATE BY DESIGN WebClear is built around on-device processing. * No browsing history collection * No accounts or logins required * No telemetry SDKs * No third-party tracking * No third-party server processing * Web cleaning happens on your device Your browsing stays yours. WebClear - a cleaner web, your way. Clean up Safari and get back to what you actually came to read.

Screenshots

Compass AR4 screens
WebClear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WebClear at none against Compass AR's 4. WebClear also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Compass AR sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. WebClear asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Compass AR versus WebClear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass ARWebClear
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer飞 吕Shubham Sharma

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Compass AR

One-time4
  • Sponsor · A Lunch$0.99
  • CompassPlus Pro$2.99
  • Sponsor · A Coffee$2.99
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  • Sponsor · A Resupply$6.99
None

WebClear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compass AR free?
Compass AR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WebClear free?
WebClear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Compass AR or WebClear have ads?
Neither Compass AR nor WebClear shows ads.

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