Comparison

Smart GPS Compass vs GPS Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Smart GPS Compass

This app provides a stylish and accurate compass with GPS coordinates and signal accuracy. It offers light and dark themes, a calibration guide, and optional PRO features like custom themes and an ad-free experience through subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Accurate compass with smooth animation
  • Degree indicator (0°-360°)
  • GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude)
  • Signal accuracy display
  • Light and dark themes
  • Calibration guide
Features
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Smart Compass: GPS & Direction is a simple, stylish, and highly accurate compass app designed for everyday use. Whether you are hiking, traveling, or just need quick orientation, this app provides all the essential tools in a clean and modern interface. Free Features Accurate compass – shows cardinal directions (N, E, S, W) with smooth arrow animation. Degree indicator – precise angle display from 0° to 360°. GPS coordinates – instantly view your current latitude and longitude. Signal accuracy – see how precise your GPS reading is in meters or feet. Light & dark themes – follow system mode or switch manually. Calibration guide – simple tips to ensure maximum compass accuracy. PRO Features Upgrade to Smart Compass PRO and unlock: Ad-free experience – no distractions, just focus on navigation. Custom themes – personalize your compass with neon, gold, and other premium styles. Premium support & updates – get early access to new features. Subscription Plans $3.99 / week $19.99 / year (best value) Subscriptions are managed securely via App Store, with free trial options available. Perfect for Hikers and outdoor adventurers. Travelers who need a quick orientation tool. Everyday users who want a clean and reliable compass. Unlike old-fashioned compasses, Smart Compass: GPS & Direction combines modern design, smooth animations, and essential GPS data in one powerful app. https://goodwavelab.com/apps/smartgps/privacy https://goodwavelab.com/apps/smartgps/termofuse https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/Subscriptions are handled securely via App Store with free trial options.

About

GPS Tracker

Record and relive your adventures with offline maps and detailed stats. Automatically detects and records your activities like walking, running, and cycling. Share your journeys visually or export data for other platforms.

Highlights
  • Offline maps for any region
  • Automatic activity recording
  • Route tracking with screen off
  • Live activity on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Geofenced auto-start
  • Mark points of interest
  • Sync tracks across devices
Features
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Some days you remember exactly where you went. Most days you don't. GPS Tracker keeps the route for you. Start a track, or let the app start one by itself the moment it notices you are driving, and it keeps recording in the background. If the system shuts the app down in the middle of a trip, the track comes back on the next launch with nothing lost. This app records your own movement and nobody else's. It doesn't show other people's location, and it doesn't share yours. RECORDING THAT STARTS ITSELF AutoTrack begins a recording once it detects driving, so the trip you forgot to start is saved anyway. An Auto Zone starts a recording once, when you leave an area you choose. Activity-Based mode follows you continuously and labels each stretch as walking, running, cycling, driving or standing still. In Single Track mode all of it stays in one unbroken line, colored by activity, so a walk, a bus ride and a walk home end up as a single trace. WHILE YOU ARE MOVING A Live Activity puts distance, speed and elapsed time on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a stop button you can reach without opening the app. A live accuracy indicator shows how strong the fix is right now, so you know when the signal is worth trusting. MAPS AND OFFLINE Three map sources and nine styles: standard, satellite, hybrid, terrain, topographic, dark, minimal, open data and flyover. On the open-data source you can download map regions to your device and keep using them with no connection. Downloaded areas hold detail to zoom 17 on raster styles and zoom 14 on vector styles, which is street level where you need it. ROUTES, AND THE WAY BACK Plan a route for car, bike or hiking by tapping waypoints onto the map. The route is calculated online, then the shape and every turn instruction are stored on the device, so navigating works after the signal is gone. Arrows and text on screen give you the turns and warn you when you drift off the route. There is no spoken guidance, so nothing talks over your music. Any track you have saved can also be navigated in reverse, which is the quickest way back to the car or the trailhead. THE DETAIL AFTERWARDS Pins in 16 categories with notes: water, viewpoint, campsite, parking, fuel, hazard, restroom and more. An elevation profile you can scrub with a finger. Splits per kilometer, moving time, pace, average and top speed. A statistics dashboard with week, month and year charts, totals and streaks. Every track you own on one map at once, under a heat overlay that shows where you really spend your time. Share cards that turn a track into a finished image in four styles. GPX export for one track or for your whole filtered list. Any pin can be handed to another navigation app. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS Your history lives on your device. Premium keeps your tracks in step across your own devices. There is no feed, no followers and nobody else in your data. Units are metric or imperial, chosen per measurement. HONEST LIMITS There is no address or place search: waypoints and pins are placed by tapping the map. Route planning needs a connection; only the finished route works offline. Offline map packs exist on the open-data source only. The app writes GPX files but does not read them. And GPS is GPS, so tunnels, deep canyons and indoor stretches will wander. SUBSCRIPTION Recording a track requires Premium. Browsing your saved tracks and statistics, planning a route and using the map itself all stay free. Premium starts with a free trial, then continues as a yearly or monthly subscription at the price shown in the app. It renews automatically at the end of each period unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it at any time in Settings. Terms of Use: https://digitalhero.tech/terms-of-usage Privacy Policy: https://digitalhero.tech/application-privacy-policy Support: https://digitalhero.tech/application-support

Screenshots

Smart GPS Compass4 screens
GPS Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GPS Tracker at weekly against Smart GPS Compass's every 9 months. Smart GPS Compass's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smart GPS Compass sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and GPS Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart GPS Compass against 5.0 for GPS Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart GPS Compass ships an update every 9 months, GPS Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart GPS Compass versus GPS Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart GPS CompassGPS Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandra RakitinaIvanna Blinova

Customer experience

Smart GPS Compass

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GPS Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart GPS Compass

Subscriptions1
  • Smart GPS Compass Pro Access3 Days trial$4.997 Days
2 purchases

GPS Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Smart GPS Compass free?
Smart GPS Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPS Tracker free?
GPS Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart GPS Compass or GPS Tracker?
Smart GPS Compass and GPS Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Smart GPS Compass or GPS Tracker have ads?
Neither Smart GPS Compass nor GPS Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart GPS Compass or GPS Tracker?
Smart GPS Compass ships an update every 9 months, and GPS Tracker weekly. Most recently, Smart GPS Compass was updated on October 30, 2026 and GPS Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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