Comparison

Compass Crew vs TraceBin

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

Head to head
About

Compass Crew

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Lost your friends at a festival? Tired of texting “where are you?” over and over? Compass is the crew finder that actually works — even in crowded venues where cell signal fails. How It Works Create a crew, share the join code with your friends, and everyone’s location appears on your compass. A simple arrow points you toward each friend, showing exactly how far away they are. No complicated maps No guessing Just follow the arrow Find Friends When GPS Isn’t Enough Compass uses Bluetooth proximity detection when you’re nearby. Inside buildings, underground, or in dense crowds where GPS struggles, Bluetooth takes over to guide you those last few meters. You’ll feel haptic pulses that speed up as you get closer — like a real-life game of hot and cold. Built for Events Real-time location sharing with your crew Works at concerts, festivals, theme parks, and large venues Distance shown in feet so you know exactly how far to walk Warmer / colder feedback as you get closer Battery-friendly background updates Privacy First Your location is only shared with people you invite to your crew. No strangers No public profiles No selling your data Create a crew, share the code, and only those people can see where you are. Perfect For Music festivals and concerts Theme parks and large venues Conventions and conferences Camping trips and outdoor adventures Any time you need to find your people Stop wandering. Stop texting. Just open Compass and go find your crew.

About

TraceBin

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Lay a tool on a sheet of paper, take one photo, and TraceBin builds a gridfinity bin with a pocket cut to that tool's outline. Set the clearance and height, check the 3D preview, and share the STL to your slicer. Everything happens on your iPhone; the photo never leaves it, and there is no account to create. No markers to print, no credits to buy, no account, no upload. Free at launch, then one price, unlimited bins. - Works with US Letter or A4 paper as the only scale reference. No calibration card or marker sheet. - Handles dark and shiny tools: a torch for dim rooms and two ways of separating the tool from the paper. - Clearance from 0.3 to 1.5 mm, bin heights from 2u to 6u, pocket to the floor or a fixed 12 or 8 mm. - Flat insert mode makes a shadow-board slab at the exact size of your drawer. - Binary STL that opens in Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer, and Cura. - History keeps every bin you exported so you can share it again. - Print the built-in test coupon to dial in clearance for your printer. It is a 9 g, 20 minute print. One tool per photo. Bins follow the gridfinity spec: 42 mm grid, 7 mm height units, standard feet.

Screenshots

Compass Crew4 screens
TraceBin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Compass Crew at 3 against TraceBin's —. Compass Crew also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Compass Crew versus TraceBin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass CrewTraceBin
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArafat PatwaryJesse Ariss

In-app purchases

None

Compass Crew

No in-app purchases

None

TraceBin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compass Crew free?
Compass Crew is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TraceBin free?
TraceBin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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