NorthPin Compass vs WikiRadius
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NorthPin Compass
Easily save and navigate back to important locations like your parked car or campsite. Offers live directional guidance, customizable compass styles, and convenient widget support. Share locations with others, even before they install the app.
- Save and follow locations
- Live directional guidance
- Customizable compass styles
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Share saved places
- Global directions (Qibla, etc.)
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Point back to the places that matter. NorthPin Compass turns a saved place into a direction you can follow. Your parked car, your campsite, your hotel, a meeting point, or Qibla. SAVE A PLACE, FOLLOW ITS DIRECTION • Quick Add saves where you stand in one tap • Or drop a pin on the map and give it a name and icon • Live heading, bearing and distance to your target • Edit, favorite, reorder and share your saved places LIVE GUIDANCE • Walk to a saved place and follow it from the Lock Screen • Dynamic Island on compatible iPhone models • Distance, turn guidance, walking ETA and progress • Apple Watch Smart Stack on compatible setups • Needs location access, Precise Location and Live Activities YOUR PLACES, ONE TAP AWAY • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Home Screen quick actions and iOS 18 controls • Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight 21 GLOBAL DIRECTIONS North, south, east and west, Qibla toward the Kaaba in Mecca, Jerusalem, the Vatican, Varanasi, Bodh Gaya, the North Pole and more. MAKE IT YOURS 23 compass styles, 11 themes, 9 fonts, light or dark. SHARE A NORTHPIN Send a place as a link. Recipients can follow it right away, and the App Clip works even before they install NorthPin. FREE TO START Use NorthPin free, with no ads. Some features require NorthPin Pro, a one-time purchase with no subscription. Purchase restoration supported. PRIVACY FIRST No account, no tracking, no ad SDKs. Compass and coordinate calculations run on your device. Your places stay local unless you turn on iCloud sync. NorthPin gives compass direction and straight-line distance, not street routes or turn-by-turn navigation. Privacy Policy: https://apps.husofttech.com/northpin-compass/privacy Terms of Use: https://apps.husofttech.com/northpin-compass/terms Support: https://apps.husofttech.com/support
WikiRadius
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Discover the history, landmarks, and stories hidden in the world around you. WikiRadius finds geo-tagged encyclopedia articles near your current location so you can explore what makes any place interesting. Explore Nearby See articles for places near you, complete with thumbnails, descriptions, and distances. Tap any entry to read the full article right in the app. Save for Later Bookmark articles to build your own collection of interesting places. Your saved entries sync between your iPhone and Apple Watch via iCloud. Get Directions Get walking, driving, or transit directions to any location using Apple Maps or Google Maps. Search Anywhere With Premium, drop a pin anywhere in the world and discover what's nearby — perfect for planning trips or exploring new cities from your couch. Apple Watch App A full companion app for Apple Watch lets you browse nearby articles, read summaries, save entries, get directions, and even send articles to your iPhone — all from your wrist. Make It Yours Choose from preset accent colors or pick any custom color to personalize the look of the app. 15 Languages Read articles in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, or Hebrew. Article content sourced from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. WikiRadius is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Verdict
NorthPin Compass and WikiRadius are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. NorthPin Compass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WikiRadius sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NorthPin Compass ships an update every 6 weeks, WikiRadius every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NorthPin Compass | WikiRadius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Huseyin Bicen | aki creative inc. |
In-app purchases
NorthPin Compass
- NorthPin Pro Lifetime$9.99
WikiRadius
- WikiRadius Premium$1.99
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