Comparison

NorthPin Compass vs Go Compass

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Save and follow locations
  • Live directional guidance
  • Customizable compass styles
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Share saved places
  • Global directions (Qibla, etc.)
Features
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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

About

Go Compass

Features
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Go Compass turns your phone into a precise, beautiful compass. Powered by your device's calibrated sensors and the World Magnetic Model, Go Compass shows an accurate heading with smooth, premium visuals and a glassmorphic design. Free features - High-precision heading with cardinal and intercardinal directions - True North and Magnetic North modes - Real-time degree readout - Day and night themes - Works fully offline Go Compass Pro - Unlimited saved waypoints - Live bearing tracking to any waypoint - Custom compass skins - AR camera mode — overlay your heading on the live camera - Offline map view - No ads Questions or feedback? Contact us at: llevelupdev@gmail.com PRIVACY & TERMS Privacy policy: https://github.com/nader1414518/GoCompassPrivacyPolicy/blob/master/privacy_policy.md Terms (Apple Standard EULA link used in-app): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NorthPin Compass4 screens
Go Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Go Compass at 13.0 against NorthPin Compass's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. NorthPin Compass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Go Compass sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
NorthPin Compass versus Go Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNorthPin CompassGo Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuseyin BicenBeshoy Nabil

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NorthPin Compass

One-time1
  • NorthPin Pro Lifetime$9.99
3 purchases

Go Compass

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is NorthPin Compass free?
NorthPin Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Go Compass free?
Go Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NorthPin Compass or Go Compass have ads?
Neither NorthPin Compass nor Go Compass shows ads.

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