Compass Go vs Heightmark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass Go
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Compass Go puts essential outdoor navigation tools in your pocket. Whether you are hiking a mountain trail, surveying a campsite, or simply finding your bearings in a new city, Compass Go delivers professional-grade instruments in a beautiful dark interface. PRECISION COMPASS True heading with magnetic declination. Cardinal and intercardinal markers update in real time. Calibration guide ensures accuracy in any environment. BUBBLE LEVEL Dual-axis spirit level with degree readout. Perfect for leveling a tent, checking slopes, or aligning equipment. Haptic feedback at zero. BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER Real-time altitude from the barometric sensor. Track elevation gain and loss over time. View sunrise and sunset times based on your current coordinates. LOCATION BOOKMARKS Save any GPS coordinate with a custom name and icon. See distance and bearing from your current position. Navigate back to saved spots effortlessly. TRIP RECORDER Record hiking routes with detailed statistics — distance, duration, elevation profile, and average speed. Name and review past trips. Live Activity keeps your stats visible on the Lock Screen. DESIGNED FOR THE OUTDOORS - Dark-mode-only interface reduces glare and saves battery - Works without cellular signal once launched - Haptic feedback confirms interactions without looking - Widgets show heading or last trip at a glance - Background location keeps recording when you switch apps Privacy first: no account required, no data leaves your device. All bookmarks and trips are stored locally with SwiftData.
Heightmark
Record and journal your elevation at specific locations with optional photos and notes. Organize your private collection of highs, lows, and cities on a vertical scale. Export your data and share custom elevation cards.
- Record elevation and coordinates
- Add optional photos and notes
- Organize marks by elevation or date
- View elevation panorama
- Create custom elevation cards
- Offline recording and browsing
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Heightmark is a GPS altimeter and private elevation journal for iPhone, made for hiking, travel, and photography. Save the places you visit by elevation, then compare them with Mount Fuji and Everest on one vertical scale. • SAVE WHERE YOU STAND Record the elevation, coordinates, place, and time supplied by iPhone Location Services. Add a photo and a note to remember the moment. See the current vertical-accuracy estimate alongside your reading. • REVISIT HEIGHTS FROM PHOTOS Recreate a mark from an original photo that retains coordinates, elevation, and capture time. Heightmark reads the elevation already stored in the photo; it does not calculate a missing elevation from coordinates. Photos shared through messaging apps or websites may have this information removed. • ORGANIZE YOUR PLACES BY ELEVATION Sort your private Atlas by elevation or date. See your places beside world landmarks on a true-scale Elevation Panorama, and revisit your cities, elevation bands, and earned badges. Choose meters or feet in Settings. • SHARE YOUR ELEVATION STORY Make a card for one mark, a Collection Card with 1 to 10 places, or an Atlas report. Export your panorama as a single tall image. Choose from free layouts or unlock premium sharing templates with Heightmark Pro. • KEEP A PRIVATE JOURNAL Record and browse offline. Place-name lookup uses Apple system services and shares the place's coordinates with them; offline, coordinates may appear instead of a place name. No account, advertising, third-party analytics, or behavioral tracking. Heightmark saves individual places. It does not continuously record routes, calculate elevation gain, or track workouts. Marks, coordinates, photos, and notes are stored locally on your iPhone. The developer does not receive them or provide cross-device cloud sync. Apple device or iCloud backups may include app data according to your system settings. FREE TO START Keep recording marks for free. Up to 10 marks can be in your Atlas; additional marks stay saved in Not in Atlas. Heightmark Pro is an optional one-time purchase with lifetime access: add every mark to the Atlas and Panorama and unlock all premium sharing templates. No subscription. Available in English and Simplified Chinese, with an in-app language switch. Elevation accuracy varies with your device and surroundings. Retake important readings under open sky. Heightmark is not a replacement for professional surveying or safety equipment. Start your elevation journal with a place worth remembering.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Compass Go at none against Heightmark's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Heightmark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Compass Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Compass Go | Heightmark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓 郭 | 帆 杨 |
In-app purchases
Compass Go
No in-app purchases
Heightmark
- Heightmark Pro$4.99







