WX Course vs No BS GPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WX Course
This app provides GPS and compass data on your Apple Watch, displaying course, speed, latitude, longitude, and GPS accuracy. It also features a secondary screen with a real compass synchronized with course data.
- GPS data from iPhone
- Course (COG)
- Speed (SOG)
- Latitude and longitude
- GPS signal accuracy
- Real compass display
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WX Course is the most perfect and efficient app to have your data GPS and compass on your Apple Watch. WX Course send the next GPS data from your iPhone: - Course (COG) - Speed (SOG) - Latitud and longitude - Accuracy of GPS signal Include a second screen with a real compass with COG data for S0, S1, S2 and S4. NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
No BS GPS
This standalone watch application displays your current GPS coordinates in multiple formats, including DD, DDM, DMS, MGRS, and UTM. It also shows altitude and GPS accuracy, with options for feet or meters. Ideal for military, hunters, fishers, and geocachers needing quick access to location data.
- Standalone watch app
- Multiple coordinate formats (DD, DDM, DMS, MGRS, UTM)
- Displays altitude and GPS accuracy
- Units selectable (feet/meters)
- Pause and freeze GPS coordinates
- Large print display
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No BS GPS is a standalone watch app (no iPhone needed) that simply just shows your current GPS coordinates in a variety of formats in large print. Coordinate formats available include: Decimal Degress (DD) Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Universal Transverse Mercador (UTM) This app also shows your current altitude/elevation and your watch GPS's current horizontal and vertical accuracy. Accuracy and altitude can be displayed in feet or meters. If you're a member of the military who needs to immediately know their coordinates with no hassle, you will also find it handy that you can pause the GPS and freeze your currently displayed coordinates. Hunters and fishers, keep track of the GPS coordinates of your favorite hunting and fishing spots. Geocachers, use this app to easily locate your geocaches. Apple Watches use the WGS 84 reference frame datum. See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/cllocationcoordinate2d
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WX Course at 5.0 against No BS GPS's 4.0. WX Course also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 48 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). No BS GPS's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
WX Course costs $2.99 and No BS GPS $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WX Course holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of WX Course's written reviews are positive against 50% of No BS GPS's.
WX Course ships an update every 3 months, No BS GPS every 48 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WX Course | No BS GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 48 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro | Crushtronic LLC |
Customer experience
WX Course
No BS GPS
In-app purchases
WX Course
No in-app purchases
No BS GPS
No in-app purchases
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