Compass GPS (Map, Weather) vs AR Compass 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Compass GPS (Map, Weather)
This app provides essential outdoor navigation tools, including a compass, GPS, and detailed map functionalities. It also offers a flashlight, weather forecasts, and the ability to stamp photos with location data. Optimized for various iPhone models, it's designed for professionals and outdoor enthusiasts alike.
- Compass with true/magnetic North
- GPS coordinates and speed tracking
- Detailed map with multiple views
- Real-time weather data
- Photo stamping with location details
- Integrated flashlight
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Compass GPS (Map, Weather) - your complete pocket toolkit for the outdoors. Whether you're hiking, camping, traveling, sailing, or just exploring, this app brings every essential measuring tool together in one beautifully simple place. No clutter, no guesswork, just accurate, real-time data at a glance. PRECISE DIGITAL COMPASS A professional-grade compass showing magnetic and true heading, direction symbols (N, NE, E…), and live magnetic field strength in microtesla. Always know which way you're facing. GPS COORDINATES & MAP Read your exact latitude and longitude, GPS course, and position on the map. Perfect for navigation, sharing your spot, or finding your way back. ALTIMETER Track your current altitude in meters or feet, along with minimum and maximum elevation - ideal for hikers, climbers, and trail runners. BAROMETER Monitor barometric pressure with support for every common unit (mbar, hPa, kPa, psi, mmHg, inHg, bar). Watch pressure trends to anticipate changing weather. SPEEDOMETER See your current, average, and maximum speed in mph or km/h, plus distance traveled - great for biking, driving, boating, and more. LIVE WEATHER Get current conditions for your location: temperature, feels-like, high/low, humidity, wind speed, visibility, and sunrise/sunset times. GEO-TAGGED CAMERA Capture photos with your GPS coordinates, compass heading, and conditions overlaid right on the image - then crop and organize everything in the built-in gallery. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - All your outdoor tools in a single app - Clean, easy-to-read interface - Metric and imperial units - Works wherever your adventures take you Download Compass GPS (Map, Weather) today and head outside with confidence.
AR Compass 3D
This navigation app uses augmented reality to display a compass directly in your real-world environment. You can mark directions, addresses, and altitudes, and even record your experiences with screenshots. It's designed for those who find traditional compasses difficult to use.
- Augmented reality compass display
- Mark directions, addresses, and altitudes
- Record and screenshot within the app
- Utilizes device compass feature
- Requires location services and compass calibration
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Utilizing AR technology, the compass now displays instantly in the real environment, eliminating the need to look at complex 2D compasses. Moreover, with AR technology, you can mark directions, addresses, and altitudes in the real environment. It also allows you to record and screenshot within the app, capturing every wonderful moment. From a programmer who can't tell north from south (^▽^) This app utilizes the compass feature. Users need to enable location services in Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services and activate compass calibration in the system services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AR Compass 3D at 4.5 against Compass GPS (Map, Weather)'s 3.4. AR Compass 3D also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 38%) and device support (3 vs 1). Compass GPS (Map, Weather)'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Compass GPS (Map, Weather) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AR Compass 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AR Compass 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Compass GPS (Map, Weather)'s written reviews are positive against 75% of AR Compass 3D's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Compass GPS (Map, Weather) | AR Compass 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (41 ratings) | 4.5 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tigran Mkhitaryan | Hangzhou OrangeJuice Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Compass GPS (Map, Weather)
AR Compass 3D
Bugs and requests
Compass GPS (Map, Weather)
Reported bugs
37 issues- Weather tab malfunctioning
- Compass is backwards
- Magnetic and true north are in opposite direction
- No speed available
- Barometric pressure value is wrong and uncalibrable
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- Units are imperial on Weather page despite metric chosen on Compass page
- App is flaky
- Last update added ads and bugs
- Cannot opt out of ads nor restore app
- Latest update broke the magnetic declination
- App crashes and freezes on initial screen
- Speedometer no longer tracks
- Altitude is not right, off at least 10 feet
- True North function not working
- Compass is off about 5°
- Compass can't make up its mind where north is
- Compass is frozen
- Weather is inaccurate
- Compass needle doesn't move
- Compass is 180 degrees off in car
- Settings (true north, imperial units) not maintained
- Compass not even close to correct
- App did not work on phone as well as other compasses
- Weather portion does not populate
- Not very sensitive to slight movements
- Pop up ads while calibrating
- Misspelling of 'true'
- Compass doesn't work
- Compass is constantly changing what direction is north
- Activating the flashlight crashes app on launch
- Location placed in the middle of the Atlantic
- Compass wouldn't distinguish between Magnetic and True North
- Weather data is useless, visibility never changes
- Barometric pressure uses wrong units
- Weather only updates once a day
- App frequently doesn't return GPS coordinates
- Wildly different results of repeated measurement at same point
Requested features
9 requests- Visual compass on map
- Instructions for use
- Dark black and bright green skin
- Zoom in closer on maps for surveying
- Way to put or set locations
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- Aviation altimeter setting for aircraft
- SOS feature
- Ad banner instead of pop-ups
- Option to view horizontally on iPad
AR Compass 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Compass GPS (Map, Weather)
- Remove Ads$3.99
AR Compass 3D
- VIP$1.99
Questions
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