Comparison

Compass GPS (Map, Weather) vs Your Direction with Camera

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Your Direction with Camera

Features
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Your Direction with Camera turns your iPhone into a smart compass camera. See a live camera view with a real-time compass overlay, line up your shot, and capture photos stamped with your exact heading, GPS coordinates, date, time, and a map of where you stood. Whether you're hiking, exploring, documenting property, surveying a site, or simply love knowing exactly where and which way you were facing, every photo becomes a precise record of the moment. FEATURES • Live compass camera — a real-time heading overlay right on the camera view • Direction-stamped photos — capture images with your compass heading burned in • GPS coordinates — see and save your exact latitude and longitude • Rotating map — a live map that turns with your direction, composited into each photo • Multiple coordinate formats — view coordinates the way you prefer • Address lookup — see the closest address for your current location • Geotagged photos — saved photos are tagged with location and appear on the map in Photos • Built-in gallery — browse, view, and manage all your captured photos • One-tap sharing — send your coordinates, address, and an Apple Maps link instantly • Clean, simple design — everything you need on one screen GO AD-FREE WITH PRO Your Direction with Camera is free to use and supported by ads. Upgrade to Pro to remove all ads and support ongoing development. Subscription details: • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase • The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/yourdirection-privacy

Screenshots

Compass GPS (Map, Weather)4 screens
Your Direction with Camera2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Compass GPS (Map, Weather) at none against Your Direction with Camera's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Compass GPS (Map, Weather) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Your Direction with Camera sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Compass GPS (Map, Weather) versus Your Direction with Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass GPS (Map, Weather)Your Direction with Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTigran MkhitaryanZaven Hovhannisyan

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
Show 4 more
  • Aviation altimeter setting for aircraft
  • SOS feature
  • Ad banner instead of pop-ups
  • Option to view horizontally on iPad

Your Direction with Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Compass GPS (Map, Weather)

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Your Direction with Camera

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Compass GPS (Map, Weather) free?
Compass GPS (Map, Weather) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Your Direction with Camera free?
Your Direction with Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Compass GPS (Map, Weather) or Your Direction with Camera have ads?
Your Direction with Camera shows ads; Compass GPS (Map, Weather) does not.

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