Compass & Altimeter

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4.3
115K reviews
5M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

A simple and easy to use Compass to retrieve useful information about your current position such as true Geographic north and true altitude above sea level.

• Works perfectly offline and without network access
Geographic north using magnetic declination
True altitude above mean sea level (AMSL)
Sunrise & Sunset times
• Azimut angles in deg, grad, mrad, gon
• Various dials and color themes (including high contrast)
• Angle measurement (with dials including measuring capabilities)
• Bubble Level functionnality (available in iPhone dial)
• Use EGM96 as the geoid reference for computing altitude
• Latitude & Longitude in MGRS, UTM coordinate formats
• Latitude & Longitude in DD, DMM or DMS format
• British National Grid (OSGB86) coordinate system
• SwissGrid (CH1903 / LV95 / MN95)
• Magnetic field strength to detect potential perturbations
• Sensor accuracy
• Address of your current location (requires data connectivity)

Compass better works outside where magnetic perturbations are low. Magnetic closure cell phone cases may also disrupt the accuracy of the compass.

EGM96 (Earth Gravitational Model) is used as the geoid reference to compute true altitude above sea level from data collected by the GPS sensor. UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) is a system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth.

Have fun !
Updated on
8 Nov 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
114K reviews
A Google user
21 July 2024
The app works well when it comes to compass, showing altitude and location is also reasonably accurate (just a few metres off). I paid for removal of the advertising. However the so-called "legitimate interests" of ad providers were still turned on while it is reasonable to expect they no longer have a legitimate interest to collect data. It is impossible to disable it. That is a big turn-off and imho misleading the customer wrt data privacy. I have uninstalled the app and requested a refund.
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Steve Wylie
4 November 2024
Decent app for the compass functionality. I wanted compass with a real-time altimeter and unless I just can't find it, I see no way to show the real-time altitude. You can set it up to send you notifications of altitude changes, but I do not see a way to show real-time altitude
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Steve Freitas
20 October 2024
This is my go-to compass app. The only change I would like to see is if could include the county also. We travel all the time and that is just if not more important then the address. If you don't know what county your in, then you don't know if the weather alerts affect you or not.
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What's new

Added the ability to track altitude from your connected watch or phone's lock screen via a persistent notification.