Compass & Altimeter

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4.3
116K 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
115K 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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Rick West
3 January 2025
I've found that this compass 🧭 works great. But. The altimeter part is ok as long as you have cell service. It can be off by a few feet at times to several yards. Is it perfect? No. But tell me what is. There is room for improvement and I'll bet the developers will get it as time goes on.
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Jim Hohl
24 November 2024
The sunrise/sunset info overlaps the elevation info on the same line, the elevation info in unreadable. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app no difference. No way to disable the sunrise/sunset info...I don't need that info. This issue started to appear recently.
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