Compass° app for iPhone and iPad
4.8 (
4608 ratings )
Utilities
Travel
Developer: Tim Os Studios, LLC
Free
Current version: 4.0, last update: 1 year agoFirst release : 25 Apr 2012
App size: 35.71 Mb
This app is a super simple compass that is very easy to read with a huge display showing you the direction and heading.
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Pros and cons of Compass° app for iPhone and iPad
Compass° app good for
Perfect, and love how precise it is,& how large the display is!
I love the newer digital display. So far its more accurate than the old version.
Ok so you want to know what navigational direction you are moving towards. This app tells you very big and bright. Lets say you are lost could use this to get home maybe. I am moving North! Ciao!
The large display is nice. You dont think about the need for a compass until youre on a rural road or are in an unfamiliar area, and you need to be sure that youre headed in the right direction before you go miles out of you way.
Love the large letters and for me so far it has worked perfectly. As for the ads on the bottom, I have to admit, I had to reopen the app to check it out as I hadnt noticed them before - they are not obtrusive to the app. I love this app!
When traveling I often have no clue what direction Im heading since many rental cars dont have a compass. Also being unfamiliar with the area Im visiting, landmarks arent always available, this App is a handy tool!
Some bad moments
I pointed it directly at the setting sun and it showed N. I pointed it the direction I was going while driving, I was going North , and it showed south. Piece of garbage.
Dont bother, unless you want random compass readings that would, if followed, lead you astray.
However, it doesnt work. At all. I know where North is from where I am right now. And this app tells me that direction is North, Northwest, Northeast, East, and South. How the planet has aligned itself lately to be all directions at once is beyond me, but it appears it has according to this app. I have tried rotating the device, angling it differently, changing between True and Magnetic North and everything else I can do. Alas, it appears that the sun will continue to now rise in the South and set in the East if this app is to be believed. I am very disappointed in this app and am planning to remove it and find a working one. Would not recommend.
I tested this against the compass in my new car and it was opposite what my car says. I believe my car over this ap
Like others, I know where North is from my house and this shows complete opposite. North is south, east as west. Waisted my time with this one.
I liked it okay but it doesnt remember "Preferences". Had to set Meters to Feet every time I used the App.