Use your phone anywhere, any when, to check for true North, South, East or West.
About Compass
Compass is a tools app developed by PixelProse SARL.
Download Statistics
Compass has been downloaded 2.8 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.3 thousand times.
User Ratings
Compass is rated 4.55 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 39 thousand ratings.
App Information
Compass is FREE to download. The APK download size is 20.46 MB. The latest version available is 6.2.6. The last update was on October 9, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Compass requires Android 6.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play July 2016.
Description
A magnetic compass with magnetic declination correction for best accuracy. A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic North. Geographic North is computed given the magnetic North and the magnetic declination at your current location. In some places around the world, the magnetic North can be as far as 20 degrees from the geographic North.
● Use of GPS or Network location for best accuracy ● Magnetic declination correction ● True altitude above sea level ● Altimeter ● Elevation computation use EGM-96 model ● Supports multiple coordinate formats UTM, DD, DMM, or DMS ● Show Latitude and Longitude ● Sunrise and Sunset times ● Easy calibration ● Show angle in degrees ● Clean design ● Install on SD ● Save places for tracking them ● Create multiple lists of favourite places ● Show shorted path to a place ● Search new places by name or address ● Qibla Compass (find direction of the Kaaba in Mecca)
Place tracking allow you to save your current location for later find its direction from anywhere else in the world!
Note regarding horizontal accuracy:
The device location has an horizontal accuracy that depends on the quality of the GPS signal. The smaller the horizontal accuracy is, the better the location is accurate. In some cases, the horizontal accuracy can be so big that other information can be inaccurate : altitude, distance and direction to a place that is very close to you. Refreshing the location after a few second can give you a better horizontal accuracy.
Note regarding device calibration :
Smartphones use magnetic and orientation sensor in order to compute the direction of the magnetic North. Sensor might be in an unknown state when the application is started. Sensors requires a lot of values to reach optimal accuracy and precision. To do so, move your phone in space in a ∞ figure pattern until the accuracy turns to high.
This application requires permissions in order to compute your location and the magnetic declination for a better accuracy of this compass and to provide you with further information such as true north, true altitude above sea level, direction and distance to any place in the world.
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06-05-2026 3:28 am. JUST TURNED IT ON SO, SO- FAR SO- GOOD DETECTING MY DIRECTION PERFECTLY. I INTEND TO USE IT MORE AFTER HIP SURGERY WHEN I HOPE TO GET HIKING AGAIN. MEANWHILE, I WILL LEARN ABOUT ITS FUNCTIONS AND HOW TO PROPERLY USE IT, EVEN AROUND TOWN. I HAVE NO SENSE OF DIRECTION BUT I THINK THIS WILL KEEP ME GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BTW I AM USING ON A MOTO EDGE 2025 IN CASE THIS HELPS. THX
★★★★☆First Last· May 2, 2025
I'm not interested in allowing location accuracy, yet every time I launch this app it wants me to enable location accuracy. No, I'd rather just uninstall.
★★★★★Tom Driscoll· Apr 30, 2026
Easy to use and seems to be fairly accurate
★★★★★Philip White· Apr 20, 2024
An excellent basic compass without a lot of clutter. Been using it for years, should have reviewed it long ago
★☆☆☆☆Nima· Sep 25, 2024
They make you agree to sell your data to 100s of companies, which if you opt out, you won't be able to use the app. What a scam
★★☆☆☆boltgolt· Aug 8, 2024
Requires tracking ads (app used to be called" Compass free & no ads"). Downgrade to version 5.3.2 if you want to have the original intention of the app again
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Technologies used by Compass
Compass is requesting 26 permissions and is using 36 libraries.
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