Pro Compass for Watch
Description
The legendary iOS compass app is now available for Apple Watch! Pro Compass replicates the look and feel of classic pocket compass hardware in use since the 1800s. The app uses advanced graphics technologies (normally reserved for games) to render 3D floating compass hardware for realistic operation. Pro Compass offers true and magnetic compass modes using a damped rosette-style compass ring. Local sun and moon position are shown on the compass ring and continually updated. Pro Compass also displays location and altitude, and contains a built-in two-axis inclinometer that drives two independent bubble levels and a bullseye level. New in Pro Compass for Watch version 2 is a map screen and waypoint manager. You can add waypoints on the map or at your current location, and view waypoints on the compass ring to visualize their bearing from your current location. Pro Compass has settings for compass mode (true or magnetic, degrees or mils), distance/altitude units (feet or meters), and position format (decimal degrees, degrees-minutes-seconds, MGRS, USNG, UTM, UTM-B, and Maidenhead Locator System). The app has six color schemes, including two night vision modes - midnight red and luminescent green. Pro Compass for Watch is recommended for Apple Watch Series 5 and later (including Ultra). Apple Watch Series 4 and older do not have a compass sensor and will not show compass data. On older devices, the app uses the device's gyro sensor to measure rotation. You can twist the watch's digital crown to adjust and calibrate the gyro to the sun position, moon position, or a known bearing. Using these references, the "gyro compass" is able to give bearing. The calibration can be repeated as often as desired to give accurate results. Accuracy note: Pro Compass reports accuracy from the magnetometer sensor in your watch. To improve results, operate Pro Compass away from magnets, electronics, or sources of electro-magnetic interference, including car dashboards, aircraft cockpits, metal structures, and other devices. Developer note: like all our apps, we plan to continually improve and evolve Pro Compass for Watch. Please contact us with feature requests, suggestions, and general feedback. We'd love to hear what you're doing with the app!
What's New
Option to display compass bearing in mils. Complication shortcut for launching app. Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Details
- Developer
- Craig Hunter
- Main Category
- Navigation
- Version
- 2.2
- Version Release
- 2023-03-28
- Initial Release
- 2019-09-27
- Size
- 1 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- USD 1.99
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.hunter.Pro-Compass-for-Watch
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.11 (19)
- First Seen
- 2026-06-02
Metadata updated 2026-06-14
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Competitive Benchmark — Navigation Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MilGPS | USD 12.99 | ★ 4.84 | 5,492 | 1 | 2026-05-22 |
| 2 | Solocator - GPS Field Camera | USD 0.99 | ★ 4.26 | 410 | 1 | 2026-04-04 |
| 3 | Sun Seeker - Sunlight Tracker | USD 11.99 | ★ 4.84 | 12,731 | 5 | 2026-06-13 |
| 4 | Land Nav Assistant | USD 2.99 | ★ 4.48 | 73 | 1 | 2019-04-08 |
| 5 | Blitzer.de PRO | USD 0.49 | ★ 4.50 | 20 | 11 | 2026-02-04 |
| 6 | Sporty's E6B Flight Computer | USD 9.99 | ★ 4.90 | 5,263 | 1 | 2024-02-17 |
| 7 | Cachly - Geocaching | USD 4.99 | ★ 4.77 | 3,622 | 17 | 2026-02-17 |
| 8 | Tactical NAV | USD 8.99 | ★ 4.37 | 320 | 1 | 2026-05-31 |
| 9 | Theodolite | USD 8.99 | ★ 4.71 | 903 | 1 | 2025-06-30 |
| 10 | Speedometer 55 Pro. GPS kit. | USD 3.99 | ★ 4.71 | 2,684 | 11 | 2026-06-08 |
| 64 | Pro Compass for Watch | USD 1.99 | ★ 4.11 | 19 | 1 | 2023-03-28 |
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User Reviews
I purchased the app. It is nowhere to be found on watch or phone. Apple, do not perpetuate a scam. Remove this from the store!
It almost makes me like my Ultra2!
I had some trouble getting the compass to move off North so I sent an email to developer Craig Hunter. He responded in less than 2 hours telling me what to do and sent another email to assure I had location services set correctly. I’m now enjoying using the compass to keep me oriented while wandering around. Very accurate and easy to use. Craig clearly cares for his app as well as his customers. 5 stars for customer support and 5 stars for the app! Paul P.
I love the look of Apple's native compass app but the waypoint feature is useless. It doesn’t show the waypoints on a map. It’s unbelievable how silly that is. This app fixes that issue and it works great. My only complaint is that the UI isn’t as polished as I would like. But the functionality is perfect.
The app is fantastic- the problem I was having was user error (on my part). When you actually read the instructions (which are well written and easy to follow) this app becomes the best Compass you’ll ever have. Well worth the cost. I highly recommend this.
Nice, works great. Inexpensive and no subscription. I got the bundle for my watch and wish I had it gotten for my phone also.
Does not show up on my watch. It just says purchased , but we’re is it? Apple Watch Ultra
This is a functional app that also looks great on your watch. It does so much more than the basic Apple compass. And the price is for purchase, not a subscription. There’s nothing not to like.
Bought app, will not download
Have the latest iWatch with cellular... app crashes. Contacted app support, they were quick to answer/unaware of any issue(s). I've power cycled watch/deleted and reinstalled -- no go. I'm looking forward to a fix.
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