Bearing & Beyond
Home compass, Sun & Moon
$6.99
Find home, follow the Sun and Moon, and explore our place in the Milky Way. Three instruments and an interactive atlas in one private field companion.
A small atlas for a wider world.
Bearing & Beyond brings three directional instruments and an interactive galactic atlas into one calm, observatory-inspired suite.
FIND HOME WITH NOSTOS
Save home on your device, then see its true bearing and straight-line distance as you wander. WGS84 geodesics account for Earth’s ellipsoid. Explore playful crow-flight and pace comparisons, clearly marked as estimates rather than road routes.
FOLLOW THE LIGHT WITH SOL & LUNA
See calculated Sun and Moon directions in a compass or rotatable 3D horizon. Solid rays point above the horizon; dashed rays continue below it. Explore a textured Moon illustration, its calculated illuminated fraction, waxing or waning phase, and an interactive lunar-cycle study.
LOOK BEYOND WITH SAGITTARIUS A*
Explore the calculated direction to the center of the Milky Way, including when it lies below your local horizon.
FIND OUR PLACE
Explore the Solar System’s approximate location in the Milky Way in an original interactive atlas. Zoom, rotate, switch to a tilted view and discover our address in the Orion Spur. This is an illustrative reconstruction, not a live star map.
PLAN A LITTLE ADVENTURE
Your purchase includes:
• A daily sky planner for selected coordinates, dates and time zones.
• Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, golden-hour and Moon horizon estimates.
• Saved Field Plans with notes, reusable places and duplicate-and-replan.
• Optional one-off local reminders before a sky event.
• A foreground Voyager’s Arc distance and milestone ledger in Nostos.
• Light and dark appearances that follow your device.
One upfront purchase includes every feature described here. No in-app purchases, subscriptions or upgrade prompts.
CALCULATED HERE. CARRIED WITH YOU.
Instrument calculations run on your device. No sign-in, ads or third-party analytics. Home coordinates are stored in Keychain; plans and voyage records are local. Once installed, calculations and saved plans work offline.
Reliable location and true heading are needed for live compass pointing. Live 3D views follow your phone’s turning, tilt and roll when reliable true-north sensor readings are available. Switch to Explore to rotate the diagram freely. Planned moments use the diagram. This is not augmented reality or a calibrated optical sight. Sky directions use geometric altitude; rise/set estimates assume standard refraction and a level sea-level horizon. Weather, elevation and terrain affect observed events. Moon artwork does not model local sky rotation, libration or eclipses. Pace comparisons are hypothetical straight-line estimates. This is an educational exploration companion, not safety-critical navigation.
Notifications depend on iOS permissions and Focus. Voyager’s Arc records only while Nostos is open. It does not track in the background.
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The developer, Michael Shehan, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Michael Shehan
- Size
- 2.3 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Echoes and Ember
