Compass 55. Map & GPS kit‪.‬ 4+

Land, air, marine navigation

Kalimex-Consulting s.r.o. @Blocoware & Stanislav Dvoychenko

    • 4.8 • 30 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

All-in-one assistant with a map, compass, GPS coordinates to view and share in 6 formats, altitude, distance, sunset/sunrise, speedometer with top and average speed, navigator to your target or along the route and a whole lot more!

+ Advanced target/waypoint editor. Can be also used as a coordinates converter. You can use map to check or set waypoint location and add photo or audio note.
+ Share your location via email, text message, Facebook or Twitter. This includes UTM, MGRS and Latitude/Longitude (MENU>Share my location).
+ You can use UTM, MGRS or Lat/Long, just pick your preference in settings (Coordinate Format).
+ Speedometer. Shows you the speed and pace. Speedometer also gives you options to control average and max speed and pace counters (MENU > RESET and PAUSE/RESUME counters).
+ Compass. Instant reaction compass, no delays. Automatically pickups the direction based on magnetic or GPS course. If you mostly walk or drive, you can change this automatic mode in app settings > Compass or GPS course. NATO mils? Same place in settings to set.
+ Magnetic declination δ for the current location and any location on the map (via World Magnetic Model, WMM, no need for data/internet).
+ Sunset and sunrise. So you can plan your travel better.
+ Arrow pointing to your target waypoint. Distance and bearing to it.
+ Create/measure routes and areas.
+ Barometric Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI, IVSI) in both scale and graph forms.
+ Integration of bluetooth sensors: Cycling cadence, Heart rate, Cycling speed.

All above belong to a basic version. Lifetime PRO Pack upgrade will add following capabilities:

+ Recording and sharing GPS tracks.
+ Moving waypoints between folders.
+ Showing ETA to a target as this requires GPS tracking.
+ Native Google map with fantastic terrain map, amazing 3D and real night mode.
+ Adding own/custom tile map servers.
+ Downloading offline maps. Offline maps import in .sqlitedb, rmaps, mbtiles formats. Support for overzoom and underzoom - offline map is shown even for zoom levels that are not downloaded.
+ GPX import and export for waypoints, tracks and routes.
+ Google Earth KML support for waypoints and tracks import/export. KMZ support for waypoints and tracks export, waypoints import.
+ Ground overlays. Import KMZ ground overlay or draw your own on the map in the app and share as kmz files!
+ CSV import/export for waypoints.
+ Voice coach to tell you active track distance and duration, current speed and altitude without need to open the app.
+ Support for Siri shortcuts in IOS 12 for starting and stopping GPS tracks.
+ From version 4.2 - support for OSGB (including grid shifts) and SK 42 in the coordinates converter.

+ BACKGROUND MODE. App will work in background automatically when tracking. You can use other apps while Compass 55 does its job in the background!

+ PRIVACY. Compass 55 never shares your location data with 3rd parties or ad agencies. Location data is used solely for telling you direction to a target and recording GPS tracks and never leave the app unless you decide to share by means of a track export. It always lets you know when background mode is on and never runs in background unless the track is being recorded.

! You can use this app on your iPhone as well as on any cellular iPad. **App will not work properly on iPods and wifi only iPads as they don't have GPS (external GPS module is required). As quite a lot of us are using external GPS modules, app is available for wifi only iPads and iPods.

! Please note that as with all GPS apps, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

What’s New

Version 4.3.1

◆ More updates for iOS 18:
• The search text for points, places, and addresses is now properly displayed in black on iOS 18 devices.
• Fixed an issue where the new coordinates converter was not displayed in the point editor. This issue was not related to iOS 18 but was caused by the new development tools, affecting all devices from iOS 15 to 18.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
30 Ratings

30 Ratings

D4Dayo ,

MARINE NAVIGATION

I don’t often write reviews but I have been so impressed with the quality of this app and the level of support that I felt compelled to do so. I have been using Compass 55 for a few months and it is one of four apps I downloaded to try out. It was immediately far better than the other three, being more versatile and user friendly so I upgraded to the Pro version. I operate a small marine business with boats that ply poorly charted waters with a lot of shallow ground and other marine hazards. Our smaller boats do not have chart plotters so by using Compass 55 we have been able to plot routes and leave tracks which can be shared with other crew for use on their smart phones, greatly increasing their confidence in navigation, particularly after dark. The app also allows easy analysis of speed over sections of the track using different colours for speed ranges in certain maps and the ability to use the detail of Google Maps is a bonus. This past week, I had an issue where some tracks were not visible and I was hugely impressed with the speed and attention given by support to address the problem, the bug was resolved within hours. I cannot recommend Compass 55 highly enough for the quality, versatility and level of support.

AndyDu10 ,

Brilliant app. Does everything.

This is a brilliant app. Just one request, I leave tracking on all the time so that I can see where I’ve been. The only problem is that it creates one file which includes a lot of days worth of data. Is there a way for the app to automatically create a new tracking file every day or every user definable period ?

S15T ,

Use for Hiking

Great app and well worth upgrading for the pro version. I use it for hiking and find the ability to download gpx files, with waypoints and tracks great and easy. I can also use in flight mode, which helps my iPhone battery life when up on the peaks for hours on end.

App Privacy

The developer, Kalimex-Consulting s.r.o. @Blocoware & Stanislav Dvoychenko, 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.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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