Northwise: Compass & GPS
Altitude, Weather & Location
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A beautiful compass that also shows where you are, the weather, sun and moon, and air quality. No ads, ever. Works offline.
Northwise is a compass and GPS app that does everything in one place, beautifully. Open it and you see which way you are facing straight away, in big numbers and plain words, like "104° East-southeast". No ads, no sign-up, no clutter.
A COMPASS YOU CAN TRUST
• Live heading with true north or magnetic north
• Direction in words, so east and west are never confused
• Accuracy you can see, with a simple figure-of-8 calibration guide
• A warning when metal or magnets are throwing the compass off
• Works offline, anywhere
FIND YOUR WAY
• Lock a bearing and get "turn left / turn right" guidance until you are on course
• Save your car, tent or hotel and be guided back with live distance
• You've-arrived alert when you are within 20 metres
• No compass sensor in your phone? Use the sun compass, your walking direction or a line on the map
YOUR LOCATION, ANY FORMAT
• Place name, altitude and speed
• Coordinates in decimal, degrees-minutes-seconds and Plus Code; UTM and MGRS with Premium
• Tap to copy, share your location or open it in Apple Maps or Google Maps
• A map with all your saved places
CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE
• Current weather, the next 24 hours and the days ahead
• Sunrise, sunset, golden hour and day length
• Moon phase, moonrise and moonset, with a month calendar
• Air quality from the nearest monitoring station
TOOLS FOR THE OUTDOORS
• Torch with one tap
• SOS signal: hold for two seconds to flash the torch with sound and vibration in Morse code
• Field guide: nine ways to find north without a compass, for both hemispheres
MADE YOURS
• A home screen of live tiles you can rearrange and resize
• Choose the readouts you care about: altitude, speed, magnetic field, pressure and more
• Light and dark mode, simple mode, and Premium compass styles including Horizon view, where the screen becomes the horizon in front of you
• Available in 33 languages
TRY EVERYTHING FREE
Start with a 7-day free trial and every feature is yours: the compass, bearing lock, torch, SOS, coordinates and sharing, the 10-day forecast, every nearby air station, guidance back to saved places, UTM and MGRS, voice guidance and every compass style, including Horizon view. Then keep it with a weekly or yearly plan, or cancel any time in your Apple account. No ads, ever.
Northwise is not a replacement for emergency services. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
Subscription Required
Northwise needs a Premium subscription after the free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://northwise.theapptor.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://northwise.theapptor.com/privacy/
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New: widgets. Put the compass on your Home Screen or Lock Screen, or one tap away in Control Center and on the Action button. Turn on Show on Lock Screen to keep your bearing, the place you're heading for and the sunset countdown in view while you walk, with the Dynamic Island on iPhones that have it. Premium adds Altitude, Daylight and Where am I widgets. Now and then we'll also ask how we can make Northwise better. Plus small fixes.
The developer, Anum Mian, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Anum Mian
- Size
- 37.6 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Annual $19.99
- Premium Weekly $2.99
- Premium Annual $19.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mian Ltd