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** Use just like a real compass. (Hold your Android flat!) **
** Your device must have MAGNETIC SENSOR inside to read earth magnetic field. If your device does not have magnetic sensor Compass Free or any other compass app will not work. PLEASE DON’T WRITE BAD COMMENTS, IT’S NOT OUR FAULT! **

Compass Free is essential app for your Android device. It is a professional compass in your pocket, when you need it, where you need it and you never know when I might come handy.

PRO Compass shows direction of north, south, east and west, shows degrees in “side window”, has rotating bezel for advanced compass navigation.

How to use Compass?

First we’ll need to cover a little bit of compass jargon first. The part of Compass that moves and always points north is called the card (with N,S,E, and W indicated, and a beveled edge with a series of numbers on it). There is a movable ring around the edge of the compass, called the bezel. A red double line across the top of the compass is called the lubber line, and finally, there is a little window above the compass which is often named as side-window (as it is on the side of a real compass).

Side-window navigation couldn’t be simpler. You point the lubber line on top of your compass at where you want to go. Now as long as you hold your compass flat in front of you with the lubber line pointing in the direction you’re going, you should always see the same number in your window as long as you’re going the right way. If you see a different number, turn until you see the same number.

The downside of the side window method is that you need to remember your number.

Navigating with bezel works essentially the same as using the side window, but your bezel remembers your number for you. All you do is, point the lubber line on top of your compass at where you want to go, and then wait until the card settles down and stops moving. Then turn your bezel until the double triangle on the edge of the bezel (the notch right by the number zero on the bezel) is bracketing the north arrow on the card. Now as long as you hold your compass flat in front of you with the lubber line pointing in the direction you’re going, you should always see the north arrow inside the notch, as long as you’re going the right way. If not, turn until you see the north arrow inside the notch.

Notice that if you’ve adjusted the bezel correctly, the number in the side window is also the number directly across from you at the front end of the lubber line. In other words, if you turned the bezel counterclockwise until the notch bracketed the north arrow, the 120 on the bezel would be at the far end of the lubber line. Notice that on the card, the number showing in the side window is 120. If you were holding this compass and going in the direction of the lubber line, you’d be on a heading of 120.

Now you should have learned how to go to desired direction. But how do you get back? Easy! If you’re thinking in terms of the bezel, simply turn until the north arrow faces not to the notch, but to the single triangle that’s exactly across from the notch. Now you’re pointed back where you came.

The really tricky part of using your compass isn’t learning what the numbers mean and how to adjust the bezel. The most common mistakes are not holding your compass flat, and not actually going in the direction your lubber line is pointing.

Large iron and steel objects can influence the magnetic sensor in your Android device, causing it to point in the wrong direction. This is called deviation. If you suspect this is happening, simply move away from the object several feet and the problem should correct itself.

Other features or Compass Free app:
- Simple to use, use it like a real compass
- Design with functionality in mind (easy to read, lower battery consumption due to black color used)
- Large numbers and large rotating bezel
- Professional and optimized coding to keep application size as small as possible
- It’s FREE
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Compass Free Varies with device APK for Android Varies with device+

Version Varies with device for Android Varies with device+
Update on 2022-10-13
Installs 1.000.000++
File size 4.871.910 bytes
Permissions view permissions
What's new - small fixes

FAQs

  • Does your Android phone have a magnetometer? Yup, chances are that it does as most Android devices do. Even if you have an old or a cheap phone, there's likely a magnetometer inside of it. And, there are a lot of apps out there that make use of that magnetometer to display a digital compass on your phone's screen.
  • Back in September, we announced that we made the source code of Compass available on Github under the SSPL and that we were making it free for all users. This means that everybody is free to use the full version of Compass, no matter if they have a commercial MongoDB or an Atlas subscription.
  • Best Android Compass Apps
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  • Compass 360 Pro is arguably the best free compass app for Android to use in areas with internet connectivity issues. The app seems accurate most of the time and works completely offline. The app uses the help of your phone's magnetic sensor to show readings.
  • Compass 360 Pro is arguably the best free compass app for Android to use in areas with internet connectivity issues. The app seems accurate most of the time and works completely offline. The app uses the help of your phone's magnetic sensor to show readings.
  • Does your Android phone have a magnetometer? Yup, chances are that it does as most Android devices do. Even if you have an old or a cheap phone, there's likely a magnetometer inside of it. And, there are a lot of apps out there that make use of that magnetometer to display a digital compass on your phone's screen.
  • Your Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus smartphone has a built-in magnetic compass. You've probably seen your compass in action if you've ever used Google Maps or a similar program and saw the directional arrow in the map display showing you which way you were facing.
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