Sun & Moon Compass for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch app for iPhone and iPad
4.9 (
1259 ratings )
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Developer: Dieter Saken
0.99 USD
Current version: 2.0, last update: 7 years agoFirst release : 12 Apr 2010
App size: 7.22 Mb
***** Supports new iOS 9
This beautiful designed Compass App shows beside the heading also the current Sun and Moon positions.
Additionally this App calculates Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, the corresponding directions and the Moon phase.
Most devices and their build in sensors are supported by this App:
• iPhones (>3GS) und iPads have a build in compass sensor, which is of course used.
• All modern devices with a build in gyroscope support this App additionally by stabilizing the Compass data.
• iPod Touch devices without an integrated Compass can use this App as well.
Just point the device to the Sun or the Moon to get correct direction information.
Pros and cons of Sun & Moon Compass for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch app for iPhone and iPad
Sun & Moon Compass for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch app good for
This Sun Compass is great ! Please add a Manual entry when location services doesnt have a certain city or town. Manual entry for coordinates (latitude and longitude would be great making Sun Compass even greater !
The internal compass is very unreliable which is why l like the compass. Using your location and the sun angle and the date time, it computes the north direction. It also can show what the internal compass says, but I dont find this works too well. Love the app. Got great response from the vendor when I had a question.
Once this app was free. Its a good app but not worth the dollar. Im glad I downloaded it when it was free since its handy but never use it
it is helpful and appears to be correct. it is difficult to use in the bright sunlight.
it would also be nice if the compass could be used after sunset. but, that is a different algorithm.
Nice looking app. Would be nice to get some info on how to operate it on an Ipod Touch. Each time you touch the screen after tapping Sun or North the compass twirls and points in any old direction.
im sailing a lot and on small boats i dont have a compass, so this one is very usefull!
Some bad moments
Using it on iPad WiFi model. This app cant seem to find North, even though this model has compass chip.
A little documentation in the app might make it more useful. It does not point north and if you can get it set incredibly wrong. This could get you very lost.
This app comes with no documentation and no means of manually setting latitude and longitude. There also seems to be a bug with the auto setting of latitude and longitude, which we cannot overide since manual setting is not possible.
Because of this, the application is completely non-functional. It is broken. I hope the developers address these problems. I liked the concept of this app but it is not working now.
I bought this application because I was hoping that it would actually work in helping me with determining the actual Suns location where I live as I am looking to track the daily rising and setting locations for eventual use in determining my houses suitability for a SDHW system; but as others have noted, it doesnt work. Specifically, the Magnetic and and True North calculations for my location (Victoria BC) are off by nearly 170°; beyond that, the Suns location is incorrect (the application has it being around NNE; but in reality, its NE or so (I havent taken out my Silva Ranger to actually test the exact degree)). So though I dont mind the $0.99 cost, I am disappointed that the development of the application seems to be lacking in quality. Have the issues fixed and I am more then happy to revise my review.
I wouldnt pay a penny for this app, it doesnt even work. It may be only 99cent but its still a waste.
Sun Compass shows potential and works well in portrait mode. Its off by 90°, however, when using it in landscape orientation on an iPad with the built-in compass enabled.