“Pros: This app knew my exact address, which was pretty cool. Cons: The weather function never worked, no matter how long I waited. For every function, there was a gigantic, noisy, full screen ad that had to be waded through to get to the…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 400 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Digital Compass for Android
Sugar ToolDigital compass for Android is a real compass, which shows device’s real-time…
2.7 ★5,492 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Digital compass for Android is a real compass, which shows device’s real-time orientation to magnetic fields with sensor compass, Google map and GPS navigation. The best compass app to use when hiking, hill climbing, walking or for general outdoor navigation and map reading training. 👊 Download digital compass for Android now 👊
🎀 Features 🎀 Smart compass for Android is a basic compass app combined with GPS, map, weather _ Compass for android shows you which direction.…
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 48.69 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 48.69, updated 2026-08-22.
What we measured
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Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 70 distinct reviewers (17.5% of 400 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“It's not a compass app. It's just ad displaying app. If you want to look at 8-10 ads everytime you open the app, then wait for a few seconds before you can see an option to close them, then get redirected to different apps when you try to…”
“Awful. App worked well when I first downloaded. Now you're just bombarded with ads for games and whatever. I never manage to get to the actual compass. Uninstalling.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 48.69.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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