CLUSTER COMPASS-MOBILE-CARDINAL · 24 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2010-06-26
Compass and direct navigation apps
This cluster consists of compass and wayfinding mobile apps that use device sensors, GPS, and maps to show heading, coordinates, altitude, and other orientation data. The dated entries before the index start are sparse, stretching from June 2010 to May 2026 with scattered months and long gaps, so no tight timeline pattern is visible. All traction leaders show zero activity stars, indicating no meaningful traction signal.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 4 hand-coded
Operator · 2 commercial · 2 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 4 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21GetBack GPS0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app that saves GPS locations and helps users get back by showing compass distance and direction.
- 22Compass0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid compass app offering eight customizable styles, smooth or realistic movement, and no ads or permissions.
- 23Compass°0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialSimple compass app that displays a large, easy-to-read heading and direction indicator using the device's built-in sensors.
- 24Compass∞0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile compass app that displays heading, cardinal direction, altitude, and local weather for hikers, campers, and travelers.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.