iOS ships with a basic compass that you can use to find your basic heading when driving or hiking. It's not as robust as some third-party orienteering apps, but it will work in a pinch when these ...

This time, Mehboob told me that he wanted to make something different from other compass apps, which featured a great user interface, but could also easily direct a user in the right direction ...

To access the compass, open the Compass app, which appears by default on all current iPhone models. The application is located on the iPhone Home screen, but if you deleted it, reinstall it from ...

This compass app takes advantage of the magnetic compass magnetometer that’s included in recent iPhones and iPads to display directional navigation data — just like a handheld compass.

On Thursday, designer Matt Webb unveiled a new iPhone app called Galactic Compass, which always points to the center of the Milky Way galaxy—no matter where Earth is positioned on our journey ...

Using a range of compass apps across various smartphones, we oriented each device in the same direction. The results? A baffling range of readings. Some apps performed flawlessly.