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Apps Best Compass app for Apple Watch S4?
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Joining this too. The one that looks so good and has an infograph complication only shows the direction in which the watch is moving.
Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I like an app named "Big Arrow". I use it for camping, place a "marker"/Waypoint at camp, and wander off. When I want to return, I can use the app (watch app too, independent of the phone) to follow the arrow to camp, or at least familiar surroundings. Check it out.
Interesting. Can you place a marker on a map, for example directly south, so it points in that direction?
From the description, I couldn't tell. However I did see this note: "Only on iPhone, enabling the magnetometer allows the arrow to point in the correct direction when standing still."
I did see this "On Apple Watch, it also supports a compass mode that will point you towards north, using the Apple Watch (Series 2 or above) GPS functionality."
I never tried that, but on the iPhone app, there is a compass in the lower corner that will show the direction in degrees.
I just tried Big Arrow - as mentioned in the ap and by @tromboneaholic, the app on the watch
does indeed "supports a compass mode that will point you towards north, using the Apple Watch (Series 2 or above) GPS functionality".
Unfortunately, at this point it is not availale as a complication on the watch.
does indeed "supports a compass mode that will point you towards north, using the Apple Watch (Series 2 or above) GPS functionality".
Unfortunately, at this point it is not availale as a complication on the watch.
Anchor Pointer does the same thing. It gives you an arrow on the iPhone app that points you in the right direction (Super fun while on a bike to take new roads to your destination around town!) but on the watch app, it currently give you turn-by-turn directions.
After doing a little bit of research, it looks like, unlike the iPhone, Apple Watch does not have a built in “magnetometer” or compass-type sensor.
WOW! Thanks for this, this one, while costing $3, is exactly what I was looking for when I found "Big Arrow". This one does so much more. It's mine now.
There is a difference: Big Arrow has a compass mode, Anchor Pointer does not.
Anchor Pointer only has one function: to take you to or back to a specified location.
Like the OP, I too was looking for the compass functionality on the watch.
Thank you for the suggestion.
I just found that the native Compass app (iPhone) has an app for the Apple Watch series 5 but not the series 4. This makes me think the S5 has a magnetometer but the S4 does not.
source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210324