Is Compass safe?

You’ll get exactly what you expect. A simple and clean compass. Features: Can point to magnetic north as well as true north Switches to a sighting compass when held upright, for aiming at distant landmarks Shows exact degrees and cardinal direction Displays sensor status Haptic feedback Light and Dark theme No advertisements No trackers No unnecessary permissions Have fun!

Developer: Philipp Bobek
Category: Navigation
Earliest archived version: 05 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

04 Oct 2026

2.2.0

New sighting mode: hold the phone upright to aim at distant landmarks - Hint to hold the phone level when its screen faces down - 16-point compass directions - True North toggle on the compass screen - Optional magnetic field strength readout - Automatic warning when sensor accuracy drops…

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05 Aug 2026

2.1.1

Housekeeping release, no functional changes.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.bobek.compass

Latest APK SHA-2560d6ef72a8cd6660f40a4c029fad08bc05572997c889fbec2eb41ab48eb2198a4

Signing certificate9D:CA:AA:64:A4:9D:0C:2A:08:13:9E:31:C7:2C:38:E1:E9:C6:AF:DF:AE:9B:C4:CC:0F:A6:98:D5:B9:C2:CC:D7

MIN ANDROID24TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 2.1.1 (05 Aug 2026), latest 2.2.0 (04 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 2.1.1 and 2.2.0.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.2.004 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→2.1.105 Aug 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions3 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION com.bobek.compass.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗