Aircraft Compass Free
Free App
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About Aircraft Compass Free
Aircraft Compass provides magnetic compass and GPS ground-track functionality depicted as an aircraft directional gyro, complete with a functioning heading bug.
It uses your phones internal sensors and global positioning system to present you with an accurate magnetic heading or ground-track.
Features:
- Magnetic heading sourced via internal accelerometer, gyro and magnetometer sensors
- Ground-track sourced via internal GPS
- Functioning heading bug (just drag with your finger!)
- Filtered and smoothed display - no jitter or jumping!
- Support for portrait and landscape screens
- Support for multiple screen resolutions
This is the free version of the app.
It is ad supported and has a two minute time limit per run. Upgrade to the paid version to remove both these limitations.
Usage:
Aircraft Compass is very simple to use. Move the heading bug by touching it and sliding it around. You can switch between magnetic heading and GPS based groundtrack using the menu, as well as changing between portrait and landscape modes
If you like this app, please try my other aircraft/flying related apps!
I'm a professional software engineer, part-time android developer and passionate private pilot so would love to hear your thoughts, feature requests and bug reports.
It uses your phones internal sensors and global positioning system to present you with an accurate magnetic heading or ground-track.
Features:
- Magnetic heading sourced via internal accelerometer, gyro and magnetometer sensors
- Ground-track sourced via internal GPS
- Functioning heading bug (just drag with your finger!)
- Filtered and smoothed display - no jitter or jumping!
- Support for portrait and landscape screens
- Support for multiple screen resolutions
This is the free version of the app.
It is ad supported and has a two minute time limit per run. Upgrade to the paid version to remove both these limitations.
Usage:
Aircraft Compass is very simple to use. Move the heading bug by touching it and sliding it around. You can switch between magnetic heading and GPS based groundtrack using the menu, as well as changing between portrait and landscape modes
If you like this app, please try my other aircraft/flying related apps!
I'm a professional software engineer, part-time android developer and passionate private pilot so would love to hear your thoughts, feature requests and bug reports.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
v2.3 (24/03/2012)
- Fix heading bug bug! Bug now moves with card correctly.
- Grountrack selection now persists between usage.
v2.2 (06/03/2012)
- Fix for small screens
- Instrument is now scaled larger on larger screens
- Added digital text readout
- Version # aligned with paid app
v1.1 (12/02/2012)
- (Hopefully!) Fixed screen resolution bug on certain devices
v1.0 (05/02/2012)
- Initial release
v2.3 (24/03/2012)
- Fix heading bug bug! Bug now moves with card correctly.
- Grountrack selection now persists between usage.
v2.2 (06/03/2012)
- Fix for small screens
- Instrument is now scaled larger on larger screens
- Added digital text readout
- Version # aligned with paid app
v1.1 (12/02/2012)
- (Hopefully!) Fixed screen resolution bug on certain devices
v1.0 (05/02/2012)
- Initial release
More downloads Aircraft Compass Free reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
More downloads Aircraft Compass Free reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about Aircraft Compass Free
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Way off in direction and heading was jumpy even when I held perfectly still...
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Major heading errors when compared to real compass.
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This app cant find north!!
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Works very well. However, the app icon (not the app itself) shows N at 090, W at 360, E at 180, and S at 270 !!! Same on this page (picture is wrong). Also, 240 appears twice.
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Installed this app and one other, and received 84 spam emails in one day. Uninstalled both, hopefully the emails will stop...
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Great!
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Very well crafted! Will try in the air. Can't tell if there is an actual gyro controlling the Artificial Horizon as it will not work properly otherwise with only accelerometer. If you could come up with a multiple instrument app say compass card AND artificial horizon where each app would open for a short time and allow the pilot to stop any one with a tap, that would be some app.
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Magnetic compass direction varies by +-40 degrees from true. Rubbish. Pity.
R
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Does not work at all. Points in what seems like random directions.
D
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Finally a Phone Compass i can rely on. No Lags. No Jumps. Till now it seems accurate
W
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Crippleware works for about 2 mins and then dies
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not working
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Terbait2bees
M
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Does not work and even if it did I would only have 2 minutes to play with it
M
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Not really correct... because it detect the movement. Not magnetical... I turning 180 degree it show only 30 degree. so using ground track more accurate.
M
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runs for 2 minutes then prompt you to buy. its just a come on
M
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Ground track does not work. Its a decent magnetic field compass though
X
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Simple to use and seems to be accurate. I've tried the other apps by Sensorworks and this one is up there with the best of them :-)
M
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i like this developer apps. keep up with the good work!!
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Very nice. Smooths my poor magnetic sensors action very well.
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Works as expected and looks reeeaaaallly nice. Going to try the other aircraft apps by same author now...
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Took too long 2 settle b4 evaluation was over, exit or buy...
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Off by 90 degrees and that's even after several attempts to recalibrate.
M
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Basically it's simply a compass but it looks very good and the movement is smooth, also really feels like real airplane instrument. And it's accurate too
M
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see above
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Time-limited
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not working
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I've tried a few, and this is the best one yet! Really smooth and the heading big feature is wicked!
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Really well implemented.
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It doesn't work correctly some times my runway is 05R and the opposite is 23L. So I put in 05R and when I show to opposite direction it's shows 145L. lol :-/
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Not working on Samsung Galaxy S3, uninstalled.
M
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runs for 2 minutes then prompt you to buy. its just a come on
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Good
M
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Time limit doesn't work on my tab 2 real shame Pity about time limit too shame booo.
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Not working in ICS
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Simple to use and seems to be accurate. I've tried the other apps by Sensorworks and this one is up there with the best of them :-)
Q
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i like this developer apps. keep up with the good work!!
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Very nice. Smooths my poor magnetic sensors action very well.
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Works as expected and looks reeeaaaallly nice. Going to try the other aircraft apps by same author now...
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Rubbish