# Compass Steel

> Clear, easy compass with a design that’s instantly readable.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.simplywerx.compass2d](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.simplywerx.compass2d)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.simplywerx.compass2d`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SimplyWerx
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 7,670,841
- **Rating:** 4.65 / 5 (98,261 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.10.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-19
- **First published:** 2015-03-28
- **Publisher country:** SG
- **Size:** 18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplywerx.compass2d)
- **Website:** [https://www.simplywerx.com](https://www.simplywerx.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://simplywerx.com/compass-steel-privacy-policy-26-02-2026.html](https://simplywerx.com/compass-steel-privacy-policy-26-02-2026.html)

## Description

Compass Steel is an elegant, reliable compass app designed for explorers and everyday use. It offers multiple dial designs, True North and Magnetic North modes, Sun & Moon positions with rise/set times, altitude (MSL), night-vision mode, and target direction tracking.

This Chrome extension emphasizes privacy with no unnecessary permissions, manual location settings, and customizable dial units, providing a lightweight, focused navigation tool.

## Rankings

- #17,477 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATE`
- `com.amazon.privacypass.ATTEST`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.simplywerx.compass2d.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Overall, user reviews are strongly positive. The compass is praised for accurate and dependable performance and ease of use. Users appreciate helpful features like a target pointer, the floating compass window, and the ability to view their location on a map. A few isolated reports mention calibration drift after updates, occasional jitter, or rare direction offsets, but these issues are not broadly echoed across reviews.

### Pros

- Accurate and reliable performance (fast, consistent accuracy)
- Simple and useful interface
- Helpful features like a target pointer, floating compass window, and map-location viewing via long-press

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.simplywerx.compass2d)