NASA 3D Compass

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About this app

🚀 Extremely tiny compass app, only about 100 kB.
🚀 The app accurately shows your orientation in 3D space. Imagine traveling through the Universe.
🚀 A true physical model that works correctly even when upside down.
🚀 Instant startup, battery-friendly.
🚀 Night mode.
🚀 Zoomable, without loss of display quality.
🚀 The app uses vector graphics for smooth and clear display.
🚀 Live Wallpaper.
🚀 Wear OS app for your watch.
🚀 You can control this app programatically: https://github.com/Sublimis/Compass-Navball
💎 No ads. No permissions. One-time payment and it's yours forever.

✨ Why is this app so special?
• Drawing is done only with 2D primitives, like arcs and circles.
• Complicated mathematics is needed to achieve the 3D effect, but this makes the app very tiny.

👨‍🚀 The Apollo and Space Shuttle spacecrafts had this instrument on board called FDAI = Flight Director/Attitude Indicator. Check it out:
• https://www.nasa.gov/history/afj/ap16fj/01popup_fdai.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_indicator#Flight_Director_Attitude_Indicator

👨‍🚀 Usage
• Double-tap: Toggle day/night theme.
• Pinch: Zoom in/out.
• Fling: Double-fling down to swap horizontal, up to revert.
• Long tap: Demo animation, tap again to leave.
• You can set the app as a Live Wallpaper.
• You can control this app programatically! Learn more: https://github.com/Sublimis/Compass-Navball

👨‍🚀 Keep in mind
• Making great apps takes a lot of effort. Please consider supporting us by making a purchase.
• If you like the app, please leave a nice review.
• Be sure to check out our other apps!
Updated on
Oct 27, 2025

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What’s new

v1.8
2025-10-27
- Dynamic refresh rate feature, for smoother animation on devices with high display refresh rates.
- A few small fixes.

v1.7
2025-10-23
- Double-swiping left or right will open the GitHub pages for the app: https://github.com/Sublimis/Compass-Navball.
- Fixed: Sometimes the app would freeze after switching back to it.
- Fixed: Sometimes the app would fail to install when our other compass app is already installed.