Compass uses your phone’s sensors to show direction. The core compass works without an account or a location permission. Compass has no advertising, analytics or third-party crash-reporting SDKs.
Sensors and location
Compass reads motion and magnetic sensors to calculate heading, tilt, level and magnetic-field information. These sensor readings are processed on your device and are not sent to Moondrop Studios.
If you enable location, Compass uses approximate or precise location, altitude, accuracy, speed, movement bearing and fix time for coordinates, true north, navigation, sun and moon calculations, and GPS travel direction. These calculations happen on your device. Location updates run while Compass is visible, including its optional floating window; Compass does not request background location permission. Battery saver pauses location updates. You can turn location off in Compass settings or revoke permission in Android settings.
To show a place name, Compass may send coordinates to Android’s geocoding service. The service provider depends on your device and may process the request over the internet under its own privacy terms. This does not send a location history to Moondrop Studios.
Camera compass
The optional camera compass uses camera access to display a live rear-camera preview with heading and target overlays. Compass does not take, save or upload photos or videos and does not request microphone access. You can revoke camera permission in Android settings.
Maps and chosen sharing
When you open the map, Compass requests map tiles from OpenStreetMap. Requests reveal the requested map area, your IP address and an app-identifying user agent to the tile provider. A map centred on your location can reveal that area. See the OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy. Map tiles are cached on your device, with a cache budget of approximately 32 MB; new areas require internet access.
Copy, Share and Open in maps operate only when you choose them. They pass the selected coordinates or place information to your clipboard, selected sharing app or map app. Those apps process the information under their own policies.
Pro purchases
Compass Pro is an optional permanent, one-time purchase through Google Play. Google processes payment and purchase records. Compass exchanges purchase identifiers and purchase status with Google Play to check ownership, acknowledge purchases and restore access. Compass stores a signed purchase receipt in its private local storage so verified Pro access can work offline. Compass does not receive your card details and does not send purchase receipts to a Moondrop Studios server. See Google’s privacy policy.
What stays on your device
Preferences, manually saved places, navigation targets, cached map tiles and the verified Pro receipt remain in Compass’s private storage. Saved places can include their names and coordinates. Compass does not upload this local data to Moondrop Studios. Android app backup is disabled for Compass.
Retention and deletion
You can delete saved places within Compass. Clear Compass storage in Android’s app settings or uninstall the app to remove its local settings, places, cached tiles and receipt. This does not cancel or erase Google’s purchase records; an owned Pro purchase can be restored using the same Google Play account. Manage permissions and Google-held information through your device and Google account settings. There is no Compass account to delete.
Support and this website
If you contact support, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include. We use it to answer your request and retain correspondence only as needed to handle the request and related obligations. Contact us to request deletion of support correspondence. Please avoid sending precise location or other sensitive information unless needed for your request.
This policy page is hosted on Google Firebase Hosting, which may process ordinary connection information to deliver the page. Your browser, email provider, Android system services, map provider and Google Play operate under their own privacy practices.
Changes and contact
We will update this page and its effective date when Compass’s data practices change.
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