# Oko - Cross streets and Maps — user reviews > 188 indexed App Store user reviews of Oko by Polara Engineering, Inc., rated 4.00/5 from 178 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oko-cross-streets-and-maps/id1583614988/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oko-cross-streets-and-maps/id1583614988.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 115 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 28 ## What do users think of Oko? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate pedestrian signal detection - 👍 Helpful for crossing streets safely - 🎉 Game-changing for visually impaired users - 💡 Innovative use of technology - 🤝 Appreciated by the community **Cons** - 🔒 Subscription model limits accessibility - 🐛 Inconsistent performance and reliability - 🔋 High battery consumption - 💰 Expensive subscription cost **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing when entering address - Losing functionality after updates - Unreliable signal detection in certain conditions **Most requested features** - Option to disable audio and use haptics only - Integration with other navigation apps - Free version or one-time purchase option ## Newest reviews (10 of 188) ### 4/5 — 無料になったと聞いたのですが *2026-01-23, version 4.7.5* サブスクで年間5000円を支払っていたものですが無料になったと聞いたのですが。今日もまた5000円支払われてしまいました。なにか、特別な機能は使えるのでしょうか？ ### 2/5 — 機能の要望 *2025-09-17, version 4.7.5* どっちを向いているのかとどっちの信号が赤か青かわかるともっと良いアプリになると思います。 追加で携帯のバッテリーが激しく消耗するので、その点も改善していただけるとありがたいです。有料になってからカメラの不具合が多すぎます。信号をカメラにかざすと安定して音が出ないことがあります。この点を改善してほしいです。障害物も何もないところでも結構ひどいのでよろしくお願いします。 赤信号から青信号に変わるときに不安定になります。直してもらえると嬉しいです。よろしくお願いします。 ### 4/5 — Vuelve a ser gratuita *2025-07-17, version 4.7.5* Gracias por esto. Es la única aplicación que conozco que detecte el estado de los semáforos. ### 1/5 — $5/month too expensive *2025-04-03, version 4.7.3* There are other strategies for crossing streets that don’t incur a monthly fee. I might have paid a one time fee, but not every month or year, no thanks. ### 3/5 — Great until it wasn’t *2025-04-01, version 4.7.3* It was amazing a free app that let me cross streats safely. Oh wait an update comes and now instead of an optional donation to help the team make Oko. It’s not required to pay a subscription to use Oko. I think it’s cruel that we are now charging blind people to have the ability to cross the street safely. Oko I hope someone sues you for this ### 1/5 — its work in toronto, i bought it after 25 days its stop working. *2025-03-11, version 4.7.3* rumon ### 1/5 — Una vergüenza *2025-03-08, version 4.7.3* Una app que empezó siendo totalmente gratuita y ahora te quiere estafar cobrando 5 euros al mes para saber si un semáforo está en rojo. Si ofreciesen la posibilidad de una compra única, o incluso una suscripción de 1 euro al mes... Lo podría entender e incluso apoyar. Pero este es un perfecto ejemplo de como la avaricia estropea un bonito proyecto. ### 1/5 — アプリを使うのをやめました。 *2025-03-05, version 4.7.3* 以前は無料で使えていたのに、急にとても高いお金が取られるようになりましたね。視覚障害があると、命を守るのにでも高いお金を払い続けなければならないのでしょうか。 例えば、すべての機能が欲しい人には、有料盤、信号だけで良い人は無料版など分けてもらえないのでしょうか。 どうしてお金がかかるようになったのか教えてください。私たちに命を守る権利は無いのでしょうか。 ### 1/5 — Nope. *2025-03-03, version 4.7.2* I teach O&M to school-aged students, and I can no longer offer this app to them since they’d need to pay. Monthly. The app honestly did not work consistently even before the subscription model. Now, seeing other reviews that the app still does not work even after paying for it, it’s sad to realize the makers are just trying to get money from a community that wants to increase accessibility for crossing the dang street. Messed. Up. ### 1/5 — This was a potentially useful app until bloat and subscriptions came. *2025-02-24* This app was recommended to me in August 2024 by my white cane trainer from the Virginia Department for the blind and visually impaired. It seemed to provide a decent functionality for crosswalk walk/don’t walk signals. I never got to test it in the challenging lighting conditions that gave me problems. When I went to experiment with it to see if it could handle Austrian signals, I find that it has moved from being free to a SUBSCRIPTION model. If the developer needed to make moat for development. they could have done a flat purchase price. Instead they want to continually pick the pockets of blind and visually impaired people who already face much additional cost and inconvenience in life. Perhaps if the developers had stuck to the crosswalk capability, they wouldn’t be facing development costs for the additional bloat. The awards this app garner and many positive reviews came before their switch to SUBSCRIPTION and would not have been received with this model. Doubtless, based on other negative reviews, the developer will spend time and money on making a response, further increasing their “need” for a SUBSCRIPTION model. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Türkçe dil desteği *2026-04-21, version 4.7.5* Uygulamaya Türkçe dil desteği bekliyoruz. Bir de çevremde ne var özelliği de uygulama içerisinde bulamadım ### 1/5 — Have to pay *2025-06-14, version 4.7.4* Having to pay for something like this is absurd. I have no other words couldn't even use it. There is no free option at all you have to pay to cross the street safely. ### 1/5 — Disappointed in OKO’s new paywall. *2025-06-12* I’m DeafBlind and rely on tools to help me navigate safely. Last time I used OKO, it was free and helped me know when it was safe to cross the street. Today, I was at a busy intersection with no accessible pedestrian signal (no APS), and I didn’t have my glasses, so I couldn’t see the walk sign across the street. I opened OKO, expecting it to work like before—but now it requires a paid subscription just to use the basic crossing-detection feature. On a busy street, that’s incredibly frustrating and even dangerous. This is supposed to be an accessibility app. Putting a critical safety feature behind a paywall feels wrong. I had to fall back on using my camera zoom just to try and see the signal. Accessibility should never come with a price tag—especially when safety is on the line. ### 1/5 — Subscription *2025-05-15, version 4.7.4* Last year or two when I used this app it used to not give me subscription in order to use this app for pedestrian signal crossing and now it's requiring me to have a subscription in order to use this app and I really don't want a subscription in order to use this app as it's too expensive for me I would rather use this app without subscription. ### 1/5 — Now subscription model, even for trainers *2025-05-14, version 4.7.4* If there could be at least a free version for trainers like BlindSquare does, then maybe I can recommend this app. Since I no longer have functionality since it's no longer free, I won't be showing my clients. ### 1/5 — too much for so little... *2025-05-14, version 4.7.4* i have just updated the app and i got the otrageous surprise that an expensive subscription is need i wish it breaks bankrupt ### 1/5 — Suscripción *2025-05-10, version 4.7.4* ¿Primero gratuita y ahora piden suscripción? Nope, thanks. Entiendo que tengan que ganar dinero por su trabajo pero solo para saber si un semáforo está en verde o rojo, sale un poco caro. Además habría estado bien haber ofrecido la posibilidad de poder comprar la aplicación por un único pago. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-04-27, version 4.7.3* They changed to subscription based pricing ### 1/5 — KI-Navigation *2025-04-17, version 4.7.3* … gibt’s ab 5,99€/Monat. An sich finde ich das für eine wirklich gute Navigation nicht zu teuer; wenn aktuelle Baustellen, Blitzer, evt. sogar kurzfristige Sperrungen (Unfälle etc.) berücksichtigt & mir automatisch die Route optimiert wird. Mein BMW bietet diese Möglichkeit: Beim Kauf des Fahrzeuges war die Funktion für ein Jahr kostenlos & vertragsfrei; seitdem bezahle ich jedes Jahr 80 € - seit fast zehn Jahren, und wirklich gern: öfter erlebe ich Situationen, in denen ich (teilweise wesentlich!) schneller am Ziel bin als andere. Bei Oko gibt es ohne vorherigen Vertragsabschluss für ein Abo - den Splash-Screen. Da ich den nicht brauchen kann, und ich nicht bereit bin mich ERST vertraglich zu binden, um DANACH 7 Tage kostenfrei die App testen zu dürfen (finde den Fehler), musste auch ich mich von OO trennen, bevor wir uns überhaupt kennen gelernt haben. ### 1/5 — So nicht *2025-04-07, version 4.7.3* Ohne Abschluss eines Abos ist keinerlei Funktion vorhanden. Dann eben nicht. Tschüss. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I use this app every day and for me it’s essential. *2026-06-19, version 4.7.5* As a blind person, it gives me a huge sense of safety at crossings where there are no audible signals. It works really well detecting the actual state of pedestrian lights in real time, even in complex environments. Thank you for the work behind this. I’d like to share a suggestion that I believe could be the next big step: integration with smart glasses like Ray-Ban Meta. Today, some accessibility apps already use the glasses’ camera through Meta’s SDK (for example, for scene description), enabling a fully hands-free experience. In my case, with a guide dog and often carrying bags or a backpack, taking my phone out at a crossing is not always practical. With glasses, the camera is naturally aligned with the head, making orientation much more intuitive. Being able to launch the app by voice (for example, “Hey Meta”) and receive real-time feedback about the traffic light would be a major improvement in both usability and safety. I understand this would likely involve integrating with Meta’s SDK/APIs for camera access, possibly combined with recent iOS capabilities for external video input. If you’re interested in exploring this use case, I’d be more than happy to share my real-world experience to help validate it. ### 5/5 — App muy buena *2025-08-07, version 4.7.5* Es una suerte que vuelva a ser gratuita. Se vendió el proyecto? Se seguirá actualizando con más funciones? Muy buena en cualquier caso ### 5/5 — Die App scheint jetzt nützlich zu sein. *2025-08-01, version 4.7.5* Jetzt kann man die App ohne Abo nutzen, daher fünf Sterne. Ampelüberquerung funktioniert sehr gut. Allerdings Fußgänger Navi nutze ich momentan nicht. ### 5/5 — Aplikacja super!!! *2025-07-27, version 4.7.5* Bardzo potrzebna aplikacja! Tylko jej sie ucze: prosze o dodanye innych języków! ### 5/5 — OKO *2025-07-18, version 4.7.5* Good morning Oko team Ulises here Thank you for bringing back the Oko application available for free I am going to use this within my orientation and mobility training soon. Thank you so so much for bringing it back for free. Totally appreciate it. That’s why I’m giving this application a total of five stars. Thank you very very much for bringing it back for free Sincerely, Ulises a proud Oko user and customer ### 5/5 — "gracias! *2025-07-17, version 4.7.5* "gracias por haber recapacitado y que vuelva a ser gratuita! ### 5/5 — OKO review it is a great *2025-07-17, version 4.7.5* OK hults to know when the lights have changed it is a great app ### 5/5 — I DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT! *2025-04-19* THIS APP WILL SAVE LIVES! I use moved to a large city for the first time in my life. With this app,, I can cross streets confidently even though blind. I can pair it with my hearing aids, but I want people to hear it so they don’t try to take me by the arm to “help” me! I still have to rely on hearing for places that don’t have crossing signals, but everywhere I go pretty much has them if there is a lot of traffic. I would be afraid to cross without this app! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ### 5/5 — Good morning, Oko developer my name is Ulises Gomez I totally love the application. *2025-03-05, version 4.7.3* Good morning Oko team my name is Ulises Gomez. I totally love your application. I have not used it in my area just yet because I have not received any orientation and mobility yet but anyway question can I use this app in other countries? Looking forward to your email responses have a great day team sincerely Ulises ### 5/5 — support from china *2025-03-02, version 4.7.2* good ai model， but there are a new one from china and free which called pedestrian light 红绿灯 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-18.*