NavCog vs Waymap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NavCog
This app offers precise indoor and outdoor navigation, specifically designed to assist individuals with visual impairments. It provides turn-by-turn directions and customized routes for wheelchair users, making complex environments like universities and airports more accessible.
- Indoor/outdoor navigation
- Assistance for visually impaired
- Wheelchair user customization
- Turn-by-turn directions
- BLE-based localization
- Complex environment navigation
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NavCog is an indoor/outdoor navigation App that aimed specifically to help people with visual impairments explore the world without vision. This App provides a customized navigation for wheelchair users, and is also helpful for people who are not familiar with inside buildings and at huge and complex places such as university, airport, hospital and shopping mall. It provides a turn by turn navigation by using BLE based precise localization. Navigation area of the App can be found at the support URL. * iOS 10.0 or later * Localization is optimized for iPhone with barometer sensor.
Waymap
Navigate seamlessly through indoor and outdoor spaces, even where GPS fails. This app provides step-by-step directions and enhances accessibility for all users, especially those who are blind or visually impaired. Your journeys contribute to improving navigation for the entire community.
- Seamless indoor/outdoor navigation
- Works without GPS/signal
- Accessibility for visually impaired
- Crowdsourced map improvement
- Privacy-focused, no sign-up
- Step-free route support
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Find your way anywhere, and help others do the same. Waymap is a navigation app for everyday journeys. Plan your route, get walking directions, and move through the city with confidence. Then, when you step inside a Waymap-enabled venue, navigation keeps going. Through buildings, underground spaces, and back outside again. No GPS dead zones. No signal dropouts. No gaps in guidance. What makes Waymap different is the impact of every journey. Each trip helps improve routing, refine accuracy, and strengthen guidance for the next person; including people who are blind, visually impaired, or navigating with other accessibility needs. You are not just finding your way. You are helping make your city more accessible for everyone. NAVIGATE EVERYWHERE · City-wide journey planning for the places you go every day · Seamless navigation across outdoor, indoor, and underground spaces · Step-by-step guidance throughout your journey · Works where GPS and signal often fail BUILT WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND · Designed to support blind and visually impaired travellers · Step-free journey support, including accessible routes where available · Clear guidance for independent travel · Compatible with VoiceOver and TalkBack YOUR JOURNEYS HELP IMPROVE ACCESS · Waymap adapts to how you move for more accurate guidance over time · Every journey helps improve our map and directions for future users · Supporting a future where more people can travel independently PRIVACY BY DESIGN · No sign-up required · Your data stays yours, with no location data shared to external servers Navigation is processed on device WHERE CAN I USE WAYMAP? Waymap supports everyday navigation across several cities and continues into participating venues where Waymap-enabled mapping is available. These may include stations, hospitals, shopping centres, universities, stadiums, and other complex public spaces. If your city is unavailable, let us know you want Waymap where you are, we’re always adding more cities and venues to our map! IT’S FREE TO USE Waymap is free to download and use. Venues license Waymap to offer navigation to their visitors, so there is no cost to use the app. Join a growing community of people navigating the world, and helping make it more accessible with every step.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Waymap at 75% against NavCog's 0%. Waymap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). NavCog's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Waymap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of NavCog's written reviews are positive against 75% of Waymap's.
NavCog ships an update every 2 weeks, Waymap weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NavCog | Waymap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kris Kitani | WAYMAP LIMITED |
Customer experience
NavCog
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In-app purchases
NavCog
No in-app purchases
Waymap
No in-app purchases









