AccessMap vs GoodMaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AccessMap
This app provides customized walking and rolling directions for pedestrians, prioritizing accessibility. It allows users to generate routes based on specific mobility preferences, such as including only sidewalks with curb cuts or routes within a certain steepness range.
- Customized walking/rolling directions
- Personalized mobility preferences
- Routes with curb cuts
- Steepness range filtering
- Sidewalk information
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There are many apps and sites to help people navigate by car: Waze, HERE, Apple Maps, Google Maps; all these apps offer some semblance of 'pedestrian' directions, but make gross assumptions about what hills you can take, how speedy you will be, what is a 'safe' walking or rolling environment, and many don't even provide basic information about whether or not there's a sidewalk there. AccessMap, previously a web application produced by the [Taskar Center for Accessible Technology](https://tcat.cs.washington.edu/) is bringing mobility equity to pedestrians by improving and customizing walking/rolling routing. For International Day acknowledging Persons with Disabilities (Dec 3 #IDPWD2021) the group is releasing the mobile app that will allow Seattle, Bellingham and Mt. Vernon pedestrians generate customized walking directions tuned to personal mobility preferences. Users can request routes from A to B that include only crossings with “curb cuts” that allow strollers and wheelchairs to easily pass, or only sidewalks within a certain steepness range personalized to the user.
GoodMaps
Navigate complex indoor environments with ease and precision. This app offers an inclusive and user-friendly experience for exploring buildings, ensuring a seamless journey for everyone.
- Effortless indoor navigation
- Inclusive design
- Complex space exploration
- Precise accuracy
- User-friendly interface
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Experience the future of indoor navigation with GoodMaps. Inclusive by design, our app enables effortless navigation and interaction in complex indoor spaces, providing a seamless and stress-free experience. With a user-friendly and efficient interface, GoodMaps empowers everyone to explore indoor environments with precise accuracy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GoodMaps at monthly against AccessMap's every 61 months. GoodMaps also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 3). AccessMap's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for AccessMap against 4.3 for GoodMaps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoodMaps has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AccessMap ships an update every 61 months, GoodMaps monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AccessMap | GoodMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 411 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taskar Center for Accessible Technology at UW | GoodMaps Inc |
Customer experience
AccessMap
GoodMaps
In-app purchases
AccessMap
No in-app purchases
GoodMaps
No in-app purchases
