Clew vs Chirp AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clew
This app uses augmented reality to help visually impaired individuals navigate indoor spaces. Users can record custom routes and share them with others, making unfamiliar environments more accessible.
- AR indoor navigation
- Record custom routes
- Share routes with others
- Accessible for visually impaired users
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Clew is an AR indoor navigation app that allows visually impaired or blind users to record, share, and navigate routes in indoor environments.
Chirp AR
This app uses your iPhone's camera to detect objects, their distance, and color through audio and verbal feedback. Developed with visually impaired users in mind, it acts as an audio sensory feedback tool.
- Object detection via camera
- Distance measurement
- Color detection
- Audio and verbal feedback
- Echolocation capabilities
- Designed for visually impaired users
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Detect objects in your environment (including their distance and color) through audio and verbal feedback using just the iPhone's camera. Developed with help from the American Printing House for the Blind and Kentucky School for the Blind comes an app using just the camera to detect distance and echolocation for the visually impaired. "This app has potential. You could consider it the audio equivalent of a tactile sensory feedback tool." - Larry Skutchan Director / Technology Project Research American Printing House for the Blind
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chirp AR at 5.0 against Clew's 4.0. Chirp AR also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.2). Clew's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Chirp AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clew has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Clew | Chirp AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ruvolo | modulR LLC |
Customer experience
Clew
Chirp AR
In-app purchases
Clew
No in-app purchases
Chirp AR
No in-app purchases
