Clew vs GoodMaps
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.
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
Clew and GoodMaps are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 — 4.1 for Clew against 4.1 for GoodMaps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Clew's written reviews are positive against 60% of GoodMaps's.
Clew ships an update every 3 weeks, GoodMaps monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Clew | GoodMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (30 ratings) — better | 4.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ruvolo | GoodMaps Inc |
Customer experience
Clew
GoodMaps
In-app purchases
Clew
No in-app purchases
GoodMaps
No in-app purchases
