SARA Nav vs Candle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
SARA Nav
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Use SARA Navigation to guide you during your cruises and offshore races! Just like SARA for regatta that some of you already know, SARA Navigation uses the GPS of the iphone. SARA gives you all useful information automatically and vocally. Of course, SARA Navigation is fully accessible for blind people. It means that using the screen reader VoiceOver, the blind sailor can read all information displayed on the screen. It will be very easy for you to create route points, marks and routes. The visually impaired sailor canβt look at his route on a map, but using SARA navigation he will be able to consult his route in a textual format. It is one of the main features of SARA Navigation. When cruising, you just have to activate the itinerary that you previously created specially for your navigation, and to define your announcements profile. In this profile, you select all information you want to listen to during sailing. If you have an electronic navigation system on board, another very interesting feature for you is the connexion with it, on condition that you can connect your electronic system on WIFI. So the blind sailor is able to check any information he needs to manage sailing, reading it with VoiceOver or listening to the automatic announcements. Last point of this short description of SARA Navigation, the vocal electronic telltales really are an innovation. It is an experimentation. It is possible to discover how that works on Dombay 1, the school boat of Dombay Voile Association located at Sciez-sur-LΓ©man, on the lake of Geneva. Feel free to contact us to organize a fabulous cruise together on Dombay 1, so that you can use SARA navigation and sail just like if you can look at your tellTales.
Candle
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Discover seamless and barrier-free navigation with our app, specifically designed for blind and visually impaired users. With our innovative solution, you can effortlessly save Points of Interest (POIs) and navigate safely to your desired destinations. Our app is developed with complete Talkback support, ensuring full Voice-Over functionality, making it exceptionally user-friendly for people with visual impairments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Candle at every 3 days against SARA Nav's every 12 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SARA Nav ships an update every 12 months, Candle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SARA Nav | Candle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 β better | 14.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ass orion | Andreas Herz |
In-app purchases
SARA Nav
No in-app purchases
Candle
No in-app purchases









