Comparison

SARA Nav vs Blind Radar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SARA Nav

Features
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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 can’t 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.

About

Blind Radar

Features
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Blind Radar turns your iPhone into a sixth sense. Point it where you're walking, and it warns you about walls, furniture, people, and trip hazards before you reach them, exactly like a car parking sensor: gentle ticks and haptic taps that speed up as you get closer, and a clear alarm when something is right in front of you. Three big buttons. That's the whole app. WALKING Your path, guarded. Blind Radar watches a narrow beam straight ahead of your iPhone, like a flashlight, and speaks the parking-sensor language every driver already knows. Slow ticks far away, rapid ticks up close, a continuous alarm at arm's length. Every tick comes with a matching haptic tap, so it works with the sound off, in your pocket-height grip, in a loud street. DESCRIBE Tap once and hear what's in front of you in plain, everyday words, "There's a door ahead with a kitchen inside, a table in the middle." Keep it on, point somewhere new, and it describes again. No jargon, no opinions, just what's there and where it is. READ TEXT Point at any sign, letter, menu, or label and Blind Radar reads it aloud, automatically detecting the language and speaking it with the right voice. Hands-free: it keeps reading new text as you pan, and never repeats itself. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Swipe anywhere to switch modes, every mode announces itself aloud True 3D sound with AirPods: alerts come from the obstacle's direction Works on every modern iPhone; LiDAR models get extended range Fully compatible with VoiceOver Feel it before you buy it: the interactive demo plays every alert level during setup COMPLETELY PRIVATE Everything happens on your iPhone. No video is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. No account. No internet required, Blind Radar works in a basement, on a trail, or on a plane. Your world, sensed. Privacy Policy: http://youapps.co/blind-radar-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SARA Nav4 screens
Blind Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SARA Nav at none against Blind Radar's 3. SARA Nav also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Blind Radar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. SARA Nav asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SARA Nav ships an update every 12 months, Blind Radar every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
SARA Nav versus Blind Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSARA NavBlind Radar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 6 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAss orionHassan Hattab

In-app purchases

None

SARA Nav

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Blind Radar

Subscriptions2
  • Blind Radar Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Blind Radar Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$149.99

Questions

Is SARA Nav free?
SARA Nav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blind Radar free?
Blind Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SARA Nav or Blind Radar have ads?
Neither SARA Nav nor Blind Radar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SARA Nav or Blind Radar?
SARA Nav ships an update every 12 months, and Blind Radar every 6 months. Most recently, SARA Nav was updated on November 4, 2026 and Blind Radar on November 8, 2026.

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