HapticNav vs Chirp AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HapticNav
This app provides navigation through vibrations, guiding users to their destination without visual or audio cues. It uses a patented Haptic Corridor™ system to indicate direction and proximity to the correct path. Designed to be intuitive, it offers an alternative navigation experience for all users, including those with visual impairments.
- Haptic navigation without visual or audio feedback
- Patented Haptic Corridor™ for directional guidance
- Intuitive vibration-based feedback system
- Optional HapticNav® wristband integration
- Accessible navigation for visually impaired users
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HapticNav® is a haptic navigation app, paired with an optional HapticNav® wristband, that gently guides you to your destination using vibration, without the need for any visual or audio feedback. Our patented Haptic Corridor™ works like a compass, giving you feedback based on the direction you are facing. When you are in the Haptic Corridor™ you feel no vibrations at all. When you turn you begin to feel a slight vibration. And that vibration gets stronger the more you turn away from the correct direction. We tested with 1000s of users and it is so intuitive, most can figure out the correct way to go without any instruction. In 2017, Wayband® made history when it helped the first person who is blind to run in the NYC marathon, without being tethered to a sighted guide. WearWorks® is a haptic platform company. We build products and experiences that communicate information through touch. Our mission is to reimagine the skin as a high fidelity communications channel capable of giving you information in a more intuitive and less obtrusive way. And our first goal is to revolutionize navigation for the sense of touch. 77% of global smartphone users use navigation apps monthly. Navigation is communicated entirely through vision and audition. For the billions of us who rely on mapping applications for our daily lives, is the need to constantly staring at a screen, or listening to a voice, while getting from one place to another really the best we can do? And even more, for the 285 million people world-wide living with a visual impairment, and the 466 million living with a hearing impairment, that status quo is inaccessible. We see a better way to navigate. One that frees your ears and eyes while giving you all the information you need directly through your natural sense of touch. Download the HapticNav® App to feel your way... anywhere. Terms: https://www.wear.works/terms-conditions
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 in-app purchases: Chirp AR at none against HapticNav's 2. Chirp AR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). HapticNav's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. HapticNav sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Chirp AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chirp AR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HapticNav has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | HapticNav | Chirp AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WearWorks | modulR LLC |
Customer experience
HapticNav
Chirp AR
In-app purchases
HapticNav
- Wayband App Yearly1 Year trial$0.991 Year
- Wayband$0.991 Year
Chirp AR
No in-app purchases









