HapticNav vs STEP Navigation
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
STEP Navigation
This app assists blind and low-vision users in locating building entrances and navigating indoors with precise guidance. It utilizes computer vision for outdoor navigation, offering accuracy beyond standard GPS, and allows for the creation and use of private or public indoor maps.
- Precise building entrance finding
- Indoor navigation with virtual anchors
- Computer vision for outdoor navigation
- Create private indoor maps
- Utilize public indoor maps
- Request outdoor location mapping
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STEP Navigation is designed to help blind and low vision users find building entrances, and navigate while inside. Pinpoint your exact location using virtual anchors and follow the precise guidance to within a cane's length of your destination. The App uses computer vision to support outdoors with precision much greater than GPS-only technologies. If you have a place you'd like to navigate to outdoors where high-precision is a must (e.g., a building entrance or a bus stop), you can request that we add it to our mapping database using an in-app form. For indoor navigation, you can create your own private maps or utilize public maps provided by others. Our set of public maps is small, but we are working to bring more maps online. If you manage a venue and would like to map it so visitors can navigate it using our app, please contact us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STEP Navigation at none against HapticNav's 2. STEP Navigation also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). HapticNav's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. STEP Navigation asks for nothing beyond the download.
STEP Navigation 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HapticNav ships an update fortnightly, STEP Navigation monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HapticNav | STEP Navigation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WearWorks | Paul Ruvolo |
Customer experience
HapticNav
STEP Navigation
In-app purchases
HapticNav
- Wayband App Yearly1 Year trial$0.991 Year
- Wayband$0.991 Year
STEP Navigation
No in-app purchases









