Waymap vs Route.Me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waymap
This app provides highly accurate indoor and outdoor navigation, even underground or without signal. It's designed to be accessible for everyone, with features that adapt to individual needs and preferences.
- Indoor and outdoor navigation
- High accuracy (up to 1 meter)
- Works without signal
- Accessible instructions
- Adapts to user's walking style
- Considers accessibility requirements
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Find your way anywhere, and help others do the same. Waymap is a navigation app for everyday journeys. Plan your route, get walking directions, and move through the city with confidence. Then, when you step inside a Waymap-enabled venue, navigation keeps going. Through buildings, underground spaces, and back outside again. No GPS dead zones. No signal dropouts. No gaps in guidance. What makes Waymap different is the impact of every journey. Each trip helps improve routing, refine accuracy, and strengthen guidance for the next person; including people who are blind, visually impaired, or navigating with other accessibility needs. You are not just finding your way. You are helping make your city more accessible for everyone. NAVIGATE EVERYWHERE · City-wide journey planning for the places you go every day · Seamless navigation across outdoor, indoor, and underground spaces · Step-by-step guidance throughout your journey · Works where GPS and signal often fail BUILT WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND · Designed to support blind and visually impaired travellers · Step-free journey support, including accessible routes where available · Clear guidance for independent travel · Compatible with VoiceOver and TalkBack YOUR JOURNEYS HELP IMPROVE ACCESS · Waymap adapts to how you move for more accurate guidance over time · Every journey helps improve our map and directions for future users · Supporting a future where more people can travel independently PRIVACY BY DESIGN · No sign-up required · Your data stays yours, with no location data shared to external servers Navigation is processed on device WHERE CAN I USE WAYMAP? Waymap supports everyday navigation across several cities and continues into participating venues where Waymap-enabled mapping is available. These may include stations, hospitals, shopping centres, universities, stadiums, and other complex public spaces. If your city is unavailable, let us know you want Waymap where you are, we’re always adding more cities and venues to our map! IT’S FREE TO USE Waymap is free to download and use. Venues license Waymap to offer navigation to their visitors, so there is no cost to use the app. Join a growing community of people navigating the world, and helping make it more accessible with every step.
Route.Me
This navigation app uses AI and pre-recorded video routes for easy, accessible turn-by-turn directions. It offers spoken guidance, haptic feedback, and supports over 15 languages with unlimited navigation range.
- AI-powered navigation
- Pre-recorded video routes
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Spoken directions
- Haptic feedback
- Multi-language support
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RouteMe uses Ai and pre recorded video routes to make turn by turn navigation easy and accessible for all. Enjoy seamless transition into over 15 languages, spoken directions, haptics feedback and unlimited navigation range
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Verdict
Waymap and Route.Me both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Route.Me's written reviews are positive against 75% of Waymap's. Route.Me also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Waymap against 5.0 for Route.Me. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Waymap's written reviews are positive against 100% of Route.Me's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waymap | Route.Me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WAYMAP LIMITED | InfiniteLoop Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Waymap
Route.Me
In-app purchases
Waymap
No in-app purchases
Route.Me
No in-app purchases









