Talk Compass vs Clew Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Talk Compass
This navigation app provides cardinal and ordinal directions through voice output. Users can customize the speaking rate, volume, and sound effects for a personalized experience.
- Voice output for directions
- Adjustable speaking rate
- Customizable volume
- Sound effect options
- Supports cardinal and ordinal directions
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This compass app lets you know that cardinal directions and ordinal directions by voice. You can adjust speaking rate, volume and sound effects.
Clew Maps
This app provides augmented reality indoor navigation for visually impaired users. It allows recording, sharing, and following indoor routes using printable tags for accurate access.
- AR indoor navigation
- Route recording
- Route sharing
- Printable tag anchoring
- Navigation for visually impaired
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Clew Maps is an AR indoor navigation app that allows visually impaired or blind users to record, share, and navigate routes in indoor environments. The starting points for indoor routes are anchored to printable tags that allow users to easily and accurately access saved routes (even ones recorded by other users).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clew Maps at 5.0 against Talk Compass's 4.4. Clew Maps also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 18 months). Talk Compass's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Clew Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Talk Compass has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Talk Compass ships an update every 18 months, Clew Maps every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Talk Compass | Clew Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoshiyuki Koyanagi | Paul Ruvolo |
Customer experience
Talk Compass
Clew Maps
In-app purchases
Talk Compass
No in-app purchases
Clew Maps
No in-app purchases
