Oko vs STEP Navigation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oko
This AI-powered navigation app provides turn-by-turn directions and detailed intersection information. It offers visual assistance by notifying users when the walk signal is active, enhancing confidence while exploring.
- AI-driven navigation
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Intersection information
- Visual walk signal alerts
- Environment exploration
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Oko is a AI driven navigation app that helps you navigate and explore your environment with confidence. Simply search your destination to receive detailed, turn-by-turn directions. When approaching an intersection, oko will inform you about intersection information. If you need visual assistance just raise your phone, and oko will notify you when the walk sign is on. Start discovering places and remember to go with oko. Do you have feedback, questions or feature requests? Contact us by email at: support@polara.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://ayesai.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-1193a19381a080bc8894d8171bbe8e82
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 rating: STEP Navigation at 5.0 against Oko's 4.0. STEP Navigation also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Oko's advantage is ratings volume (179 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Oko sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. STEP Navigation asks for nothing beyond the download.
STEP Navigation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oko has 179 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Oko ships an update fortnightly, STEP Navigation monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oko | STEP Navigation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (179 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 179 — 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 | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polara Engineering, Inc. | Paul Ruvolo |
Customer experience
Oko
STEP Navigation
Bugs and requests
Oko
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing when entering address
- Losing functionality after updates
- Unreliable signal detection in certain conditions
Requested features
3 requests- Option to disable audio and use haptics only
- Integration with other navigation apps
- Free version or one-time purchase option
STEP Navigation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Oko
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
STEP Navigation
No in-app purchases








