GoodMaps vs Beacon Nav
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoodMaps
Navigate complex indoor environments with ease and precision. This app offers an inclusive and user-friendly experience for exploring buildings, ensuring a seamless journey for everyone.
- Effortless indoor navigation
- Inclusive design
- Complex space exploration
- Precise accuracy
- User-friendly interface
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Experience the future of indoor navigation with GoodMaps. Inclusive by design, our app enables effortless navigation and interaction in complex indoor spaces, providing a seamless and stress-free experience. With a user-friendly and efficient interface, GoodMaps empowers everyone to explore indoor environments with precise accuracy.
Beacon Nav
Create custom indoor navigation maps from floor plan images. Place beacons, draw routes, and get turn-by-turn directions within your building. Includes Wi-Fi surveying and optional smart home automation integration.
- Import floor plans
- Place Bluetooth beacons
- Draw custom routes
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Wi-Fi survey mode
- Home Assistant integration
- Offline map storage
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Beacon Nav turns a floor-plan photo into a working indoor map. Import a drawing, place Bluetooth beacons on it, draw walkable routes, and navigate from where you are to a room or exit. Optional sensing can notify you when you reach a placed beacon and can trigger Home Assistant automations on your own server. A Wi‑Fi survey mode pins signal and performance on the same plan. What’s included • Floor plans — import images, set scale, watch multiple levels • Beacons — scan Bluetooth or use Demo on Simulator, bind devices, mute per marker • Navigate — scan start, pick a destination, follow the route graph • Wi‑Fi surveys — pin the joined network, heat maps, compare sessions, PDF reports • Home-screen widget and Live Activity for current indoor location • Optional Home Assistant arrive / leave / return actions • Share floor packs, calibration, beacon lists, and full backups via AirDrop or Files Beacon Nav stores maps on this device. There is no Beacon Nav cloud account. Home Assistant is optional and uses the URL and token you enter. A sample first-floor plan is included so you can try the app before importing your building.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GoodMaps at Free against Beacon Nav's $0.99. GoodMaps also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Beacon Nav's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
GoodMaps is free to download; Beacon Nav costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beacon Nav holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoodMaps has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | GoodMaps | Beacon Nav |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GoodMaps Inc | michael coxon |
In-app purchases
GoodMaps
No in-app purchases
Beacon Nav
No in-app purchases







