Comparison

nomap vs TargetNavigator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

nomap

Navigate your surroundings using only directional arrows and haptic feedback. This app guides you to your destination without requiring you to constantly look at your screen, allowing you to experience your journey more fully. It also features a unique compass mode activated by shaking your phone.

Highlights
  • Arrow-based navigation
  • Vibration guidance
  • Hands-free walking
  • Automatic rerouting
  • Shake-activated compass
  • Customizable routes
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Look up and walk forward. nomap is a navigation app that gets you to your destination using only arrows and vibrations. Our unique vibration system lets you reach your destination without constantly looking at your phone. Start walking with the guidance of vibrations. Are you spending your travels just looking at your phone? The journey to your destination can be a memorable part of your trip. While you're looking down at your map, you might miss a charming bakery right in front of you. With nomap, you don't need to keep staring at a boring map to get where you're going. As long as you're on the right path, your phone will keep the rhythm. Hold your phone straight and keep moving. When the rhythm stops, it's a sign to turn. Just spin around a bit, and you'll quickly find the right direction. If you take a wrong turn, don't worry. The app will automatically find a new route for you. - Secret Feature Once the navigation starts, try shaking your phone! It will turn into a compass that continuously points to your destination. This feature is handy when you want to know the direction to your destination or choose your own route. Enjoy your adventure while choosing the path you like. (You can revert back by shaking again.) nomap is a brand new app, released just in December 2023. We're excited to make it even more amazing! - When the Compass Points in the Wrong Direction... Sometimes the phone's compass may point in the wrong direction. If that happens, rotate your phone in a figure-eight a few times. It should recalibrate.

About

TargetNavigator

Navigate to your chosen destination using a simple compass and bearing. This app provides real-time location data, weather, and celestial information. It also allows for saving custom locations, recording tracks, and exporting them as GPX files.

Highlights
  • Simple compass with bearing navigation
  • Real-time location, altitude, and speed
  • Target location weather and celestial data
  • Save and restore custom locations
  • Record and export tracks as GPX
  • Night mode and customizable display
  • Open Apple Maps for directions
Features
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TargetNavigator - Simple Compass - Use bearing to find your way to selected target location - Comes with night mode - Shows the current location, altitude, speed and slope angle indicator - Shows the target location, weather, temperature, air pressure, sunrise and sunset - Shows either metric or imperial units - Will store last target location and reload after new start, so you don't need to let it run but could also stop and re-run later - Tap on target location will center map on target location - Double tap on target location to enter target location coordinates manually - Tap on current location will center map on current location - Store custom locations on iCloud - Restore target locations from saved locations - Long press button to save current location as target location - Long press button to reverse geocode the current location (street address, zip, city, country, iso code, timezone, daylight saving and latitude, longitude) - Reverse geocoded address will be copied to clipboard so that one can paste it in another document, mail, message, etc. - Open Apple Maps to get directions to target location - Search for locations and move map to selected location - Show estimated time to target location when walking or taking the car - Show the the current position of the sun - Show sunrise and sunset time for current location or overlay the hours of the day (0-23) with their current locations - Visualize angle range of daylight, show blue and golden hours - Show current moon location - Save photos that contain the coordinates, date, time and direction of view - Record a track - Export a recorded track as GPX file - Import a formerly recorded track from the GPX file - Show track on map - Show information like distance, top speed and elevation for track - Show speed/distance diagram of track - Get information about sunrise/sunset, blue hours, golden hours and moon rise/set for the current location - Has live activity that shows current distance of recorded track and time, during recording - Indicate gps signal strength - Dim night mode to your needs - Choose a simple indicator if needed

Screenshots

nomap4 screens
TargetNavigator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: nomap at 5.0 against TargetNavigator's 4.0. nomap also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

nomap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nomap ships an update every 2 days, TargetNavigator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
nomap versus TargetNavigator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternomapTargetNavigator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYu OhamaGerrit Grunwald

Customer experience

nomap

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TargetNavigator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

nomap

No in-app purchases

None

TargetNavigator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nomap free?
nomap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TargetNavigator free?
TargetNavigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, nomap or TargetNavigator?
nomap is rated higher. nomap averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while TargetNavigator averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do nomap or TargetNavigator have ads?
Neither nomap nor TargetNavigator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nomap or TargetNavigator?
nomap ships an update every 2 days, and TargetNavigator fortnightly. Most recently, nomap was updated on October 4, 2026 and TargetNavigator on September 29, 2026.

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