Comparison

Pedestrian light vs Orinav

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

Head to head
About

Pedestrian light

This app uses your phone's camera to detect traffic light status and provide audio cues for visually impaired users. It offers dual-light detection, car traffic light assistance, and orientation functions to enhance pedestrian safety.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera detection
  • Voice broadcast of light status
  • Countdown timers
  • Dual-light intelligent system
  • Zebra crossing orientation
  • Car traffic light assistance
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Pedestrian Traffic Light - Intelligent Barrier-free Travel Assistant has been downloaded by users in 34 countries and regions. Everyone can participate, and the more you use it, the more intelligent it is. Caring people are welcome to help find mistakes, and press the "do public welfare" button to save love. Special design for the visually impaired: vertical mobile phone, rear camera high-speed real-time detection, voice broadcast of red light, green light status and countdown. Dual-light intelligent system: When two people are in different traffic lights, it accurately broadcasts "red light near green light far" or "green light near red light far away", and adds the zebra crossing orientation function to comprehensively improve travel safety. Car traffic light assistance: It is suitable for the scene of lack of pedestrian traffic lights at a few intersections, providing reliable auxiliary reference. Accurately adapt to 15 devices: iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 13, 13 mini, 14+, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max, 15+, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, 16+, 16 Pro Max, iPad mini 6 Support 12 languages: Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, German, Japanese, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese Globally successfully promoted to 39 countries and regions: Mainland China, Taiwan, United States, Hong Kong, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Macao, Germany, Russia, France, Philippines, New Zealand, Ireland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Spain, Singapore, Italy, India, Argentina, Estonia, Belarus, Denmark, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Vietnam

About

Orinav

This navigation app provides step-by-step guidance and environmental awareness for individuals with visual impairments. It uses machine learning to detect obstacles and traffic signals, offering a seamless and safe travel experience.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step route guidance
  • Environmental awareness via computer vision
  • Obstacle and traffic light detection
  • Tactile paving recognition
  • Intelligent mode switching
  • Real-time direction guidance
  • Instant instruction replay
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Explore freely, move boldly. Orinav is an AI-powered navigation app built for people with visual impairments. Plan accessible routes and receive clear walking guidance while understanding what is happening around you — all from one app designed for independent travel. NAVIGATE WITH CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE GUIDANCE* Orinav gives you frequent, practical instructions throughout your journey. Hear when to make your next turn, how far you have left to walk, which direction to face, and other information relevant to your route. • Clock-face orientation — Hear prompts such as Turn 3 o'clock to quickly align yourself with the correct direction. • Step-based guidance — Get instructions based on walking distance and upcoming actions. • Frequent route updates — Receive information throughout your journey so you can keep track of where you are. • Shake to repeat — Repeat the latest navigation instruction whenever you need it. • Accessible route information — Compare routes using details such as tactile paving and other accessibility-related infrastructure. • Screen-reader support — Orinav is designed to work with accessibility technologies including VoiceOver. EXPLORE YOUR SURROUNDINGS WITH AI Raise your phone whenever you want more information about the environment around you. Explore uses on-device intelligence to recognize useful details in real time while working alongside navigation. Orinav can help identify: • Nearby obstacles and obstacle-dense areas • Objects in your surroundings • Traffic lights and signal information • Pedestrian crossings • Hazards and other useful environmental cues Explore works together with Navigate, allowing environmental information to appear when it is relevant to your journey. Orinav uses navigation context to automatically activate features that may be useful along the way. ONE APP FOR THE WHOLE JOURNEY Accessible travel can involve many different kinds of information. Orinav brings route planning, turn-by-turn guidance, orientation, crossing information, traffic-light recognition, and environmental awareness into a single navigation experience. There is no additional wearable hardware to buy. Orinav uses the phone you already carry. PRIVACY-FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION Explore features use on-device machine learning, allowing environmental recognition to run directly on your device. This keeps environmental processing close to you while giving you immediate information as you travel. DESIGNED WITH PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS Orinav has been developed through research and field evaluation with people with varying degrees of visual impairment. In a study involving 18 participants on a typical suburban route, Orinav was associated with a 12% improvement in navigation time, 44% fewer hesitations, and 43% fewer hazard approaches compared with a traditional navigation application. Orinav has now been awarded Highly Commended at the Tech4Good Awards 2026 and selected as an Inclusive Innovations Presenter in 2025. EXPLORE FREELY. MOVE BOLDLY. It is free to get started. Download Orinav and bring accessible navigation and environmental awareness together wherever your next journey takes you. IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION Orinav is provided for informational and navigational assistance purposes only. Orinav is not a medical device. It should not be relied upon as the sole means of navigation and does not replace service animals, mobility aids, orientation and mobility training, or professional medical or safety advice. You remain solely responsible for your own safety and for exercising independent judgment while using Orinav. Orinav cannot be held liable for any health or safety issues that may occur during your usage. Terms of service: https://orinav.com/terms Privacy policy: https://orinav.com/privacy *Features may not be available in all countries.

Screenshots

Pedestrian light4 screens
Orinav4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orinav at none against Pedestrian light's 2. Orinav also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Pedestrian light's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pedestrian light sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Orinav asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orinav holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedestrian light has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Pedestrian light's written reviews are positive against 100% of Orinav's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedestrian light ships an update weekly, Orinav every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pedestrian light versus Orinav: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedestrian lightOrinav
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer英丽 李博涵 蒋

Customer experience

Pedestrian light

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative4.2%

Orinav

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pedestrian light

One-time2
  • 支持8元$0.99
  • 支持18元$19.99
None

Orinav

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedestrian light free?
Pedestrian light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orinav free?
Orinav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedestrian light or Orinav?
Orinav is rated higher. Pedestrian light averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Orinav averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pedestrian light or Orinav have ads?
Neither Pedestrian light nor Orinav shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedestrian light or Orinav?
Pedestrian light ships an update weekly, and Orinav every 6 months. Most recently, Pedestrian light was updated on September 23, 2026 and Orinav on September 6, 2026.

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