Comparison

Sonar LiDAR vs Sight

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

Head to head
About

Sonar LiDAR

This app transforms your iPhone Pro's LiDAR sensor into a real-time sonar, providing audio and haptic feedback about your surroundings. It detects walls, furniture, steps, and doorways, aiding navigation in familiar environments.

Highlights
  • Real-time sonar feedback
  • Audio and haptic alerts
  • Obstacle detection (walls, furniture, steps)
  • Posture guidance
  • Optional night vision depth view
  • VoiceOver support
Features
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IMPORTANT: This app works EXCLUSIVELY on iPhone Pro (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) with a LiDAR sensor. Standard models without LiDAR are not supported. Sonar Lidar — feel your surroundings. Sonar Lidar turns the LiDAR sensor on your iPhone Pro (or iPad Pro) into a real-time sonar. As you point your phone ahead, it translates distance into sound and vibration, giving you instant feedback about what's around you. What it detects • Walls and obstacles in front of you • Low furniture — sofas, benches, tables • Steps and drop-offs ("cliffs") • Narrow passages and doorways How it works • Audio sonar: beeps get faster as you get closer, panning left/right toward the obstacle • Haptic feedback: feel the proximity through vibration • Posture guide: a gentle tone helps you hold the phone at the right angle • Night vision: an optional on-screen depth view • The screen stays awake while scanning Made to fit you Simple, essential controls up front — distances, sonar spread, low-obstacle and drop sensitivity — with an "Advanced Settings" section for fine-tuning. Full VoiceOver support. Important: Sonar Lidar is an experimental support tool. It does NOT replace the white cane, a guide dog, medical aids, or your own attention. Use it only in known environments and always stay alert. Requires a device with a LiDAR sensor. We strongly recommend testing the app in a safe, known environment to find the best tilt angle and sensitivity setting (adjustable in Settings) for your height and walking style.

About

Sight

This navigation assistant uses LiDAR and your iPhone's camera to provide spoken guidance, haptic feedback, and obstacle detection for blind and low-vision users. It offers real-time environmental awareness and walking directions, functioning entirely offline once a route is set.

Highlights
  • LiDAR-based guidance
  • Spoken directions
  • Haptic feedback
  • Obstacle detection
  • Offline functionality
  • Object detection
Read full description

Sight: Detect & Navigate is a LiDAR-based navigation assistant for blind and low-vision users. It requires an iPhone with a LiDAR scanner, such as supported iPhone Pro models. The app helps users navigate with spoken guidance, haptic feedback, walking directions, and obstacle awareness. It uses the camera and LiDAR sensor for real-time environmental awareness, and location for walking routes through Apple Maps. It is a free to use application and features such as object detection and LiDAR can be used offline. Once the route under the navigation tab is set, the entire app can function offline. Camera and LiDAR processing happens on device. The app has no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, no in-app purchases, and no subscriptions. Thank you for downloading the app! Privacy Policy: https://wisdominurmovement.com/sight-detect-navigate-privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sonar LiDAR4 screens
Sight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sight at none against Sonar LiDAR's 2. Sonar LiDAR's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Sonar LiDAR sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sonar LiDAR against 5.0 for Sight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonar LiDAR ships an update weekly, Sight every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Sonar LiDAR versus Sight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonar LiDARSight
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFederico Di FrancescoKinshuk Sahni

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sonar LiDAR

One-time2
  • Offer me a coffee$0.99
  • Offer me a beer.$3.99
None

Sight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sonar LiDAR free?
Sonar LiDAR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sight free?
Sight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sonar LiDAR or Sight?
Sonar LiDAR and Sight are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Sonar LiDAR or Sight have ads?
Neither Sonar LiDAR nor Sight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonar LiDAR or Sight?
Sonar LiDAR ships an update weekly, and Sight every 2 months. Most recently, Sonar LiDAR was updated on October 4, 2026 and Sight on October 14, 2026.

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