Comparison

Indigo Nav vs iWalkStraight

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

Head to head
About

Indigo Nav

This turn-by-turn GPS app offers comprehensive outdoor navigation with unique accessibility features, including enhanced verbosity for visually impaired users. Explore points of interest, record custom routes with waypoints, and receive audio-visual feedback for turns and intersections.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn GPS navigation
  • Enhanced accessibility for blind users
  • Virtual exploration of POIs and route turning points
  • Waypoint route recording and saving
  • LookAround Wand for directional information
  • Customizable POI creation and sharing
  • Audio and vibration feedback for navigation cues
Features
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Indigo is a fully accessible turn-by-turn GPS app. It has all the outdoor navigation features you expect plus unique offerings you cannot get anywhere else including extra verbosity for blind users. Features: Four main tabs are easy to access at the bottom of the screen. Routes, Location, POIs and settings Indigo has the option to explore POIs or route turning points virtually. Transit Routes can be created and nearby transit stops will be announced. A unique Indigo feature: record a route using breadcrumbs called Waypoints. No other accessible app has this. You can add these waypoints with the Add Button or you can shake the phone to create a waypoint. It also automatically records a point after you have gone a certain distance. These waypoint routes can be saved for future use. The LookAround Wand in the upper right corner tells you what is in the direction your phone is pointing. The More Info button on the Location screen gives the altitude and speed. Create your own POIs and share your POIs with others or keep them private with a shortcut on the Location page or from the POIs page. POI categories are announced with search results and make finding your destination easier. Audio tones and vibrations give feedback throughout the app letting you know about upcoming turns, critical intersection information and when search is loading A robust route menu includes multiple methods of choosing a destination starting with a POI and an address from your contact list, your route history and many more. Settings include many customization options like vibrations, vision contrast, color settings and distance units. There are announcement options like right/left, clockface, or both.

About

iWalkStraight

This navigation app provides speech instructions to assist visually impaired users in walking in a straight line, even without visual reference points. It can be used with the device in hand or in a pocket.

Highlights
  • Speech instructions for walking straight
  • Assists in absence of reference points
  • Usable with device in hand
  • Usable with device in pocket
Features
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*** Limited time launch offer *** iWalkStraight is available at a discounted price, check it out! iWalkStraight is an application for people with visual impairment. iWalkStraight helps you walk straight in absence of reference points (eg. while you are walking in a park) by providing speech instructions. The application can be used both while the device is kept in your hands and while in a pocket, check the instructions on our website for more informations.

Screenshots

Indigo Nav4 screens
iWalkStraight1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iWalkStraight at 4.7 against Indigo Nav's 4.0. iWalkStraight also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Indigo Nav's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

iWalkStraight holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Indigo Nav has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Indigo Nav's written reviews are positive against 100% of iWalkStraight's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Indigo Nav versus iWalkStraight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIndigo NaviWalkStraight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (27 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Printing House for the Blind (APH)Retina Italia Onlus

Customer experience

Indigo Nav

All ratings24 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

iWalkStraight

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Indigo Nav

No in-app purchases

None

iWalkStraight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Indigo Nav free?
Indigo Nav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iWalkStraight free?
iWalkStraight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Indigo Nav or iWalkStraight?
iWalkStraight is rated higher. Indigo Nav averages 4.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while iWalkStraight averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Indigo Nav or iWalkStraight have ads?
Neither Indigo Nav nor iWalkStraight shows ads.

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