Comparison

Indigo Nav vs Loadstone GPS

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

Loadstone GPS

This navigation app empowers blind pedestrians with turn-by-turn directions and a vast database of points of interest. Users can create, store, and share waypoints, explore surroundings, and receive arrival alerts. It's designed by the blind, for the blind, with many functions available offline.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn directions
  • World-wide points of interest database
  • Create, store, and share waypoints
  • Explore surroundings features
  • Approach and arrival alerts
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable settings
Features
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Loadstone GPS is a powerful, easy-to-use app that enables blind pedestrians to "go blindly where everyone sighted has gone before." It is designed by the blind, for the blind, specifically for those who use Voiceover. Features * Get turn-by-turn directions from any point or your current location to a desired destination. * Access and download from a world-wide database of points from OpenStreetMap, public mapping sources, transit systems, and points shared by other Loadstone users. * Create, store, and share your own navigation waypoints with others or the Loadstone comunity. * Filter point searches and output by categories and tags. * Explore your surroundings with features like 'Show Neighbourhood', 'Explore', and 'Find Point'. * Receive approach and arrival alerts for points of interest. * Customize alerts, units of measure, address format and other settings. * Display astronomic information like sunrise and set, moonrise and set, etc. * Track distance travelled with a built-in trip meter. * Import text databases and checkpoints from previous Loadstone versions. * No data plan required to use most major functions. * Complete documentation included. * Available in multiple languages. For the latest news, tutorials and more information please visit the Loadstone website at: https://www.loadstone-gps.com.

Screenshots

Indigo Nav4 screens
Loadstone GPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Indigo Nav at Free against Loadstone GPS's $10.99. Indigo Nav also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 2). Loadstone GPS's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Indigo Nav is free to download; Loadstone GPS costs $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loadstone GPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Indigo Nav has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 60% and 60% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Indigo Nav ships an update every 4 months, Loadstone GPS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Indigo Nav versus Loadstone GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIndigo NavLoadstone GPS
PriceFree — better$10.99
Rating4.0 (27 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Printing House for the Blind (APH)Shawn Kirkpatrick

Customer experience

Indigo Nav

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

Loadstone GPS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Indigo Nav

No in-app purchases

None

Loadstone GPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Indigo Nav free?
Indigo Nav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loadstone GPS free?
Loadstone GPS costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Indigo Nav or Loadstone GPS?
Loadstone GPS is rated higher. Indigo Nav averages 4.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Loadstone GPS averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Indigo Nav or Loadstone GPS have ads?
Neither Indigo Nav nor Loadstone GPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Indigo Nav or Loadstone GPS?
Indigo Nav ships an update every 4 months, and Loadstone GPS every 3 months. Most recently, Indigo Nav was updated on September 16, 2026 and Loadstone GPS on September 10, 2026.

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