Indigo Nav vs Clew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Clew
This app uses augmented reality to help visually impaired individuals navigate indoor spaces. Users can record custom routes and share them with others, making unfamiliar environments more accessible.
- AR indoor navigation
- Record custom routes
- Share routes with others
- Accessible for visually impaired users
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Clew is an AR indoor navigation app that allows visually impaired or blind users to record, share, and navigate routes in indoor environments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Clew at every 3 weeks against Indigo Nav's every 4 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Indigo Nav against 4.0 for Clew. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 27 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Indigo Nav's written reviews are positive against 67% of Clew's.
Indigo Nav ships an update every 4 months, Clew every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Indigo Nav | Clew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (27 ratings) — better | 4.0 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Printing House for the Blind (APH) | Paul Ruvolo |
Customer experience
Indigo Nav
Clew
In-app purchases
Indigo Nav
No in-app purchases
Clew
No in-app purchases









