Comparison

Indigo Nav vs Waymap

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

Waymap

This app provides highly accurate indoor and outdoor navigation, even underground or without signal. It's designed to be accessible for everyone, with features that adapt to individual needs and preferences.

Highlights
  • Indoor and outdoor navigation
  • High accuracy (up to 1 meter)
  • Works without signal
  • Accessible instructions
  • Adapts to user's walking style
  • Considers accessibility requirements
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Find your way anywhere, and help others do the same. Waymap is a navigation app for everyday journeys. Plan your route, get walking directions, and move through the city with confidence. Then, when you step inside a Waymap-enabled venue, navigation keeps going. Through buildings, underground spaces, and back outside again. No GPS dead zones. No signal dropouts. No gaps in guidance. What makes Waymap different is the impact of every journey. Each trip helps improve routing, refine accuracy, and strengthen guidance for the next person; including people who are blind, visually impaired, or navigating with other accessibility needs. You are not just finding your way. You are helping make your city more accessible for everyone. NAVIGATE EVERYWHERE · City-wide journey planning for the places you go every day · Seamless navigation across outdoor, indoor, and underground spaces · Step-by-step guidance throughout your journey · Works where GPS and signal often fail BUILT WITH ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND · Designed to support blind and visually impaired travellers · Step-free journey support, including accessible routes where available · Clear guidance for independent travel · Compatible with VoiceOver and TalkBack YOUR JOURNEYS HELP IMPROVE ACCESS · Waymap adapts to how you move for more accurate guidance over time · Every journey helps improve our map and directions for future users · Supporting a future where more people can travel independently PRIVACY BY DESIGN · No sign-up required · Your data stays yours, with no location data shared to external servers Navigation is processed on device WHERE CAN I USE WAYMAP? Waymap supports everyday navigation across several cities and continues into participating venues where Waymap-enabled mapping is available. These may include stations, hospitals, shopping centres, universities, stadiums, and other complex public spaces. If your city is unavailable, let us know you want Waymap where you are, we’re always adding more cities and venues to our map! IT’S FREE TO USE Waymap is free to download and use. Venues license Waymap to offer navigation to their visitors, so there is no cost to use the app. Join a growing community of people navigating the world, and helping make it more accessible with every step.

Screenshots

Indigo Nav4 screens
Waymap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Waymap at 5.0 against Indigo Nav's 4.0. Waymap also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). Indigo Nav's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

Waymap 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 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 75% of Waymap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Indigo Nav ships an update every 4 months, Waymap weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Indigo Nav versus Waymap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIndigo NavWaymap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (27 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Printing House for the Blind (APH)WAYMAP LIMITED

Customer experience

Indigo Nav

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

Waymap

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Indigo Nav

No in-app purchases

None

Waymap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Indigo Nav free?
Indigo Nav is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waymap free?
Waymap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Indigo Nav or Waymap?
Waymap is rated higher. Indigo Nav averages 4.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Waymap averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Indigo Nav or Waymap have ads?
Neither Indigo Nav nor Waymap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Indigo Nav or Waymap?
Indigo Nav ships an update every 4 months, and Waymap weekly. Most recently, Indigo Nav was updated on September 16, 2026 and Waymap on September 24, 2026.

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