Wear OS companion app extends navigation to wrist-worn devices
Free to use with strong recent download growth
Not ranked in top lists, limiting discoverability in some markets
Competition often emphasizes GPS-based, voice-guided, map-centric navigation
About HapticNav
HapticNav was a maps & navigation app developed by WearWorks. It was removed from Google Play Nov 19, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
HapticNav had been downloaded 3.9 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
HapticNav was rated 4.40 out of 5 stars, based on 17 ratings.
App Information
HapticNav was free to download. The APK download size was 49.91 MB. The last available version was 0.1.29. The last update was on April 23, 2024.
Technical Requirements
The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play April 2024.
Description
HapticNav® is a haptic navigation app that gently guides you to your destination using vibration, without the need for any visual or audio feedback. Our patented Haptic Corridor™ works like a compass, giving you feedback based on the direction you are facing. When you are in the Haptic Corridor™ you feel no vibrations at all. When you turn you begin to feel a slight vibration. And that vibration gets stronger the more you turn away from the correct direction. We tested with 1000s of users and it is so intuitive, most can figure out the correct way to go without any instruction. In 2017, Wayband® made history when it helped the first person who is blind to run in the NYC marathon, without being tethered to a sighted guide.
WearWorks® is a haptic platform company. We build products and experiences that communicate information through touch. Our mission is to reimagine the skin as a high fidelity communications channel capable of giving you information in a more intuitive and less obtrusive way. And our first goal is to revolutionize navigation for the sense of touch.
77% of global smartphone users use navigation apps monthly. Navigation is communicated entirely through vision and audition. For the billions of us who rely on mapping applications for our daily lives, is the need to constantly staring at a screen, or listening to a voice, while getting from one place to another really the best we can do? And even more, for the 285 million people world-wide living with a visual impairment, and the 466 million living with a hearing impairment, that status quo is inaccessible.
We see a better way to navigate. One that frees your ears and eyes while giving you all the information you need directly through your natural sense of touch. Download the HapticNav® App to feel your way... anywhere.
Also try the accompanying Wear OS app that puts the haptic compass on your smart watch.
Recent changes: New app icon New map marker New Route appearance
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★★★★★
Fantastic app for navigation. Really makes you realize how much we miss by staring at our screen while navigating. Very intuitive and easy to use, makes use of vibrational feedback to guide you along your trip.
★★★★★
The idea is very good... But it is mostly helpful when I already know the area I'm walking In noisy environment I normally miss the way even if I'm familia with the place, but the vibration helps me to locate my way. It will make a big difference if you can add audio cues and finally, It will be very helpful if the haptic nav app will be able to identify open gutters and other small obstacles.
★★☆☆☆
Very useful app, not accessible with Talk Back screen reader.
★★☆☆☆
App opened first time, but got froze on completing the tutorial on compass. Never opening after that at all.
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