CosmicNav
Alexandr Degteari Navigation iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
CosmicNav is a free Navigation app for iPhone and iPad by Alexandr Degteari. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated September 27, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 37 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 27
- 2026 · v1.3
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About CosmicNav
Your Apple Watch finally shows a real map. Not turn cards. Not a list of street names. The actual map — roads, buildings, your route — drawn on your wrist and moving as you ride. WHY THIS EXISTS There is no maps SDK for watchOS, so no app draws a real map there. Even the big ones show you an arrow and a street name. We wrote our own renderer: the watch pulls map tiles itself and draws them. What you see on your wrist is a genuine map, not a photo of your phone screen. WORKS WITH THE PHONE IN YOUR POCKET Screen off, phone away, engine running. The watch keeps drawing and the voice keeps talking. Nothing goes quiet when the display sleeps. THE CROWN IS A REAL ZOOM Turn it and the map loads finer tiles — lanes and alleys appear that were not there a second ago. It is not a magnifying glass over a blurry picture. SEARCH BY VOICE FROM YOUR WRIST Say where you are going. The route is built and guidance starts. You never take the phone out. BUILT FOR TWO WHEELS Routes are calculated for scooters and motorcycles, so they take paths a car cannot. On islands and in old towns that is the difference between ten minutes and forty. THREE MAP STYLES Cosmic for night rides. Light when the sun is brutal. Black for maximum contrast and the least battery drain on an OLED screen. Switch right from the watch without stopping. VOICE THAT KEEPS TALKING Turn prompts arrive before the maneuver, not on top of it. Speech survives phone calls and other apps taking over the audio. Requires iPhone with iOS 17 and Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later. An internet connection is needed while riding.
What’s new
Version 1.3 · Updated September 27, 2026
- Music from your own SoundCloud account: your likes, playlists and feed play right on the map while you ride, with voice control ("play ...", "next", "pause"). - Your own audio files can be played too. - Fixes and improvements.
App privacy
The developer, Alexandr Degteari, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Other Data: Other Data Types
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
- Location: Precise Location
- Search History: Search History
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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