What ShieldNav does
A full navigation app first, with a crime data layer built into the same map rather than bolted on as a separate tool.
Turn-by-turn voice navigation
Spoken directions, route planning, and rerouting powered by the HERE Maps SDK — a mapping platform used widely in automotive navigation. Point-of-interest search is built in.
Crime data on the map
A heatmap overlay built from incident reports that police departments publish. See reported incident density along a route or around a destination before you set off, rather than reading about the area afterward.
Places you drive often
Save home, work, and custom destinations, and schedule drives in advance. Sign in to an account and your saved places and recent destinations follow you if you change phones.
Detail when you need it
The full crime radar — incident type, date, and block-level location — alongside real-time speed limits, toll cost estimates, and live search autosuggest. All of it is part of the app, not a separate upgrade.
Where the crime data comes from
ShieldNav’s crime layer is built from data licensed from CrimeoMeter, which collects the incident reports that police departments and city governments publish on their open-data portals. Crime data currently covers Chicago, Schaumburg, Downers Grove, and Hanover Park, Illinois.
Three things we are explicit about, both in the app and here:
- Coverage varies by city. A jurisdiction that does not publish open incident data will not have a crime layer in ShieldNav. What you see on the map reflects what was reported and published, not everything that happened.
- The data is historical, not live. Police departments and cities publish on their own schedules — some daily, some weekly, some with a lag of several weeks. ShieldNav shows the most recent data available for a jurisdiction and does not present it as a real-time picture.
- It describes places, not people. Crime data covers reported incidents in an area. It is not a prediction, not a judgment about the people who live or work there, and not a substitute for your own awareness while driving.
Our Crime Data Disclaimer sets out the accuracy limits and our Fair Housing position in full. It is worth reading before you rely on the map.
What you get
ShieldNav is one app with one subscription. Everything below is included — there is no limited free version and no second tier.
New subscribers start with a 7-day free trial
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation with automatic rerouting
- Map display and route planning
- Routes and place searches for everyday driving
- Crime radar along your route — incident type, date, block-level location
- Live address autosuggest
- Real-time speed limits and toll awareness
- Saved places and scheduled drives
A subscription is required to use ShieldNav after the free trial. ShieldNav is an auto-renewing subscription sold through the Apple App Store, available monthly or annually. New subscribers begin with a 7-day free trial (Apple decides eligibility based on your Apple ID). No account is needed to subscribe. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, it converts automatically into a paid subscription and your Apple ID is charged the price shown at sign-up. The subscription then renews automatically each period until you cancel.
Current pricing is shown in the App Store and in the app before you subscribe. Cancel any time from Settings → [your Apple ID] → Subscriptions on your iPhone. Billing, renewals, and refunds are handled by Apple — see our Terms of Use for the full subscription disclosure, the Privacy Policy for how we handle your data, or Support for how to cancel or request a refund.
The company behind it
ShieldNav is built by ShieldNav LLC, a limited liability company organized in Indiana and based in the Chicagoland area. We are a small independent software team — not a data broker and not an advertising business. Read more about the company, or get in touch.
- Legal entityShieldNav LLC
- Entity typeLimited liability company
- JurisdictionIndiana, United States
- Based inChicagoland area, United States
- ProductShieldNav for iOS (iPhone)
- StatusIn development — pre-launch
- Contactsupport@shieldnav.com