# Sensory Magnus — Handheld magnifier

> Handheld magnifier (iPhone/iPad app by Sensory App House Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sensory-magnus/id6756228035 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sensory App House Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1361994084)
- Category: Medical, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 6 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-01-06
- Data updated: 2026-06-07
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sensory-magnus/id6756228035/reviews.md

## What is Sensory Magnus?

For people who need help seeing and reading everyday text, Magnus is the magnifier app that combines powerful zoom, intelligent text recognition, and read-aloud in a single, private, easy-to-use tool.

Everything you need to see clearly.
Magnification, colour enhancement, text recognition, and read-aloud — together in one simple, private, offline app.

15× Magnification
Smooth zoom from 1× to 15× with a precision vertical slider (0.25× steps). Zoom level is remembered between sessions.

Instant OCR
Pause the camera and text is extracted instantly. Accurate recognition with language correction, all on-device.

Read Aloud
Text-to-speech with word-by-word red underline highlighting. Play, pause, resume, or start from any cursor position. Uses your default device voice.

Vision Enhancement
Invert colours, 9 colour tints, up to 3× contrast, monochrome mode, and edge enhancement with line thickening.

Torch & Masking
Built-in flashlight for low-light reading. Masking mode darkens the top and bottom of the screen for focused line-by-line viewing.

Customisable Display
5 font sizes (20–40pt), 8 text colours, 8 background colours. All preferences persist automatically.

HOW IT WORKS
Point. Pause. Listen.
Three simple steps to read any text, anywhere.
1. Point
Aim your camera at the text. Zoom in and enhance with colour tools as needed.
2. Pause
Tap the pause button to freeze the frame. Text is recognised instantly using on-device OCR.
3. Listen
Press play and follow along as each word is highlighted with a red underline. Pause, resume, or start from any position.
4. Share
Share the captured image or recognised text to any app via the iOS Share Sheet.

About Sensory Magnus

Private by design.
Everything runs on your device. No servers, no accounts, no data collection.

100% On-Device
Camera, OCR, and speech all process locally. Your images and text never leave your device.

Fully Offline
No internet connection required. Magnus works everywhere, even without Wi-Fi or cellular data.

No Accounts
No sign-up, no login, no tracking. Open the app and start using it immediately.

Zero Analytics
No telemetry, no usage tracking. Your preferences stay in local storage only.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-04-15

The SAH Magnus app combines powerful zoom with new intelligent text recognition, and read-aloud in a single, private, tool. Now includes instant OCR -
pause the camera and text is extracted instantly. Accurate recognition with language correction, all on-device. Can also do certain cursive handwriting. The Text can be spoken with word-by-word red underline highlighting. Play, pause, resume, or start from any cursor position. Uses your default device voice. Nothing goes to the cloud so full data privacy.

### 1.0 — 2026-01-06

No release notes.

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