# Visual Brailler — user reviews > 19 indexed App Store user reviews of Visual Brailler by American Printing House for the Blind (APH), rated 2.80/5 from 25 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visual-brailler/id888739587/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visual-brailler/id888739587.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (1 of 19) ### 3/5 — TVI *2015-09-24, version 1.1* Stopped working and don't know why! Help! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Awkward to use, frequently gets wrong character *2024-03-12, version 1.6* I tried using this app on my iPhone and iPad Pro and both were extremely awkward to use. On the iPhone version, they keys are too close together so its difficult to type with any accuracy. On the ipad version, the keys are too far apart. It would be useful if you could adjust the key spacing on your own to find a comfortable typing pattern. As it stands, my hands strain far too much for this to be an effective tool. It would be very cool if it could use 6-key input from a standard keyboard (like Perky Duck) as this would solve all of the key input issues. ### 1/5 — Saved files are blank *2022-06-06, version 1.6* Why is this happening... I create a file and it is blank if I email it or try to send it to anyone, rendering this app worthless. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t register button presses most of the time *2021-12-28, version 1.6* There’s no way to write faster than 1 letter every 30 seconds, because it takes 2-5 tries for a letter to register correctly and load in. Not good. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work right *2019-12-12, version 1.6* It is very hard to get it to type certain letters. ### 1/5 — Does not work with new IOS update *2019-11-14, version 1.6* Ever since the new IOS update, none of my Braille apps are working. Any time I use three fingers to write a Braille letter, a bar comes up on the top of my screen giving me the option to “paste, cut, undo, redo,” and will not allow me to type the letter. I was in contact with the accessibility team at Apple for several weeks as they were trying to figure out what was happening, and their engineers determined that it was an issue with the apps themselves, not the IOS update. PLEASE fix this bug. I’m currently learning how to type Braille for my masters program, and am now unable to practice as much as i need to since I can’t carry my Brailler everywhere with me. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Braille all letters *2019-10-03, version 1.6* Not able to Braille d,f,h,j.... was excited to try this with my student but can’t now. ### 2/5 — Low vision users *2020-09-05, version 1.6* I wish there was an option to enlarge the size of the braille cells on the screen. It would be great for remote learning with COVID. If I Turn the zoom on, some of the letters don’t work. I would expect an app from APH would be accessible to all. ### 2/5 — Unpredictable *2015-09-24, version 1.1* Have found that Braille spacing on lines carried over do not space as expected. Files I have received from students using the program do not always open readily within other Braille programs like Duxbury or Perky Duck. Recently a student is having trouble with not being able to get all dots to appear when pressing the keys. It is not clear how to save files or if it is possible to save a file. ### 3/5 — L doesn’t work *2020-09-30, version 1.6* Whenever I type L, undo pops up and I can’t do anything. I see this is an issue written about on Nov 14. FIX IT! It is now sept 2020 and it still isn’t fixed. When will you finally do something? ### 3/5 — L STILL DOESN’T WORK *2020-07-06, version 1.6* That would be dots 123. I also have the same problem with dots 456. They open text editing commands. PLEASE FIX THIS! It was a great app before this happened. ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2021-01-05, version 1.6* For a free app this is absolutely excellent. Working with blind and VI children this is excellent for me practicing my Braille and for the children to work on and send Braille files. The only draw back I would say is that sometimes holding multiple keys can be quite difficult and you have to press them individually then release at the same time which makes the experience very different from using a Perkins machine for example. It would also be nice if there was a built in zoom function or the ability to change the size of the Braille display so that visually impaired people can use this more easily. But honestly for free? Yes this is 100% worth it. ### 5/5 — Awesome App! *2018-07-11, version 1.2* This Braille app is perfect for me to use on the go! Even for when I’m practicing on writing Braille Music! There should be an option on using UEB Braille on our Bluetooth Keyboards instead of having to write some Grade 1 Braille. ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-09-01, version 1.0* Im learning braille and currently starting the process of getting certified. Really good app...my braille instructor was very excited when he found out it was finally out. ### 5/5 — Pretty straight forward *2014-07-02, version 1.0* Pretty good Braille input with sharing options. In later versions would like a proofing bar such as with Duxbury. ### 4/5 — Workaround for three finger letters *2022-04-21, version 1.6* If you tap three fingers at the same the IOS glitch of showing the undo/copy/paste bar does still appear. But, if you try “drumming” your fingers quickly. It does work and registers the correct letter. Think of drumming your fingers when you’re bored or trying to think. All of your fingers don’t hit at the same exact time, they go in quick succession. I’ve only had the app today so not a lot of experience with it. So far so good once I figured that out. ### 4/5 — Button 4 not working *2020-07-14, version 1.6* Button 4 doesn’t seem to work so I can’t type certain letters ### 4/5 — Good Braille App. For iPad *2017-04-09* This is a good and welcome tool for writing brf files on the iPad. It can send the files by email for further editing and/or embossing or printing on a PC. What would be great (and I would be happy to pay for) would be the capability of importing brf or dxb files. This seems to be lacking on the iPad platform. ### 4/5 — Braille Transcriber *2016-02-11, version 1.2* Great for practicing UEB Code! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-05.*