EyeText vs Hawkeye Sidekick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EyeText
This app enables communication for individuals with severe motor impairments using eye and blink gestures. It recognizes faces and eyes to control a simple text board, allowing users to select characters and form messages.
- Gaze and blink control
- Face and eye recognition
- Simple text board interface
- Assists with communication loss
- Blue frame cursor movement
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Gaze(blink) control simple text board to help communicating with people who lost body movement and voice because of ALS,Stroke,etc. Put the device in front of a face so that a face is recognized by a red square and eyes by a green circle. Blue frame around a button is moving and blinking (close both eyes slightly longer) works as pushing that button.
Hawkeye Sidekick
Control your Mac hands-free using head movements and facial expressions from your iPhone or iPad. This app utilizes the TrueDepth camera for intuitive cursor control, clicks, drags, and scrolls, making Mac usage accessible for everyone.
- Head movement mouse control
- Facial expression clicks and drags
- Hands-free Mac operation
- TrueDepth camera integration
- Customizable expression assignments
- Works with all Mac apps
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Hawkeye Sidekick lets you control your Mac using head movements. Rotate your head to move the mouse and make facial expressions to click, drag, and scroll. Powered by your iPhone or iPad's TrueDepth camera. NOTE: Hawkeye Sidekick requires an iPhone or iPad with a TrueDepth camera. This includes iPhone X, XS, XR, 11, 11 Pro, and the new iPad Pro. Using your iPhone or iPad's TrueDepth camera, Hawkeye Sidekick lets you control your Mac hands-free using head movements. Intuitive controls let you perform common actions using facial expressions. Best of all, Hawkeye Sidekick works with every app on your Mac so you can browse the web, play games, edit videos, and much more. For people with motor impairments, this makes using a Mac far easier. How it Works: - Open the Hawkeye Access app on your Mac - Open the Hawkeye Sidekick app on your iPhone or iPad - The apps will instantly connect using Bluetooth, no setup required. - Rotate your head to move the cursor - Smile, pucker your lips, raise your eyebrows, or stick out your tongue to perform clicks, drags, and scrolls. Customizable: - Pick the expressions that work best for you - Assign expressions to actions - Adjust cursor and expression sensitivity - Or, use your Mac's built-in Dwell Control And much more... - Shake your head to undo - Open with "Hey Siri..." - No external hardware needed To get started, download Hawkeye Access on your Mac and Hawkeye Sidekick on your iPhone or iPad. We'd love to hear what you think of Hawkeye Sidekick! Email us at access@usehawkeye.com or tweet us @HawkeyeAccess.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hawkeye Sidekick at 50% against EyeText's 0%. Hawkeye Sidekick also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.3 vs 1.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Hawkeye Sidekick is free to download; EyeText costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hawkeye Sidekick holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of EyeText's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hawkeye Sidekick's.
| Parameter | EyeText | Hawkeye Sidekick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takuya Kawakami | Hawkeye Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
EyeText
Hawkeye Sidekick
In-app purchases
EyeText
No in-app purchases
Hawkeye Sidekick
No in-app purchases









