SnapType vs Snap&Read Universal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SnapType
This app helps students with learning and motor challenges complete school worksheets independently. It allows users to capture worksheets, type answers, listen to text read aloud, and share their work. Tools are designed to support comprehension and legibility, ensuring students can focus on their ideas.
- Capture worksheets with camera or import PDFs
- Type answers directly onto worksheet pages
- Text-to-speech for comprehension support
- Share work via print, email, or cloud services
- Math mode for right-to-left digit typing
- Insert images and record voice notes
- Bilingual read aloud with word highlighting
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Help every student show what they know, even when handwriting or reading gets in the way. Created by a pediatric occupational therapist and trusted in classrooms since 2016, SnapType helps students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, visual impairments, and motor challenges complete the same worksheets as their classmates. Students focus on their ideas, not the physical effort of writing. HOW IT WORKS Snap: Capture any worksheet with the camera, or import a PDF. Type: Tap anywhere on the page to add an answer. Listen: Hear text read aloud to support comprehension. Share: Print, email, or save to Google Drive and other cloud services. WHY TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND THERAPISTS RELY ON IT Independence: Students finish their work without a scribe. Legibility: Answers are neat, organized, and easy to read. Inclusion: Students stay in the general education classroom, working on the same assignments as their peers. TOOLS THAT GROW WITH YOUR STUDENT Worksheet Scanner: Automatically straightens and sharpens every page. Math Mode: Type digits right to left, just like solving on paper. Voice Notes: Record spoken directions or let students answer out loud. Bilingual Read Aloud: Hear text in two languages with word-by-word highlighting. Premium Read Aloud Voices: Natural voices that are easy to follow. Answer Translations: Students answer in their native language, then translate with a tap for their teacher. Insert Images: Add photos and diagrams so students can show their thinking visually. Copy Worksheet Text: Copy text from the page into answers, so students spend less time retyping. Larger Menus and Buttons: Easier tapping for students with visual and motor challenges. Flexible Import: Drag and drop files, choose specific pages from large PDFs, and work with up to 30 pages per document. App menus are also available in German. REAL IMPACT "You have changed the way my son functions in school. He is more independent and I cannot thank you enough. You are changing lives." "Something so simple yet so important for kids who cannot write but have so much to say and show." ANNUAL LICENSE An Annual License gives students full access with everything unlocked. Schools can purchase licenses through Apple School Manager. Handwriting and reading should never stand in the way of learning. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Snap&Read Universal
This app reads text aloud from various sources like websites, images, and PDFs. It can simplify complex vocabulary, translate text into over 100 languages, and annotate documents. Offline access to saved images is also available.
- Reads text aloud from images, PDFs, and websites
- Simplifies complex vocabulary
- Translates text into over 100 languages
- Annotates PDFs and images
- Offline access to saved images
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Snap&Read Universal reads both accessible and inaccessible text aloud from websites, images, photographs, PDFs, and more. Snap&Read also adjusts complex text to be more readable, and can translate text into over 100 languages. You can even take a picture and have the text within that picture read aloud. Snap&Read has both an App (for reading aloud, translating, simplifying, and annotating PDFs and Images) and a Safari extension (for reading, simplifying, and translating websites). If difficult vocabulary is too challenging, Snap&Read can dynamically level the text. Essentially, Snap&Read will pick out the difficult words/phrases and swap them out for easier to comprehend vocabulary/phrases. To see the original word, just tap on it to toggle between the original word and the simplified word. THIS... "The Time Traveller was expounding a recondite matter to us." BECOMES... "The Time Traveller was explaining a unknown matter to us." Finally, if you have paper, magazine, book, etc... you can use the Camera feature to take a picture and read. If you’re on the go and don’t want to bring your books… you can save the images to your picture library and access them all later right from the Snap&Read App even if you have no internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SnapType at 4.5 against Snap&Read Universal's 2.7. SnapType also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 40%) and ratings volume (366 vs 10). Snap&Read Universal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. SnapType sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Snap&Read Universal asks for nothing beyond the download.
SnapType holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SnapType has 366 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of SnapType's written reviews are positive against 40% of Snap&Read Universal's.
SnapType ships an update every 6 weeks, Snap&Read Universal every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | SnapType | Snap&Read Universal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (366 ratings) — better | 2.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 366 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SNAPTYPE, LLC | Don Johnston Incorporated |
Customer experience
SnapType
Snap&Read Universal
Bugs and requests
SnapType
Reported bugs
10 issues- Location is never where you tap
- Boxes don’t move when you want it to
- Automatic blur problem
- Upgrade doesn't restore
- Crashes when trying to install on iPad
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- Keeps crashing
- Will not let me delete more than 3 documents
- Bought pro and when I tap restore it crashes
- Can not save
- Having issues getting the desired document or pic of worksheet to open
Requested features
5 requests- Fix automatic blur
- Add erasing function for Apple Pencil
- More space for documents (basic version)
- Ability to write on SnapType (free version)
- Enable text-to-speech for worksheet directions
Snap&Read Universal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SnapType
- Everything Unlocked14 Days trial$49.991 Year
Snap&Read Universal
No in-app purchases
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