Comparison

AmblyoPlay vs Vision Planet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AmblyoPlay

This app provides vision therapy through engaging games designed to stimulate the weaker eye and improve cooperation between both eyes. It's scientifically proven to be most effective for ages 4-14, offering a personalized program that adapts to the user's progress.

Highlights
  • Game-based vision therapy
  • Stimulates weaker eye
  • Improves eye cooperation
  • Personalized therapy programs
  • Progress tracking
  • Daily 30-minute sessions
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AmblyoPlay is a vision therapy for individuals with difficulties in the vision system, such as convergence insufficiency, lazy eye, strabismus and many others. Therapy is conducted through playing different games that stimulate the weaker eye, as well as encourage good cooperation of both eyes. These vision system difficulties are very frequent: Lazy eye occurs in up to 5% of all population, while other binocular vision dysfunctions occur in up to 15% of all population. These problems can be treated in several ways with recent comparative studies indicating that vision therapy yields the best results. Vision therapy exercises must be performed regularly and correctly to deliver best results and it has been scientifically proven that the therapies work best between the ages of 4 and 14. Vision therapy is performed on a computer or tablet for 30 minutes daily. Each training session is composed of fun and engaging games with challenging exercises for strengthening eye muscles and eye-brain coordination. Valid and active AmblyoPlay account is required for use of AmblyoPlay. KEY FEATURES: EVERY DAY FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES! To be successful, vision therapy needs to be performed daily. Due to time and physical constraints, this can not be done always at eye clinics, so a large majority of the success of the therapy depends on the exercises performed at home. Methods in use right now are often described as boring, repetitive and unstimulating, leading to difficulties motivating young clients and consequently leading to suboptimal results. It is not enough to just do the exercises, one has to be engaged and focused. DON’T DO – PLAY VISION THERAPY! It is essential that we engage users with something they already know and love to do. We don’t want kids to feel like they are doing exercises or training, but rather like they are just playing! AmblyoPlay utilises game mechanics to stimulate client. Games and exercises are rewarding them with virtual and physical rewards If they are performing daily therapies correctly. KNOW HOW THEY ARE DOING! Knowing whether therapies and exercises are yielding results is essential. Although one does have to go to eye care specialist for the full eye examination to be certain of the improvements, AmblyoPlay does offer a rudimentary and basic way of tracking the progress of visual function even when not at the doctors’ office. They are designed in a way that it is not possible to progress to higher levels if the visual function is not improving. To further check for the advances in visual function, automated visual acuity screenings are performed every two weeks. PERSONALIZED PROGRAMME THAT GROWS WITH THE USER! When you enter AmblyoPlay for the first time, you are greeted with questions and quick tests that help us determine what mode of vision therapy is best for the user based on their status and their visual function. Based on this information your child will have personalised vision therapy experience with games and exercises working the user progresses through daily therapies, AmblyoPlay is progressing with them. When their visual function improves, the difficulty increases so that the games and exercises keep being engaging and challenging. Through this evolving vision therapy programme, visual functions are always pushed to their current limits, forcing them to improve even further. TOGETHER WITH THE SPECIALIST! AmblyoPlay as home-based therapy can nicely complement the exercises and therapies at clinics. Users are able to add a doctor to their profile and doctor will be able to see in his portal just general information on whether kids are performing the exercises and whether any improvement is noted. Consensus by both parent and doctor will be required to open this option as to prevent any information being seen to unauthorised individuals.

About

Vision Planet

This gamified AI medical software uses a Roguelike bullet-screen shooting format for visual training. It's designed for children under 12 with amblyopia and binocular vision dysfunction, integrating internet game technology with professional ophthalmology methods.

Highlights
  • Gamified AI visual training
  • Roguelike bullet-screen shooting gameplay
  • Amblyopia rehabilitation
  • Binocular vision dysfunction training
  • Developed by game and ophthalmology teams
  • Class II medical device certified
Features
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"Vision Planet · Visual Training System" is a Roguelike bullet-screen shooting type of gamified AI medical software, mainly for the rehabilitation training of children with oblique amblyopia and binocular vision dysfunction before the age of 12. The product is jointly developed by the Internet game team and the professional ophthalmology team, which displays the internationally certified amblyopia treatment methods in the form of gamification, and realizes the cross-border integration of Internet game technology and professional medical technology. At present, the product has obtained Class II medical device registration certificate.

Screenshots

Vision Planet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AmblyoPlay at 4.0 against Vision Planet's 3.5. AmblyoPlay also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 2). Vision Planet's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AmblyoPlay holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AmblyoPlay has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AmblyoPlay ships an update every 5 weeks, Vision Planet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AmblyoPlay versus Vision Planet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmblyoPlayVision Planet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (21 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size426 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHundred Vision d.o.o.波克医疗科技(上海)有限公司

Customer experience

AmblyoPlay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%

Vision Planet

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

AmblyoPlay

No in-app purchases

None

Vision Planet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AmblyoPlay free?
AmblyoPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vision Planet free?
Vision Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AmblyoPlay or Vision Planet?
AmblyoPlay is rated higher. AmblyoPlay averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Vision Planet averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do AmblyoPlay or Vision Planet have ads?
Neither AmblyoPlay nor Vision Planet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AmblyoPlay or Vision Planet?
AmblyoPlay ships an update every 5 weeks, and Vision Planet every 2 months. Most recently, AmblyoPlay was updated on November 2, 2026 and Vision Planet on November 3, 2026.

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