Comparison

Visualfy vs Emergency sounds

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

Head to head
About

Visualfy

This app provides visual and sensory alerts for individuals who are deaf or have hearing loss. It recognizes important sounds and translates them into alerts on connected devices, enhancing safety and accessibility in homes and public spaces.

Highlights
  • Visual and vibration alerts for sounds
  • Smart home device integration
  • Public space notifications
  • Customizable alert colors
  • Support for Spanish and International Sign Language
Features
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Visualfy is the app for deaf people, people with hearing loss and institutions committed to hearing accessibility. It gives access to our accessibility solutions for mobile phones, public spaces and homes. Visualfy’s technology recognizes relevant sounds such as a fire alarm, the beep warning for your turn at a hospital’s waiting room, a doorbell, an alarm clock or a baby crying, among others, and turns them into visual (colors) and sensory (vibration) alerts in any connected device, such as a smart bulb, a mobile phone or a smartband. More info at: www.visualfy.com - Visualfy Places. Receive emergency and informative accessible notifications by public spaces adapted by Visualfy, just by subscribing to the building services, also free of charge. Safer and always informed in hospitals, libraries, public attention offices and other public and private buildings. - Visualfy Home. If you have purchased our product for home accessibility, Visualfy Home, configure it easily from the app, customize the colors of the alerts, choose the devices where you want to receive them, invite your familiy to use it and much more. Visualfy’s information is fully adapted to Spanish Sign Language (LSE) and International Sign Language System (SSI), and you can be attended in sign language by our customer care service. We re not just an app but a social impact project, formed by deaf and hearing people, that works every day to create a world where not hearing does not stop anyone’s dreams. Wherever you go, stand up for your rights and demand accessibility!. Download Visualfy and be the change.

About

Emergency sounds

Features
Currently charting
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- Recognizes more than 300 different types of sounds such as emergencies, human voices, music, animals, vehicles, and many more! - The app can hear for you and alert about more than 35 different types of emergency sounds. - Don't forget to activate the emergency sounds feature to receive push notifications in background. - Works without Internet.

Screenshots

Visualfy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visualfy at Free against Emergency sounds's $2.99. Emergency sounds's advantage is chart position (#197 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Visualfy is free to download; Emergency sounds costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visualfy ships an update every 5 weeks, Emergency sounds every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Visualfy versus Emergency sounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualfyEmergency sounds
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#197 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVisualfyCarlos Obando

In-app purchases

None

Visualfy

No in-app purchases

None

Emergency sounds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visualfy free?
Visualfy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emergency sounds free?
Emergency sounds costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visualfy or Emergency sounds have ads?
Neither Visualfy nor Emergency sounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visualfy or Emergency sounds?
Visualfy ships an update every 5 weeks, and Emergency sounds every 2 months. Most recently, Visualfy was updated on November 2, 2026 and Emergency sounds on October 30, 2026.

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