Comparison

Envision AI vs MakeWrite

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

Head to head
About

Envision AI

This app uses AI and OCR to read text, describe surroundings, and identify objects for users who are blind or have low vision. It offers features like instant text reading in multiple languages, document scanning, scene description, and object detection to promote independence.

Highlights
  • Instant text reading in 60+ languages
  • Audio-guided document scanning
  • Scene and object description
  • Barcode scanning for product info
  • People and object detection
  • Image and PDF description
Features
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Envision is the fastest, most reliable and award-winning OCR app that speaks out the visual world, helping people who are blind or have low vision lead more independent lives. Envision is developed for and together with the blind and low vision community. The app is simple, gets things done and brings the best assistive experience to blind and low vision users. Simply use your phone camera to scan any piece of text, your surroundings, objects, people or products and everything will be read out to you thanks to Envision’s smart artificial intelligence (AI) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR). _____________________ What Envision users say about the app: “Easy going text recognition. Text recognition is outstanding. Good for independence. Ease of use is immaculate” - Noahis from Australia “Amazing. I love it. I'm blind and I love how easy it is to use. Amazing job!!!!” - Matt from Canada ___________________ With full talkback support, Envision enables you to: Read all kinds of text: • Instantly read any piece of text in over 60 different languages. • Easily scan your paper documents (single or multiple pages) with the help of audio-guided edge detection. All content is spoken back to you and is ready for export and edit. • Import PDFs and images to get a description of the image and recognition of all the text within it. • Quickly read handwritten postcards, letters, lists and other paperwork. Know what's around you: • Effortlessly describe visual scenes around you. • Detect colour on your clothes, walls, books, you name it. • Swiftly scan barcodes to get extensive information about the products. Find what you're looking for: • Find people around you; the names of your family and friends are spoken out whenever they are in the frame. • Find objects around you; selecting common objects from the in-app list to find them. Share: • Share images or documents from your phone or other apps like Twitter or WhatsApp by selecting Envision from the share sheet. Envision can then read and describe those images for you. ___________________ Feedback, questions or feature requests? We welcome everyone to provide their feedback about the Envision app, as we’re constantly improving. Please email us at support@LetsEnvision.com. ___________________ Please read our Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.LetsEnvision.com/terms If you're still reading all the way down here, we'd like to thank you for your diligence, attention to detail and general commitment to finishing something that you started. Just like all the team working at Envision!

About

MakeWrite

This app helps you create new written pieces by selecting existing text, erasing most words, arranging the remaining ones, and then sharing your creation. It's designed to be an accessible tool for creative writing, particularly for individuals with aphasia.

Highlights
  • Select existing text
  • Automatically erase words
  • Adjust erase settings
  • Arrange remaining words
  • Share creations
  • Accessible design
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Use existing text to make your own new piece of creative writing in four simple stages: choose, erase, arrange and share. MakeWrite was co-designed by and for people with aphasia (a language difficulty following brain injury). It offers an accessible way for anyone to create and share texts. Here’s how it works: 1. Choose > Select a piece of writing to use as your starting point – either from the choose screen or pasted from your iPad’s clipboard. 2. Erase > Automatically erase most words from the text to reveal a small set of words for you to work with. Adjust the settings and re-run the erase step until you find a set of words you are happy with. 3. Arrange > Arrange the remaining words to make a new piece of writing. 4. Share > Share your creation with others via the apps on your iPad.

Screenshots

Envision AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MakeWrite at 100% against Envision AI's 58%. MakeWrite also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Envision AI versus MakeWrite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnvision AIMakeWrite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (591 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings591 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size373 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnvision Technologies B.V.City, University of London

Customer experience

Envision AI

All ratings591 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral18.1%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews369 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral16.3%
Negative25.7%

MakeWrite

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Envision AI

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Instant text reader mixes languages and has poor formatting
  • Document scanning sometimes fails to detect document edges
  • Facial recognition often misidentifies people
  • Barcode scanner not working reliably in latest version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more languages, including Punjabi and Gujarati
  • Improve handwriting recognition accuracy
  • Implement offline mode for text recognition
  • Add a feature to save and organize recognized text

MakeWrite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Envision AI

No in-app purchases

None

MakeWrite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Envision AI free?
Envision AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MakeWrite free?
MakeWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Envision AI or MakeWrite have ads?
Neither Envision AI nor MakeWrite shows ads.

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