Envision AI vs CountMeSilly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
CountMeSilly
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CountMeSilly is the only counting/tally app you will ever need! CountMeSilly has a beautifully simplistic interface that allows you to count anything with ease. Customisations can be made to the counter's name and colour, and you can even have your counters reset back to zero on a daily, weekly, monthly, or custom timeframe that suits you. CountMeSilly is also fully accessible using VoiceOver. CountMeSilly can be used to keep count/tally of anything you'd like, including: - Tracking the amount you've drunk that day. - Counting how many people are entering or leaving. - Logging your step count to compare daily trends. - Keeping score in board game matches. And much more, the possibilities are endless! The free version of CountMeSilly allows you to create 2 counters with limited customisation. CountMeSilly Premium (one-time purchase) unlocks the following features: - Full customisation including choosing when your counter auto-resets. - The ability to sync and back up all your data to iCloud which allows syncing between devices. - Export your counters in JSON format for easy backup on your own device or to restore your counters quickly and easily. - Support of a small Indie app developer like myself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Envision AI at none against CountMeSilly's 1. Envision AI also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 24 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CountMeSilly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Envision AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Envision AI ships an update every 5 weeks, CountMeSilly every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Envision AI | CountMeSilly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (591 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 591 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 373 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Envision Technologies B.V. | Nigel Collins |
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
CountMeSilly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Envision AI
No in-app purchases
CountMeSilly
- Premium$0.99









