Vision vs ScribeMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vision
This app uses AI and your phone's camera to identify objects, read text, recognize currency, and measure distances in real-time. It offers features like scene exploration and color identification, optimized for VoiceOver in 35 languages.
- Real-time object identification
- Text reading from camera or photos
- Currency recognition
- Distance measurement with vibration feedback
- Scene and place detection
- Color identification
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Vision uses Artificial Intelligence in real time to identify objects, money, colors, approximate distances, read text and more; all through your phone's camera. It's optimized for working with VoiceOver in 35 languages. First, please verify that your phone is not muted. Then, when you choose one feature, move the camera slowly in some directions to scan your surroundings. Vision has 7 features: - Objects: Phone will detect one or more simultaneous objects and their position (at the same time), and say you about it. - Read: The app will read text in real-time from camera image, you can also take a photo, or chose one from the camera roll. Any text will be read for you. - Money: The app will identify United States Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen, South Korean Won, Turkish Lira, United Kingdom Pound Sterling, New Taiwan Dollar, Chinese Yuan, Brazilian Real, Swiss Franc, Russian Ruble, Mexican Peso, Chilean Peso, Malaysian Ringgit, Hong Kong Dollar, Thai Baht, Canadian Dollar, Singapore Dollar, Indonesian Rupiah, Australian Dollar, Indian Rupee, Argentine Peso, Colombian Peso, Qatari Riyal. - Explore: Find places of your interest in the search bar and phone will help you for navigate to them. This feature requires Internet. To verify navigation availability in your country please visit: https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#maps-turn-by-turn-navigation - Colors: Phone will identify color by taking a photo, or from your camera roll images. - Distance: Phone will vibrate according to distance measurement, stronger vibration means shorter distance. Activate VoiceOver if you want to hear the distance in meters. - Places: the application will detect places and scenes such as crosswalk zones, fire escapes, parking lots and more. For the best experience, we suggest to use an iPhone 8 or newer. _____________ Subscription plans Vision has subscription plans, where users can experience all features of the app, with no interruptions and support our development work. Please note the prices may vary depending of the country and are subject to change in the future. Payment will be charged to Apple ID Account at the confirmation of purchase. All subscription plans automatically renew unless auto-renew it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. For more information, please visit our Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: Terms of Use https://www.talovstudio.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy https://www.talovstudio.com/privacy-policy
ScribeMe
This AI-powered assistant helps visually impaired users navigate their surroundings and understand documents. It offers real-time object identification, text reading, and detailed image descriptions. The app makes documents accessible by preserving formatting and generating alt text, with advanced OCR in over 50 languages.
- Real-time AI video assistant
- Object identification
- Text reading
- Document scanning and accessibility
- AI-powered document summarization
- Image description and analysis
- OCR in 50+ languages
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ScribeMe is your all-in-one AI powered accessibility assistant for blind and visually impaired users, designed to make documents, images, and the world around you fully accessible. Whether you're exploring your surroundings, reading documents, or understanding photos, ScribeMe gives you the information you need with speed, accuracy, and independence. Live Assist is the world's first live AI assistant for blind and visually impaired users. It provides continuous updates about your surroundings as the scene changes, giving you the all information you need. Whether you're finding a seat in a busy café, locating a door, reading a menu, shopping independently, identifying products, or searching for misplaced items, Live Assist keeps you informed in real time. Live Assist now works with AI glasses from Meta, allowing you to use it completely hands-free through voice and camera-enabled interactions. Instead of holding your phone, you can receive continuous, real-time descriptions directly from your glasses, making everyday tasks more natural, seamless, and independent. Live Assist isn't limited to the camera around you. You can also share your phone's screen and receive real-time assistance while browsing inaccessible websites, scrolling through photos, using apps, reading social media, shopping online, or navigating content that isn't fully accessible—bringing the same intelligent assistance to both the physical and digital world. Smart Scan makes documents fully accessible in seconds. Instantly scan PowerPoint presentations and PDFs, and ScribeMe automatically preserves formatting by identifying headings, lists, and tables while generating detailed alt text for images. With advanced OCR in over 50 languages, it extracts text with high accuracy and lets you ask AI questions about your documents, from quick summaries to detailed insights. With Snap nScribe, you can capture photos using your camera or choose images from your gallery to receive rich AI-generated descriptions of product labels, surroundings, handwritten notes, and more. Upload multiple images at once for fast, detailed results, ask follow-up questions about any photo, or share documents and images directly from other apps to ScribeMe for instant AI-powered assistance. Terms of Service: https://scribeme-ai.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://scribeme-ai.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScribeMe at 75% against Vision's 24%. ScribeMe also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Vision's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Vision sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ScribeMe sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vision holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScribeMe has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Vision's written reviews are positive against 75% of ScribeMe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Vision ships an update every 2 months, ScribeMe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vision | ScribeMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 237 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Obando | Mark Morad |
Customer experience
Vision
ScribeMe
In-app purchases
Vision
- Monthly (Full access)$4.991 Month
- Annual (Save 35%)$39.991 Year
- One-time payment$59.99
ScribeMe
- ScribeMe Plus$4.991 Month
- ScribeMe Premium$11.991 Month
- ScribeMe Max$19.991 Month
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- ScribeMe Max Yearly$200.001 Year






