Comparison

TM vs Visionauta

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

Head to head
About

TM

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TM-Alert application is used with your TM-Alert hardware. No need to regularly check your phone anymore, TM-Alert vibrates and/or lights up in various colours letting you know when you receive a phone call or notifications from video calls, SMS, Facebook messenger and etc. TM-Alert allows the users to have more time enjoying life, as well as increasing the quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing.

About

Visionauta

This AI-powered assistant helps blind and low-vision users navigate their environment. It can read text aloud, identify currency, locate objects, and describe surroundings through voice interaction. Designed with accessibility at its core, it integrates seamlessly with VoiceOver.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI conversation
  • Read text aloud (offline)
  • Identify banknotes
  • Find lost objects
  • Electronic magnifier
  • Describe scenes
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Visionauta is your portable visual assistant. Point your iPhone's camera to read text aloud, identify banknotes, find lost objects, or simply ask questions about the world around you. Built from the ground up for blind and low-vision users, with a free tier and an optional Visionauta Plus subscription. No Visionauta account is required to subscribe. REAL-TIME CONVERSATION Talk to an AI by voice, naturally and continuously, while it describes your surroundings and answers your questions instantly — as if a sighted assistant were right beside you. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read any text aloud, even offline • Recognize banknotes in several currencies (Brazilian Real, US Dollar, Euro, Mexican Peso, Japanese Yen, Canadian and Australian Dollar) • Find lost objects with voice commands • Electronic magnifier with high-contrast modes • Ask the AI assistant to describe scenes and answer questions IN 39 LANGUAGES Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Korean, German, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hindi, Indonesian, Bangla, Czech, Greek, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Marathi, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Cantonese. The interface, AI, commands, OCR and online voices adapt to your language. The on-device Natural Voice remains available in the five languages supported by its model. BUILT FOR ACCESSIBILITY Fully integrated with VoiceOver and the iPhone's accessibility features, so every function is reachable by touch and voice. Visionauta was created by Jonathan Santos, a blind software engineer who worked at Google and Samsung, with one goal: to bring more independence to people with visual impairments. The free tier has no ads; Visionauta Plus is available as an optional in-app subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.tensorial.com.br/visionauta/termos-de-uso/en Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TM4 screens
Visionauta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Visionauta at every 3 days against TM's every 2 months. TM's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.2). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TM ships an update every 2 months, Visionauta every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TM versus Visionauta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTMVisionauta
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEuropea i Malmö ABJonathan Santos

In-app purchases

None

TM

No in-app purchases

None

Visionauta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TM free?
TM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visionauta free?
Visionauta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TM or Visionauta have ads?
Neither TM nor Visionauta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TM or Visionauta?
TM ships an update every 2 months, and Visionauta every 3 days. Most recently, TM was updated on September 29, 2026 and Visionauta on October 8, 2026.

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