Sullivan+ vs eSpeak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sullivan+
This visual assistance app uses AI and your smartphone camera to describe surroundings, read text, identify faces, and find objects. It offers features like currency recognition and color identification to enhance accessibility for the blind and visually impaired.
- AI object and scene description
- Text recognition and reading
- Face recognition with age/gender
- Object finder with voice guidance
- Currency denomination announcement
- Color recognition
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Sullivan Plus is a visual assistance app provided by TUAT for information accessibility for the blind and low vision, and provides information recognized through the smartphone camera to users who need visual assistance. Sullivan Plus X SKtelecom Please support the warm collaboration between Sullivan Plus and SKtelecom! Experience Sullivan Plus with SKtelecom's diverse and powerful AI technologies! ■ AI Facecan that recognizes age, gender, and facial expressions Register your face The face registration function has been added to the face recognition mode. You can register the face of anyone you want, and find the face of the person you registered in a photo. Object Finder The object-finding feature has been added. Select the object you want to find from the list and scan your surroundings. The app will notify you with vibrations and voice prompts. PDF Quota Donation Donate your unused PDF Reader quota to help others who need it. By donating, users who have exhausted their PDF quota for the day will be able to read additional image-based PDF files based on the donated amount. If you’ve already used up your quota for the day, you can request donations. Other users can see your donation request message and choose to participate. :) Currency Recognition Sullivan Plus announces the denomination of bills via voice. (Supported currencies: Korean Won, US Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen) Q&A Board The Q&A Board has been added for users who couldn’t resolve questions or share tips due to the lack of a communication space. If someone comments on your post, you’ll receive a notification so you can check it instantly! [Key Features] 1. AI Mode 2. Automatic Image Description 3. Text Recognition 4. Face Recognition ■ Curious about your surroundings? AI Mode - Identifies objects around you and generates descriptive sentences for the scene. ■ Struggling to read letters on mail, magazines, or newspapers? Text Recognition - Detects text and announces it audibly. Point your camera at the area with the text you want to recognize. ■ Wondering about someone you just met? Face Recognition - Identifies the person captured on camera and provides their age and gender. ■ Automatically recognize your surroundings. Automatic Image Description - No need to press the shutter button. The app automatically detects the environment and provides voice guidance. ■ Looking for the location of objects around you? Object Finder - Select the object you’re looking for, and the app will guide you to its location using voice prompts. ■ Having trouble finding the right color for your outfit in the morning? Color Recognition - Supports single-color mode to identify the color at the center of the screen and full-screen mode to identify dominant colors across the entire view. ■ Manage Samsung Electronics home appliances more smartly! Consumer Electronics Mode - Connect the QR code of Samsung Electronics home appliances to the SmartThings app to easily control products, check their status, access manuals, and request services. ■ Assisting those with low vision, not just total blindness. Magnifier - The camera's zoom function lets you enlarge or reduce objects or text and supports color inversion. [Permissions Required] The camera is used to capture images so the app can describe objects, text, and surroundings aloud for users who are blind or have low vision. Camera - Controls the camera and captures photos using the camera API. Storage - Temporarily stores captured images and deletes them after the analysis is complete. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
eSpeak
This open-source text-to-speech synthesizer supports over 100 languages and accents. It provides a compatibility layer for Apple VoiceOver users, enabling speech output for various applications.
- Supports over 100 languages and accents
- Open-source software
- Compact design
- Compatibility layer for Apple VoiceOver
- Based on eSpeak engine
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The eSpeak NG is a compact open source software text-to-speech synthesizer. It supports more than 100 languages and accents. It is based on the eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. This app adds a compatibility layer between eSpeak NG library and Apple VoiceOver.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eSpeak at none against Sullivan+'s 3. Sullivan+'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (89% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sullivan+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. eSpeak asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sullivan+ holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Sullivan+'s written reviews are positive against 67% of eSpeak's.
Sullivan+ ships an update every 2 months, eSpeak every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sullivan+ | eSpeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (22 ratings) — better | 4.1 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TUAT Inc. | Yury Popov |
Customer experience
Sullivan+
eSpeak
In-app purchases
Sullivan+
- Pro$9.991 Month
- Pro Usage 5,000 Top-Up$2.99
- Pro Usage 15,000 Top-Up$6.99
eSpeak
No in-app purchases









