Comparison

LiftBoy App vs Visionauta

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

Head to head
About

LiftBoy App

This app allows you to call and pre-program elevators directly from your smartphone. It offers a hygienic and convenient way to reduce waiting times and enhance building accessibility. The system can be retrofitted without altering the elevator's control system.

Highlights
  • Smartphone elevator call
  • Pre-program floors
  • Retrofit without control intervention
  • Elevator group support
  • Reduces waiting times
  • Hygienic operation
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SCHAEFER Liftboy is a retro-fitting radio system which enables your elevator to be called and pre-programmed from your smartphone. It does not need to be connected to the Internet. The prerequisite for using the app is that a LiftBoy system is installed in the elevator. FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS - Manual or automatic elevator call - Manual or automatic floor selection - Can be retrofitted without intervention in the control system - Can also be used for elevator groups - No change in elevator behavior - Reduces unpleasant waiting times - Hygienic operation - Upgrading of the building - Enhanced Accessibility

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

LiftBoy App4 screens
Visionauta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visionauta at 100% against LiftBoy App's 0%. Visionauta also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). LiftBoy App's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.2). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiftBoy App ships an update every 3 weeks, Visionauta every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LiftBoy App versus Visionauta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiftBoy AppVisionauta
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSCHAEFER GmbHJonathan Santos

Customer experience

LiftBoy App

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Visionauta

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LiftBoy App

No in-app purchases

None

Visionauta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiftBoy App free?
LiftBoy App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visionauta free?
Visionauta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LiftBoy App or Visionauta have ads?
Neither LiftBoy App nor Visionauta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiftBoy App or Visionauta?
LiftBoy App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Visionauta every 3 days. Most recently, LiftBoy App was updated on October 16, 2026 and Visionauta on October 8, 2026.

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