LiftBoy App vs Visionauta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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.
- 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/
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | LiftBoy App | Visionauta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SCHAEFER GmbH | Jonathan Santos |
Customer experience
LiftBoy App
Visionauta
In-app purchases
LiftBoy App
No in-app purchases
Visionauta
No in-app purchases









