Words Lens vs Live text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Words Lens
Instantly get definitions for words you encounter in books, signs, or brochures by simply snapping a photo. This utility app helps you quickly understand complex vocabulary without manual searching. It intelligently skips common words in English to speed up the lookup process.
- Instant word definitions via camera
- Scan books, signs, and brochures
- Automatic skipping of common words
- Supports multiple device languages
- Quick vocabulary lookup
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WordsLens turns photos of everyday text into clear, useful, and searchable information. Scan a document, nutrition label, medication package, receipt, card, sign, brochure, or book page. WordsLens recognizes the text, organizes it, and—when supported—presents the most important details in an easy-to-read summary. Understand everyday labels Nutrition Facts panels become structured summaries showing serving size, nutrients, amounts, and Daily Values. WordsLens can also call attention to allergen and MSG-related ingredient mentions, product origin, and expiration dates. For supported medication labels, WordsLens can recognize medication names and NDC codes and optionally retrieve information from U.S. government sources, including medication type and official-label uses. Organize what you scan Save recognized text and original images together, then search your entire library whenever you need them. Documents can be organized into Nutrition, Medicine, Cards, Receipts, and custom collections. You can also: • Scan multipage documents • Import images and text through the Share Sheet • Correct image perspective before recognition • Merge related pages into one document • Edit, copy, and share recognized text • Mark important documents as favorites • Recover recently deleted items from Trash • Listen to nutrition and medication summaries Protect sensitive information WordsLens can recognize and organize details from payment, identification, and membership cards. Sensitive card information can be concealed and protected with Face ID or Touch ID. Please note: Text recognition and automatic summaries may contain errors. Nutrition impact estimates are based only on recognized label information and are not personalized health assessments. Medication and nutrition features are provided for general informational purposes and are not medical advice.
Live text
Create dynamic and attention-grabbing text messages with customizable colors, fonts, and animations. Save your creations for later use. Perfect for making your messages stand out.
- Customizable background and text colors
- Wide color palette and custom color editor
- Multiple font choices
- Animated effects (bounce, rotate, etc.)
- Save and revisit previous texts
- Marquee sign style
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Live Text helps you create eye-catching messages in seconds. Type your text, customize the background and text colors, pick a font, and add animations like bounce and rotate to bring your message to life. What you can do with Live Text • Create custom text messages with background and text color control • Use a wide color palette and a custom color editor • Choose from multiple fonts • Add animated effects (bounce, rotate, and more) • Save and revisit your previous texts with text history Make your text look like a marquee sign—or create your own style.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Live text at 5.0 against Words Lens's 4.4. Live text also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Words Lens's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 6). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Live text holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Words Lens's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live text's.
Words Lens ships an update every 4 weeks, Live text every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Words Lens | Live text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOYASOFT LLC | Stanimir Petrov |
Customer experience
Words Lens
Live text
In-app purchases
Words Lens
No in-app purchases
Live text
No in-app purchases









