Laundry Lens vs Vital Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Laundry Lens
Instantly understand laundry care instructions by pointing your camera at clothing labels. Access a comprehensive library to search for symbols and their meanings, ensuring proper garment care for washing, ironing, and professional cleaning.
- Camera-based symbol recognition
- Instant care instruction display
- Searchable laundry symbol library
- Washing, ironing, and professional care symbols
- Detailed symbol explanations
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Laundry Lens is your ideal laundry assistant. Simply point your camera at a care label, and you'll instantly get the correct instructions for taking care of your clothes. You can also use the Library to search for laundry symbols by their description. Laundry Lens provides a full list of symbols, covering everything from washing and ironing to professional care, ensuring you always know how to handle your garments properly.
Vital Widgets
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Every tracker. One widget. Vital turns your Apple Health data into beautiful, fully customizable Home Screen widgets - no matter which device you wear. If your tracker syncs to Apple Health, Vital works with it. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Build a widget in seconds: pick a metric, choose how it looks, drop it on your Home Screen. • 24 health metrics - steps, sleep, heart rate, HRV, active energy, distance, VO₂ max, workouts and more • 9 chart styles - number, area, bars, ring, gauge, sparkline, stacked, dual and streak • 3 sizes - Small, Medium and Large • Today, 7-day or 30-day views • Optional accent colours and custom goals WORKS WITH ANY TRACKER Garmin, Whoop, Oura, Fitbit, Polar, Coros, Apple Watch - if it writes to Apple Health, Vital reads it. One consistent look across every brand you've ever owned. A SLEEP SCORE FOR EVERYONE Vital computes a clean 0–100 sleep score from Apple Health's sleep stages - so you get a recovery-style number even if your device doesn't provide one. BUILT FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Save as many designs as you like and mix and match • Widgets refresh automatically in the background • Full-colour mode that survives iOS's tinted Home Screen theme • A clean, monochrome design language that's readable at a glance YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Vital reads Apple Health on your device and never sends your health data anywhere. No account. No cloud. No tracking. VITAL PRO Vital is free to use. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited widgets, every size, all 24 metrics, all 9 chart styles, weekly and monthly trends, accent colours and custom goals — as a yearly plan with a free trial, monthly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Make your health data actually yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vitalwidgets.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Laundry Lens at none against Vital Widgets's 3. Vital Widgets's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Vital Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Laundry Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.
Laundry Lens ships an update every 2 months, Vital Widgets weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Laundry Lens | Vital Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (281 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 281 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Pegoli | Jarren Worrell |
Bugs and requests
Laundry Lens
Reported bugs
12 issues- Camera fails to focus on laundry tags, especially on iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro
- App hangs or freezes when tapping on symbols
- Incorrect symbol recognition, often showing opposite instructions
- Misreads temperature numbers (e.g., shows 40° instead of 30°)
- Duplicate symbols appearing in results
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- App doesn't work properly on iOS 15
- Camera produces grainy, blurry images
- Doesn't utilize macro lens on newer iPhones
- Scanning doesn't work reliably on shiny labels
- UI becomes unresponsive when attempting actions
- Manual search results don't display information
- Cannot easily restart scanning without closing app
Requested features
15 requests- Garment organization and categorization system
- Save and manage laundry labels for specific clothing items
- Black and white symbol display option for better visibility
- Italian language translation
- Fahrenheit temperature display option
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- Photo gallery upload feature instead of camera-only scanning
- Symbol drawing/handwriting recognition
- Search symbols by temperature number (e.g., type '30' to find all 30°C variants)
- Tableware/dishwasher symbols support
- Macro mode support for iPhone 14 Pro and newer
- Better camera focus controls (tap to focus, zoom)
- More obvious scanning completion indicators
- Browse symbols without adding them to results
- Clothes management with photos and tags
- Barcode scanning capability
Vital Widgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Laundry Lens
No in-app purchases
Vital Widgets
- Vital Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Vital Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Vital Widgets Lifetime$29.99
