Super Lidar vs Perspective Intelligence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Lidar
This app uses AI and Lidar sensors to help visually impaired users detect objects, people, and their distances. It provides audio and haptic feedback to navigate surroundings and identify if people are wearing masks, with many features working offline.
- Depth scanning and 3D environment mapping
- Object and people detection with distance feedback
- Mask detection for individuals
- Audio and haptic feedback for obstacles
- Offline functionality for core features
- Full VoiceOver accessibility support
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Super Lidar helps the blind and visually impaired users to locate objects and people around them and understand their surroundings’ layout. With the power of AI and the Lidar sensors, Super Lidar parses the depth of the physical space you are in and finds the objects and people in front of you. Lidar is a type of depth sensor that enhances the capabilities of augmented reality apps and serves as the eyes of self-driving cars which is now available on iPhone 12 Pro. Super Lidar has been specifically designed for the blind and the visually impaired users who want to make sure they maintain social distance and know whether people around them are wearing masks. Full features of SuperLidar: - Depth Description: Scans and maps the 3D layout of your environment to determine the distances of your surroundings and provides sound feedback to avoid obstacles. Higher pitch sound corresponds to longer distances. A low pitch sound indicates an obstacle nearby. Additionally, on iPhones, haptic feedback is provided to indicate an immediate obstacle visible to the camera. Strength of the vibration increases with the size of the obstacle. - People Detector: Detects people that appears on your camera and let you know about their distances to ensure maintaining social distance - Mask Detector: Checks whether the people around are wearing any type of face covering or not Most features work without an internet connection so that users can use it in any situation (without having to have an active connection). The app has full VoiceOver accessibility support and is available in multiple languages. Whenever you get stuck about how to use the app, you can always Request a Call or check the Help screen under the Menu. Super Lidar is developed by Mediate, an MIT-spinoff AI start-up based in Boston. As Mediate, we develop innovative computer vision systems with the support of the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. We have previously developed Supersense, an AI app for the blind and the visually impaired. This app is another step in our mission to develop groundbreaking AI solutions to augment people’s capabilities. We have developed the app with principles of human-centered design and with the assistance of blind and visually impaired users. We also partnered with many organizations that help the blind and low vision community. If you would like any assistance or help, please email us at superlidar@mediate.tech. We always love to hear ideas and feedback from the blind and visually impaired community. Super Lidar is free. You can read our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy from here: https://mediate.tech/policies We hope you will enjoy your new Lidar sense!
Perspective Intelligence
This AI assistant offers private, on-device capabilities for image description, text recognition, and creative conversations. It helps with drafting, summarizing, and extracting text from images, all while keeping your data secure locally.
- On-device AI processing
- Text recognition (OCR)
- AI vision for image description
- Image generation
- Live audio transcription
- Chat memories
- Apple Watch integration
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Perspective Intelligence brings fast, creative, private, and personal AI to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Perspective Intelligence includes a suite of on-device capabilities to help you describe images, recognize text, and stay productive. The app uses Apple’s Foundation Models framework along with other built in on-device AI technologies to process requests locally, keeping your information securely on your device. Whether you’re exploring ideas, drafting messages, summarizing content, or capturing text from an image, Perspective Intelligence brings multiple AI components together in a simple, unified experience that exists completely on your device. Creative, Approachable On Device AI Key Features • Full Chat Experience Enjoy natural, responsive conversations in a clean, accessible interface. • Text Recognition (OCR) Extract text from images for documents, notes, and quick everyday tasks. • AI Vision Describe your surroundings with on-device AI vision. Identify text, faces, objects, and colors, all spoken aloud for hands-free use. • Live Video Use AI models to describe the world around you in real-time. • Image Generation Create images your conversations based on Image Playgrounds. Everything happens on device • Live Audio Transcription Convert live spoken audio into clear, readable text. • Chat Memories Teach Perspective Intelligence to know more about you. • AI on Apple Watch Chat with Perspective Intelligence from your Apple Watch for basic chats. • Saved Prompts Save your favorite prompts that you use often. • Local & Private All features rely on on-device processing through Apple’s Foundation Models framework and related system technologies. Your data never leaves your device. Some tools may connect to outside services for weather lookup and web search, but this can be completely configured. All AI processing remains on device. Perspective Intelligence All Access (Subscription Features) Unlock additional tools with our Perspective Intelligence All Access: • Voice Mode Engage in hands-free, real-time voice conversations. • Contacts Lookup Use Perspective Intelligence to find information from your contacts including contact photos. • Points of Interest Search take advantage of on device AI to search for points of interest from the maps app. • Reminders Integration Look up and get suggestions from reminders added in the Reminders app. • Weather Look up weather conditions for your current location or for anywhere in the world. • RSS Feed Search Add your favorite RSS feeds and get updates on news sources. • Web Search Perspective Intelligence can search the web to find updated information than what's included with the built in AI. All web searches are kept private and can be disabled in Settings. • Deep Research Use a combination of web search and the model to find information online. The agent will even show what sources were used. • Page Summary Summarize any web page by giving Perspective Intelligence a URL to review. • Email Composition Perspective Intelligence can now open the email composer and add generated emails from your conversations. • Custom User Agents Change the chat experience by creating your own custom personas that can have their own personalities. • Speak Tool Save text to spoken audio within chat. Perspective Intelligence All Access pricing: • Monthly - $5.99 USD • Annual - $49.99 USD View the Perspective Intelligence Privacy Policy at: https://techopolisonline.com/perspective-apps-privacy-policy Perspective Intelligence and Perspective: Intelligence All Access uses the Standard End User License Agreement, which can be found at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Perspective Intelligence uses on-device Foundation Models and requires: • iOS 26 or later • iPadOS 26 or later • WatchOS 26 or later • An Apple Intelligence enabled device for use with Apple Foundation Models
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Perspective Intelligence at 4.5 against Super Lidar's 3.8. Perspective Intelligence also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (71% vs 55%). Super Lidar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. Perspective Intelligence sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Super Lidar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Perspective Intelligence holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Super Lidar's written reviews are positive against 71% of Perspective Intelligence's.
Super Lidar ships an update every 5 weeks, Perspective Intelligence weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Super Lidar | Perspective Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (19 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Virtual Collaboration Research Inc. | Techopolis Online Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Super Lidar
Perspective Intelligence
In-app purchases
Super Lidar
No in-app purchases
Perspective Intelligence
- All Access Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- All Access Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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