ScreenReader vs Unseen Accessibility
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScreenReader
Master the VoiceOver screen reader with interactive exercises. Learn essential gestures and actions for efficient navigation and text manipulation. This free educational tool helps users become proficient screen reader experts.
- VoiceOver gesture training
- 1-4 finger swipe and tap practice
- VoiceOver action learning
- Navigation by headings and links
- Text copying and selection
- Shortcut learning
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The ScreenReader app contains excersises to learn the VoiceOver screen reader. Learn VoiceOver gestures, such as: - Swiping with 1 finger - Swiping with 2 fingers - Swiping with 3 fingers - Tapping with 1 finger - Tapping with 2 fingers - Tapping with 3 fingers - Tapping with 4 fingers - Shortcuts Learn VoiceOver actions, such as: - Navigate by headings - Navigate by links - Copy text - Paste text - Select text The ScreenReader app is made available for free by the Appt Foundation.
Unseen Accessibility
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Distinguished Winner of the Apple Swift Student Challenge 2026. You can read about accessibility for years and still not feel it. Unseen lets you hear it. Unseen is an interactive playground that teaches developers how blind and low-vision users experience the apps we build. A simulated iPhone speaks every screen aloud, just like VoiceOver. When an app is broken, you hear the confusion. When you fix it, you hear it click into place. HOW IT WORKS Every lesson follows one loop: break it, understand it, fix it, hear the difference. You start with an app that VoiceOver reads badly. You change one thing on the screen. Then you listen again, and the gap between the two is the lesson. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • Labels: give every control a name that actually means something. • Groups: turn scattered elements into one clear announcement. • Custom Actions: replace fiddly gestures with a simple menu. WHO IT'S FOR • Developers who want to ship apps that work for everyone. • Designers and product teams who want to feel what accessibility means. • Students, educators, and anyone curious how millions of people navigate by sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Unseen Accessibility at every 4 days against ScreenReader's every 8 months. ScreenReader's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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.
ScreenReader ships an update every 8 months, Unseen Accessibility every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScreenReader | Unseen Accessibility |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stichting Appt | Mathis Le Bonniec |
In-app purchases
ScreenReader
No in-app purchases
Unseen Accessibility
No in-app purchases
Questions
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