Shapes in Complex (Lite) vs Visual LightPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Shapes in Complex (Lite)
This app trains visual skills by having users search for target objects within colored patterns. It helps improve eye tracking and the ability to distinguish objects against complex backgrounds. The app offers customizable background colors and shapes, along with adjustable target object sizes and a variety of object options.
- Object search within colored patterns
- Eye tracking training
- Distinguishing objects on complex backgrounds
- Customizable background colors and shapes
- Adjustable target object sizes
- Multiple target object options
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One of the Low Vision training Apps designed and maintained by the Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired. Method of training: - Search a target object throughout a colored pattern background, and touch the object to identify its position. Features: - The color and shape of background patterns can be changed. - 3 levels of size of target objects - 8 colored + 5 black / white target objects The objectives of this training: - Eye tracking - Increase the ability of distinguishing an object that is placing on complex patterns.
Visual LightPad
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Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Visual LightPad at weekly against Shapes in Complex (Lite)'s every 38 months. Shapes in Complex (Lite)'s advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shapes in Complex (Lite) ships an update every 38 months, Visual LightPad weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shapes in Complex (Lite) | Visual LightPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ebenezer school | AW Games |
In-app purchases
Shapes in Complex (Lite)
No in-app purchases
Visual LightPad
No in-app purchases
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