Comparison

Eye Movement Training vs Visual LightPad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Eye Movement Training

This app provides eye exercises designed to improve eye muscle usage for individuals with low vision. Users follow a moving object by rolling their eyeballs, with adjustable settings for color, object appearance, speed, size, and stage size.

Highlights
  • Follow moving objects with eyeballs
  • Adjustable background color
  • Customizable object appearance
  • Adjustable object speed and size
  • Adjustable stage size
  • Improve eye muscle usage
Features
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A training App that made for Low Vision designed and maintained by the Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired. Method of training: -Follow the moving object by rolling eyeball only. Features: -Background color and object's appearance can be changed. -Speed and Size of object are adjustable. -Size of stage is adjustable. The objectives of training: -Improve the eye muscle usage.

About

Visual LightPad

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Visual LightPad1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Visual LightPad at weekly against Eye Movement Training's every 33 months. Eye Movement Training's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eye Movement Training ships an update every 33 months, Visual LightPad weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 5 level
Eye Movement Training versus Visual LightPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEye Movement TrainingVisual LightPad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS6.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size23 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEbenezer schoolAW Games

In-app purchases

None

Eye Movement Training

No in-app purchases

None

Visual LightPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eye Movement Training free?
Eye Movement Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual LightPad free?
Visual LightPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Eye Movement Training or Visual LightPad have ads?
Neither Eye Movement Training nor Visual LightPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eye Movement Training or Visual LightPad?
Eye Movement Training ships an update every 33 months, and Visual LightPad weekly. Most recently, Eye Movement Training was updated on September 30, 2026 and Visual LightPad on October 4, 2026.

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