OptikamPad vs Seeing AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OptikamPad
This app assists opticians with eyewear dispensing by capturing precise measurements from a single image. It also allows customers to virtually try on frames and interactively explore lens benefits through demonstrations.
- Eyewear measurements from one image
- Frame selection picture comparison
- Interactive lens demonstrations
- Augmented reality lens demos
- Multi-lingual support
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Optikam on the iPad. OptikamPad is your complete eyewear dispensing assistant. FEATURES: • EYEWEAR MEASUREMENTS WITH ONE IMAGE* The OptikamPad app allows you to capture all eyewear measurements using one single frontal image. This portable solution offers you precise, quick and complete measurements. Using our patented EY-stick, you can be taller or shorter than the patient and capture precise measurements. This is the only solution on the market where you will not need to be at the same eye level to capture the measurement image. Measurements captured: Monocular PDs, Seg. Heights, Pantoscopic Tilt, Rear Vertex Distance, Wrap, A, B, ED, DBL. • FRAME SELECTION PICTURE COMPARISON The Frame Selection module enables customers to see how they look like in different eyewear. The side-by-side image comparison exposes the customer to frames of different styles, resulting in an increase in multiple-frame sales. Email and Facebook features provide quick second opinions. • INTERACTIVE LENS DEMONSTRATIONS* Complement your lens sales presentations with interactive demonstrations. The Lens Demos module allows you to demonstrate the advantages of premium lens options in a quick and interactive way. Demos available: AR Coating, High-Index, Photochromic, Polarization, Progressives, Color Tints. • AUGMENTED REALITY DEMOS* Use the camera lens on the iPad and show how one can see through different lens options. You can build your lens by selecting the lens type, the coating and tints and very effectively compare two lens configurations. Multi-Lingual Support: English, French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish --------------------------------------- * Compatibility requirements: The Optikam Flash Accessory is required for eyewear measurements, lens demonstrations and augmented reality demos.
Seeing AI
This free app uses AI to narrate the visual world for individuals who are blind or have low vision. It describes people, text, and objects, assisting with daily tasks like reading documents, identifying products, and recognizing faces.
- Read text and documents
- Describe photos and objects
- Scan product barcodes
- Recognize people and currency
- Identify personal objects
- Augmented reality environment exploration
- Identify colors and light levels
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Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed with and for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world by describing nearby people, text and objects. Seeing AI provides tools to assist with a variety of daily tasks: • Read - Hear text as soon as it appears in front of the camera. Document alignment provides audio cues to capture a printed page and recognize the text along with its original formatting. Ask Seeing AI about the contents to easily find the information you need. • Describe - Take photos to hear a rich description. Ask questions to focus on the information you care about. Explore photos by moving your finger over the screen to hear the location of different objects. • Products - Scan barcodes and Accessible QR codes using audio beeps to guide you; hear the product name and package information when available. • People - Save photos of friends and coworkers so you can recognize them later. Get an estimate of their age, gender, and expression. • Currency - Recognize currency notes. • Find My Things - Teach Seeing AI to recognize your personal objects and follow the audio cues to find them later. • World - An Audio Augmented Reality experience to explore an unfamiliar environment, including hearing objects announced around you with Spatial Audio (requires a device with a LiDAR, and iOS 14+). • Colors - Identify colors. • Light - Hear an audible tone corresponding to the brightness of your surroundings. • Photos and Videos in other apps - Just tap “Share” and “Recognize with Seeing AI” to describe media from Mail, Photos, WhatsApp, and more. • Browse Photos - Hear descriptions of photos and videos saved on your device. Seeing AI continues to evolve as we hear from the community, and AI research advances. Visit http://SeeingAI.com for more details. Questions, feedback or feature requests? Email us at SeeingAI@Microsoft.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Seeing AI at 4.3 against OptikamPad's 3.8. Seeing AI also leads on ratings volume (626 vs 12) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Seeing AI holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seeing AI has 626 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.
OptikamPad ships an update monthly, Seeing AI every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OptikamPad | Seeing AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 4.3 (626 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 626 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.1 GB | 309 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optikam Tech Inc. | Microsoft Corporation |
Customer experience
OptikamPad
Seeing AI
Bugs and requests
OptikamPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Seeing AI
Reported bugs
3 issues- Barcode scanning not working consistently
- Document reader sometimes fails to load or process documents
- Frequent crashes or app becoming unresponsive
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for more languages, including Arabic and Chinese
- Improve accuracy of color and facial recognition
- Allow users to read digital displays like clocks and appliances
- Integrate with screen readers like VoiceOver for better accessibility
- Add an offline mode for using the app without an internet connection
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- Provide more customization options for voice settings
In-app purchases
OptikamPad
No in-app purchases
Seeing AI
No in-app purchases









