iMove around vs Image
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iMove around
This app aids visually impaired individuals in navigating their surroundings. It provides location awareness, identifies nearby points of interest, and allows users to record location-based audio notes. Customizable alerts keep users informed even when the app is not actively running.
- Location awareness
- Points of interest identification
- Record location-based speech notes
- Customizable alerts
- Background notifications
- VoiceOver accessibility
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iMove supports independent mobility of visually impaired people. By using iMove, you can: - Know the address where you are; - Know points of interest are around you (e.g. schools, stations, pubs, etc.); - Record speech notes associated to your location. A speech note will be played every time you will be close to the place where it has been recorded; - Customize the messages. For example, you can choose to be warned about the address where you are, the current orientation and speed, about speech notes, nearby points of interest, etc. ; Enable the "Notify me" functionality to be alerted even when the app is not running. Notes iMove is designed to be fully accessible with VoiceOver. By enabling "Notify me", iMove will use the location services while running in background. Continued use of GPS dramatically decreases battery life. iMove is developed by EveryWare Technologies with the sponsorship of Retina Italia Onlus.
Image
This app helps visually impaired individuals understand image content through text summaries and an interactive touch interface. Users can upload images to receive captions, tags, and object details, with customizable settings for personalized exploration.
- Text summary with caption, tags, and objects
- Touch-based interface for spatial exploration
- Customizable information display
- Image upload for analysis
- Intuitive and accessible design
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Image Explorer is an IOS app that assists visually impaired people to understand the content of images. Key features: Text summary: Get brief overview of the image through text summary including caption, tags and objects. Touch-based interface: Use touch gestures to explore spatial layout of objects on the image. Customized Configuration: Customize the settings to only show information that you are interested in. Using Image Explorer is simple and intuitive: Upload an image for analysis Understand the image through text summary and touch-based interface Image Explorer is committed to providing visually impaired people with an easily accessible way of better understanding the content of images. If you have any questions or feedback, please email us at humanailab-imageexplorer@umich.edu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iMove around at 4.4 against Image's 3.7. iMove around also leads on ratings volume (44 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Image's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
iMove around holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iMove around has 44 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iMove around ships an update every 3 months, Image every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iMove around | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (44 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Retina Italia Onlus | Anhong Guo |
Customer experience
iMove around
Image
In-app purchases
iMove around
No in-app purchases
Image
No in-app purchases









