Comparison

iMove around vs Image

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Location awareness
  • Points of interest identification
  • Record location-based speech notes
  • Customizable alerts
  • Background notifications
  • VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Text summary with caption, tags, and objects
  • Touch-based interface for spatial exploration
  • Customizable information display
  • Image upload for analysis
  • Intuitive and accessible design
Features
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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.

Screenshots

iMove around4 screens
Image1 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iMove around versus Image: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMove aroundImage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (44 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB53 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRetina Italia OnlusAnhong Guo

Customer experience

iMove around

All ratings44 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral11.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Image

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

iMove around

No in-app purchases

None

Image

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMove around free?
iMove around is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image free?
Image is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iMove around or Image?
iMove around is rated higher. iMove around averages 4.4 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Image averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do iMove around or Image have ads?
Neither iMove around nor Image shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMove around or Image?
iMove around ships an update every 3 months, and Image every 3 weeks. Most recently, iMove around was updated on June 3, 2026 and Image on September 11, 2026.

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