Comparison

Path on vs AI

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

Head to head
About

Path on

Add custom text to your photos with unique fonts and creative layouts. Draw text along custom paths or simple shapes, and enhance your images with filters and backdrops. Save and share your artistic creations with friends.

Highlights
  • Draw text along custom paths
  • Add text to simple shapes
  • 300+ unique fonts
  • Adjustable text size and alignment
  • Font Mix feature
  • Apply filters and backdrops
  • Save and share creations
Features
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Introduced by official App Store Facebook!!! Now your pictures can have a thousand words with Path On. Use crazy fonts to decorate your pictures with words, quotes, and lyrics, and share it with your friends. Don't worry about restrictions, type whatever and wherever you want. Draw a line with your finger and your text will appear along the line. We also provide simple shapes, like a spiral, circle, or square. Our app works great for anyone into scrapbooking, artistic photos, or even just making fun pictures to share. Path On features almost 300 different fonts--no additional cost and unlimited use, of course-- with the ability to adjust the size, alignment, letter spacing, and more. With that many fonts, we understand it's hard to choose just one. That's why we added a Font Mix feature, so you can choose up to 5 fonts that will be randomly applied to your text. You can also make your fonts stand out even more by changing the backdrop or using one of our great filters. If you want to come back to it later, no worries. Your work can be saved at any time. And of course don't forget to share with your friends! Win a spot in our gallery by adding #Pathonselection on Twitter and Facebook or @Pathonselection on Instagram. Don't know what to do? Try this: Instead of a picture of just you and your boyfriend or girlfriend, make it special by adding 'I love you' or your names in a heart-shaped outline.

About

AI

Point your iPhone camera at objects to have them identified and spoken aloud using AI. This app works offline, allowing you to detect over 1000 object categories and share your findings.

Highlights
  • Object and scene detection
  • Voice output of detected objects
  • Offline functionality
  • Share detected information
  • Adjustable speech threshold
  • Supports over 1000 object categories
Features
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Point camera at objects and let iPhone detect and speak it out with Artificial Intelligence! - Detect objects and scenes - Voice output - Online connection not needed - everything runs locally - Share function General: After the first start you are in object detection mode. Point your camera to objects and the detection starts automatically. In the top left you can tap on the settings icon. The Share Button in the top right allows you to share the photos and informations you detected. When you press the Share Button the capturing is halted. After sharing and returning to the Main Screen simply press the ‘Continue’-Button in the center. Settings: Speech can be turned off completely. Tip: The detection works bests in lighted environments. You can also search photos of things or face in the internet and just point your iOS camera to the photos. Object detection: Point your camera to objects. The app will try to detect the object from more than 1000 categories. Try animals, furnishing, household objects, cars, fruits and vegetables. The 1st guess is the most likely object description with the highest confidence. The percentage value of confidence is stated right to the object description. The 2nd most likely guess is also stated. With the slider "Speech threshold" you can set an percentage value. When the confidence percentage is greater or equal as that value the object will be spoken. When you set the slider all way to the left speech is disabled. In the top banner in the camera feed the current machine learning model is on the left. The frames per second of detection on the right of the banner. Have fun with AI-Camera!

Screenshots

Path on4 screens
AI3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Path on at free against AI's paid. Path on also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 14.0). AI's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Path on costs $1.99 and AI $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AI holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 253 and 133 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Path on's written reviews are positive against 88% of AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Path on ships an update every 4 weeks, AI every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Path on versus AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPath onAI
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating3.9 (253 ratings)4.4 (133 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings253 — better133
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeta VisionMarkus Malik

Customer experience

Path on

All ratings253 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews1,140 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative12.6%

AI

All ratings133 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Path on

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during use
  • Can't save or export edited images
  • Text formatting issues like cutting off words
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • General instability and performance problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit/adjust text after placement
  • Allow multiple text areas on a single image
  • Improve text spacing and formatting controls
  • Add support for more image formats and sizes
  • Provide better instructions and documentation

AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Path on

No in-app purchases

None

AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Path on free?
Path on costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI free?
AI costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Path on or AI?
AI is rated higher. Path on averages 3.9 out of 5 from 253 ratings, while AI averages 4.4 from 133 ratings.
Do Path on or AI have ads?
Neither Path on nor AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Path on or AI?
Path on ships an update every 4 weeks, and AI every 2 months. Most recently, Path on was updated on October 20, 2026 and AI on October 15, 2026.

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