Comparison

Seeing Assistant Home vs The Talking Calculator

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

Head to head
About

Seeing Assistant Home

This utility app assists blind and visually impaired individuals with daily tasks. It offers features like barcode scanning, text recognition, a magnifying glass, and light detection, all designed with digital accessibility principles.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning (EAN-13/UPC-A, AZTEC)
  • QR code scanning and creation
  • Offline text recognition (OCR)
  • Electronic magnifying glass
  • Light source and intensity detection
  • Banknote recognition (Polish złoty)
  • Voice and Siri command integration
Features
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Seeing Assistant Home has been providing support to blind and visually impaired people in various aspects of daily life for many years. Since its inception, the app has been developed in close collaboration with visually impaired individuals. This ensures it is built in accordance with digital accessibility principles and precisely addresses the specific needs of this target group. Key Features: • barcode scanning, including EAN-13/UPC-A and AZTEC formats, • saving scanned barcodes with a custom description, • generating private barcodes in EAN format, • scanning and creating QR codes, • text detection – fast offline OCR, • document scanning – more accurate OCR, • electronic magnifying glass, • reading content stored on NFC tags, • detecting light source and intensity, • approximate color recognition, • banknote recognition – Polish złoty only, • Dropbox integration. Seeing Assistant Home has implemented many different solutions to streamline its use, including: • invoking functions using voice and Siri commands, • setting a default function to launch when the app is opened, • "Recognize and Speak" fast code recognition mode, • simultaneous recognition of texts and codes ("Detect Text" functionality), • recognition of codes from long distances – automatic camera zoom, • the ability to freeze the image in a magnifying glass view, • data archiving – EAN and QR codes, and much more. Download Seeing Assistant Home and see how the app can make your everyday life easier! Terms of use: https://seeingassistant.tt.com.pl/home/terms/

About

The Talking Calculator

This basic calculator speaks mathematical functions aloud as they are entered and calculated. It's a helpful learning tool for students and individuals who have speech difficulties. Supports English and Spanish, and works on iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • Speaks mathematical functions
  • Supports English and Spanish
  • Customizable speech rate
  • Works on iPhone and iPad
  • Split screen multitasking support
  • Dark mode display
Features
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Talking Calculator is a basic four-function calculator that speaks mathematical functions as they are entered and calculated. This is a great learning tool for young students or can be used by anyone who has difficulty speaking. Talking Calculator speaks in both English and Spanish languages and supports all iPhone and iPad models. It even works in split screen multitasking mode on the iPad. In version 2.0 users can use any English or Spanish speech voices that has been installed on the device. - Choose from many available English or Spanish voice for speech - Download additional high quality voices using iPhone or iPad Settings app. Select Accessibility -> Spoken Content -> Voices. Once a voice has been downloaded, it will be available in the calculator app. - Set the speech rate from very slow to very fast or anywhere in between. - Free Talking Calculator is ad supported. But ads can be removed from the app with a one time in-app purchase. - Supports dark mode display (iOS 13 or newer) - Custom launch URL: talkingcalc://

Screenshots

Seeing Assistant Home4 screens
The Talking Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Seeing Assistant Home at 4.7 against The Talking Calculator's 3.2. Seeing Assistant Home also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 50%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Talking Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Seeing Assistant Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seeing Assistant Home holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seeing Assistant Home has 43 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Seeing Assistant Home's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Talking Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Seeing Assistant Home versus The Talking Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeeing Assistant HomeThe Talking Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43 ratings) — better3.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings43 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTransition Technologies S.A.Roundhouse Software LLC

Customer experience

Seeing Assistant Home

All ratings37 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative3.7%

The Talking Calculator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Seeing Assistant Home

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Talking Calculator

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade - Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Seeing Assistant Home free?
Seeing Assistant Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Talking Calculator free?
The Talking Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Seeing Assistant Home or The Talking Calculator?
Seeing Assistant Home is rated higher. Seeing Assistant Home averages 4.7 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while The Talking Calculator averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Seeing Assistant Home or The Talking Calculator have ads?
The Talking Calculator shows ads; Seeing Assistant Home does not.
Which is updated more often, Seeing Assistant Home or The Talking Calculator?
Seeing Assistant Home ships an update every 3 months, and The Talking Calculator every 3 months. Most recently, Seeing Assistant Home was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Talking Calculator on November 2, 2026.

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