Image vs Be Your Eyes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Be Your Eyes
This app uses AI to identify objects and read text aloud, assisting visually impaired users. It also features real-time obstacle detection with customizable alerts and provides voice-broadcasted weather updates.
- AI object identification
- Text recognition and voice broadcast
- Real-time obstacle detection with alerts
- Customizable obstacle avoidance settings
- Voice-broadcasted weather information
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[Function to identify objects] Using advanced artificial intelligence technology, it can identify thousands of common objects in life, allowing the visually impaired to explore the world and perceive life; [Function to recognize text] It can quickly and accurately recognize more than 50 different texts and broadcast them in voice form; [Obstacle avoidance function] It can monitor the distance of obstacles ahead in real time. If the distance is too close, it will send out an audible alarm and vibration alarm. The user can customize whether to turn it on; (The obstacle avoidance function requires iPhone12 Pro or above Pro models.) [Today Apple Weather] You can get voice broadcast of today's weather conditions, so you no longer have to worry about traveling; Legal Source Link: https://weatherkit.apple.com/legal-attribution.html [Hope to know] Please use the App in a safe environment, the developer does not bear any security responsibility; [Reminder] If you encounter any usage problems or have any suggestions, please send us an email: 947268652@qq.com We never stop optimizing the product and fixing bugs. Your feedback is the greatest help for us to improve our services! Privacy Policy: https://blastbricks.github.io/BeYourEyes/PrivacyPolicy.html User Agreement: https://blastbricks.github.io/BeYourEyes/Terms.html By downloading and using this App, users represent that they have read and agreed to our Privacy Agreement and User Agreement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Image at every 3 weeks against Be Your Eyes's every 2 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.
Image ships an update every 3 weeks, Be Your Eyes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Image | Be Your Eyes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anhong Guo | 祖铁 程 |
Customer experience
Image
Be Your Eyes
In-app purchases
Image
No in-app purchases
Be Your Eyes
No in-app purchases








