Visual LightPad vs Sensory AMazeIng
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Visual LightPad
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Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.
Sensory AMazeIng
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A-Maze-Ing is a colourful, engaging maze game designed as a visual assessment and training tool for users with low vision. Originally developed by Sensory Software, A-Maze-Ing provides carefully graded visual tracking exercises across eight vibrant themes and three difficulty levels. Players guide animated characters along bold, high-contrast coloured tracks using touch, mouse, keyboard, or switch access. The wide paths and clear visual targets at easier levels make A-Maze-Ing ideal for developing and assessing visual tracking, hand-eye coordination, and cause-and-effect understanding. Key Features: - 8 exciting themes: Mole, Spooky, Sea, Mountain, Racing, Diving, Space, and Castle - 3 difficulty levels with progressively narrower paths and more complex routes - High-contrast, bold artwork designed for users with low vision - Full switch access support: auto-scan (1 switch) and step-scan (2 switches) with adjustable timing - Touch, mouse, and keyboard control - Fun reward animations and sound effects on maze completion - Mazes chain together for continuous play - Settings are saved between sessions
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Verdict
Visual LightPad and Sensory AMazeIng are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Visual LightPad | Sensory AMazeIng |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AW Games | Sensory App House Ltd |
In-app purchases
Visual LightPad
No in-app purchases
Sensory AMazeIng
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Visual LightPad free?
Is Sensory AMazeIng free?
Do Visual LightPad or Sensory AMazeIng have ads?
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