Visual IQ vs Cold Bore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual IQ
This app uses advanced visual intelligence to convert photos and screenshots into actionable data. It integrates seamlessly with iOS to add events to your calendar, contacts from business cards, tasks to reminders, and locations to maps. You can also extract text, identify objects, and get detailed descriptions of images.
- Capture events into Calendar
- Import contacts from images
- Create tasks from lists
- Extract locations into Maps
- Identify objects and species
- Translate text in images
- Get image descriptions and answers
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Turn photos into actions. Visual IQ saves you time by converting pictures and screenshots into real results in seconds using cutting-edge visual intelligence. Front and center is the app's tight integration into iOS to help you get things done with incredible ease. Take a photo or screenshot and easily import its events into Calendar, people into Contacts, tasks into Reminders, or locations into Maps. You can also extract or translate text, identify items, get an answer to a question, or a detailed description of the image. Included are useful actions for Shortcuts, a share extension, and the app be opened using control widgets in Control Center or your Lock Screen as well as pressing the Camera Control button. Features: • Capture multiple events from schedules, calendars, event posters, and more into Calendar. • Import multiple people from business cards, posters, and more into Contacts. • Snap multiple tasks from grocery, to-do lists, etc. into Reminders. • Grab multiple locations from lists of addresses into Maps or Google Maps. • Identify anything in an image such as a dog's breed or a plant's species. • Lookup accurate translations of text in a picture to over 40 languages. • Get a detailed description or answer questions about any photo or screenshot. Visual IQ is free to use for up to 5 scans a day and 50 scans per month. There are optional upgrades to increase these rate limits, access more accurate models, and unlock access to scan history. Try out Visual IQ today and start saving time. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.cromulentlabs.com/visualiq/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cold Bore
This app helps precision shooters log performance, manage gear, and make informed decisions. It offers session logging, cold-bore tracking, ballistic tools, and maintenance records in a streamlined workflow.
- Session logging with weather and notes
- Cold-bore impact tracking
- Rifle and ammo management
- Ballistic estimates
- DOPE management
- Maintenance records
- Shot timer and audio counter
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Cold Bore helps precision shooters track performance, organize gear, and make faster data-driven decisions at the range or in the field. Built for real-world use, Cold Bore combines session logging, cold-bore tracking, ballistic tools, DOPE management, and maintenance tracking in one workflow. Use Cold Bore to: • Log training sessions with weather, location, shots, and notes • Track true cold-bore impacts and identify drift over time • Manage rifles, ammo lots, round counts, and maintenance records • Use built-in Shot Timer and Audio Counter tools for drills and shot tracking • Build ballistic estimates and validate them with real-world results • Store and review Working DOPE and quick-reference shooting data • Back up and restore data with cloud or manual export options Whether you're confirming zero, preparing for a match, hunting, or tracking long-range performance, Cold Bore keeps your shooting data organized, accessible, and actionable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cold Bore at none against Visual IQ's shown. Cold Bore also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Visual IQ's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Visual IQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Cold Bore sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cold Bore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual IQ has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, Cold Bore monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual IQ | Cold Bore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cromulent Labs | Michael Remington |
Customer experience
Visual IQ
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In-app purchases
Visual IQ
- Visual IQ Plus Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Visual IQ Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- Visual IQ Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Visual IQ Premium Yearly$79.991 Year
Cold Bore
- Cold Bore Pro Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year









