Comparison

Visual IQ vs Beck

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Beck

This AI-powered assistant streamlines calendar management through natural language conversation and image recognition. Effortlessly add events, reschedule appointments, and get quick answers about your schedule without manual input.

Highlights
  • Add events via photo
  • Natural language scheduling
  • Voice-activated queries
  • Complex recurring event setup
  • Meeting context and notes
  • Syncs with existing calendars
Features
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Beck turns hours of calendar tapping into seconds of conversation — then goes further: it remembers your meetings, preps you before the next one, and answers questions no calendar grid can. Snap a photo of any schedule and every event appears. Add Sophie's soccer through June in one sentence. Ask "what does tomorrow look like?" and get a real answer. No forms. No menus. Just talk to your calendar like you'd talk to a chief of staff. WHAT BECK DOES Snap a Schedule Photograph a sports calendar, school syllabus, camp schedule, or printed agenda. Beck reads it and proposes every event in seconds. You review, confirm, done. Capture From Anywhere Share a screenshot, email, or text to Beck from any app and it becomes an event. Or just ask Siri. Get it out of your head the moment it lands in it. Talk Instead of Tap "Move my 3pm to Friday morning." "Block two hours Wednesday for deep work." "Lunch with Maria next week, anywhere mid-day." Say it the way you think it. A Calendar With a Memory "What does my Tuesday look like?" "When did I last meet with Jordan?" "What did we cover last time?" Beck answers in plain English, with context from your calendar history — and remembers what matters across meetings. Meeting Prep, Built In Save notes from your last call, paste in a brief, or record on-device. Beck surfaces what matters before you walk into the room. Answer "Can We Do Thursday?" in Seconds Ask Beck when you're free and share your open times as a clean card — no back-and-forth, no screenshots of your week. Smart Recurring Events Without Menus "Every other Tuesday at 5 through June." Beck handles complex recurrence — events and reminders — in a sentence, with no fiddling with end dates. WORKS WITH YOUR CALENDARS Beck connects through your iPhone's calendar system, so it works with iCloud, Google, Outlook, and Exchange — anything already on your device. Nothing to migrate. SAFE BY DESIGN Every change Beck proposes is shown to you first. You confirm before anything is written, moved, or deleted. Beck never silently edits your calendar. PRIVACY YOU CAN READ Your data is not used to train AI models. Meeting transcription happens on-device. We're clear about what gets sent to the cloud and what doesn't. WHO BECK IS FOR • Professionals living in back-to-back meetings • Parents coordinating kids, work, and the household • Students balancing classes, shifts, and side projects • Anyone with too much in their head and not enough hands SUBSCRIPTION Try Beck free and see what a week without calendar admin feels like. Beck is a subscription with a free trial; cancel anytime in your Apple ID Settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal is charged within 24 hours of the period end. Terms of Use: https://beckai.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://beckai.app/privacy

Screenshots

Visual IQ4 screens
Beck4 screens

Verdict

The call

Visual IQ and Beck both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Visual IQ's written reviews are positive against 50% of Beck's. Visual IQ also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Beck's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Visual IQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Beck sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Visual IQ against 4.7 for Beck. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Visual IQ's written reviews are positive against 50% of Beck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, Beck every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Visual IQ versus Beck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual IQBeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (38 ratings)4.7 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3854 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent LabsTRIBE INDUSTRIES, INC

Customer experience

Visual IQ

All ratings38 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Beck

All ratings54 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Visual IQ

Subscriptions4
  • 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
5 purchases

Beck

Subscriptions5
  • Beck Ai Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Unlimited Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Beck Ai Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Unlimited Annually3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Beck Ai Annual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Visual IQ free?
Visual IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beck free?
Beck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual IQ or Beck?
Beck is rated higher. Visual IQ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Beck averages 4.7 from 54 ratings.
Do Visual IQ or Beck have ads?
Both Visual IQ and Beck show ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual IQ or Beck?
Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, and Beck every 2 days. Most recently, Visual IQ was updated on September 24, 2026 and Beck on September 10, 2026.

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