Comparison

Visual IQ vs Flint

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

Flint

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Spark the change that you've been urging for. • Wake up on time, with challenges that will force you out of bed. • Then make sure you are focused during the day, as you are blocked out of your apps as you wake up. We are maxing the amount of friction from what pulls you in, and beat a challenge to get through. 100% on-device. Take back your focus. • Flint puts a barrier in front of the apps that pull you in. When you reach for Instagram, TikTok, or whatever steals your hours, Flint stops you with a shield — and the only way through is to beat a quick challenge first. That tiny pause is usually all it takes to put the phone back down. HOW IT WORKS • Pick the apps you want to block • Block them all the time, or only during set hours each day • Open a blocked app and Flint shows a shield • Beat a challenge to earn a short window of access • When time's up, the apps re-block automatically THE MORE YOU OPEN, THE HARDER IT GETS Every time you come back, the challenge gets tougher — so impulse-checking actually costs you something. CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE GET MOVING • Squats — do real reps in front of the camera • Pushups — do real pushups with our pushup counter • Step it out — get up and walk it off • Item Hunt — get up and find the household object GET THE BRAIN PUMPING • Math — solve quick arithmetic • Color memory — memorize and tap the tiles • Phrase recall — find the missing word WAKE UP Set an alarm you can only silence by completing a challenge. Do squats, walk it out, or solve math to shut it off. No more snoozing your way through the morning. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Track how many times you resisted, how often you gave in, and which challenges keep you honest. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Flint runs entirely on your device using Apple's Screen Time framework. It never sees what you do inside your apps, and nothing leaves your phone. LIVE ACTIVITIES Know how much time you have left before your apps get blocked once again. Less doomscrolling. Better mornings. Spark the flame of new good habits. All features require a subscription. Payments and Renewal: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Terms of use: https://http://goflint.app/terms Privacy policy: https://http://goflint.app/privacy

Screenshots

Visual IQ4 screens
Flint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flint at none against Visual IQ's shown. Flint also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Visual IQ's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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 Flint sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, Flint weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Visual IQ versus Flint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual IQFlint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent LabsTaeyoung Kim

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
3 purchases

Flint

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Sub$4.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$87.99

Questions

Is Visual IQ free?
Visual IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flint free?
Flint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visual IQ or Flint have ads?
Visual IQ shows ads; Flint does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual IQ or Flint?
Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, and Flint weekly. Most recently, Visual IQ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flint on October 18, 2026.

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