Comparison

Visual IQ vs Index

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

Index

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Index is a visual workspace for designers, creatives, and brands — built to close the gap between saving and doing. Save anything in a tap — links and images — from any app with the share sheet. Everything lands in your inbox, captured now and sorted on your terms later. Then put it to work: • Inbox — triage new saves instead of losing them in a pile • Folders — give every save a clean home • Boards — curate visual collections • Projects — gather saves into the work you're actually shipping • Tags — label across everything and resurface it instantly Your inspiration stops scattering across screenshots, bookmarks, and a dozen other apps — and starts being something you can actually use. Index is in private beta. You're early, and your feedback shapes where it goes. Support: Contact us at support@in-dex.co Privacy Policy: https://www.in-dex.co/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.in-dex.co/terms EULA Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Visual IQ4 screens
Index4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Index at none against Visual IQ's shown. Index also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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 Index sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, Index every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Visual IQ versus Index: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual IQIndex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCromulent LabsHidden Link Studios

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
2 purchases

Index

Subscriptions2
  • Index Pro$11.991 Month
  • Index Pro$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Visual IQ free?
Visual IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Index free?
Index is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visual IQ or Index have ads?
Visual IQ shows ads; Index does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual IQ or Index?
Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, and Index every 2 weeks. Most recently, Visual IQ was updated on September 24, 2026 and Index on September 24, 2026.

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