Visual IQ vs AI Wake
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/
AI Wake
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【Your AI quota, ready before you wake】 Today's AI services run on a 5-hour usage window, counted from your first message of the day. Speak up only at 8:00 and your whole golden morning is locked into one cycle — your quota won't reset until the afternoon. AI Wake does it differently: before you get up (3 hours early by default, adjustable), it automatically says good morning to your AI so the 5-hour cycle starts sooner. Wake at 8:00 and your quota resets at 10:00 — your prime hours, handed back to you. Set your wake time. It handles the rest. ■ Two ways to wake ・Shortcut mode: no server, works for everyone, triggered on-device by iOS Shortcuts — completely free. ・Cloud mode: sent by an always-on server, unaffected by a locked or powered-off phone — the most reliable. ■ All-Day Relay (Cloud only) The morning wake isn't the only one. Within the hours you choose, the server fires a fresh wake every 5 hours so your quota cycle never stalls — there's always headroom when you need it. Set fixed hours, or run around the clock. ■ Wake Log Every successful wake is recorded. A GitHub-style heatmap shows your streak at a glance — the payoff of opening your quota early, day after day. ■ We take your trust seriously Cloud mode needs your AI access token, and we treat it as a password-grade asset: ・Encrypted in transit, end to end (HTTPS) ・Stored on the server with AES-256-GCM — only ciphertext hits the disk, plaintext never lands there and never enters any log ・Decrypted in memory only for the few seconds the wake runs, then discarded ・The backend source is public — audit it yourself, or even run it on your own host, so your token never touches ours The app includes a full "Security & Transparency" page that honestly discloses even our current limitations. ■ About subscriptions The app is free, and Shortcut mode is completely free to use. Cloud mode (with All-Day Relay and zero maintenance) is a monthly subscription with a 2-week free trial; cancel anytime in system settings before it renews. — AI Wake is an independent, third-party app, not affiliated with any AI provider. Using the wake feature requires your own active subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://aiwake.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://aiwake.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AI Wake at none against Visual IQ's shown. AI Wake 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
Both are free to download. Visual IQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and AI Wake sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, AI Wake weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual IQ | AI Wake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cromulent Labs | Chi-Fan Kung |
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
AI Wake
- 官方雲端喚醒14 Days trial$0.991 Month









