Comparison

Off Lens vs LudyActions

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

Head to head
About

Off Lens

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OffLens is a fully offline OCR app built on Apple’s VisionKit. Capture or pick photos, draw a precise crop, and recognize text in multiple languages without sending any data to servers. Your images and text stay on your device. Key features: · Offline by design: No uploads, no tracking, no ads. · Precise crop first: Drag corners or edges to target exactly what you need. · Multi-language OCR: Recognize text across many languages; auto-detect supported. · Proofread with highlights: See bounding boxes over the original image to verify accuracy. · Editable results: Review recognized text in a clean editor and copy with one tap. · History on-device: Keep up to 100 entries locally; view, edit, or delete anytime. · Camera and gallery: Snap a photo or import from your library; optional save-back after cropping. · Share and export: Copy lines or full results; share with friends. · Privacy-first: No analytics, no remote processing—everything runs locally. How it works: 1. Choose Photo or Camera, then draw the crop box. 2. OffLens runs VisionKit OCR offline and overlays highlights for quick review. 3. Edit text if needed, then copy or share. Why OffLens: · Great for receipts, documents, slides, whiteboards, books, and multilingual content. · Works anywhere—even without a network. · Fast, accurate recognition powered by VisionKit. Need help? Contact: shungyy8@gmail.com.

About

LudyActions

Enhance your iPhone and iPad automation with over 200 powerful actions for Apple Shortcuts. This free app offers extensive tools for text, math, date, media, and more, all processed on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • 226+ powerful actions for Apple Shortcuts
  • Text processing and manipulation
  • Math and number operations
  • Advanced date and time formatting
  • JSON parsing and manipulation
  • Extensive media tools (image, PDF, video)
  • Persistent storage and iCloud sync
Features
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LudyActions supercharges Apple Shortcuts with 226 powerful actions to automate anything on your iPhone and iPad. And it's completely FREE! ** NEW IN v1.3: Media Power Update - 25 new media actions! ** COMPLETELY FREE - All 226 actions included at no cost - No subscription required - ever - No in-app purchases needed - Privacy-first: all processing on-device BROWSE ALL ACTIONS - New Actions tab with complete catalog - Search and filter by category - Detailed descriptions and examples - Copy action names to find in Shortcuts TEXT PROCESSING (45 actions) - Case conversion: uppercase, lowercase, title case - Trim, split, join, replace text - Count words, characters, lines - Extract emails, URLs, numbers - Base64 and URL encoding/decoding - MD5, SHA256 hash generation MATH AND NUMBERS (33 actions) - Arithmetic and rounding - Min, max, average, sum - Random number generation - Trigonometry functions - Number formatting DATE AND TIME (31 actions) - Format dates with custom patterns - Add/subtract days, months, years - Calculate days between dates - Get date components - Relative time formatting JSON PROCESSING (14 actions) - Parse and validate JSON - Get values by key path - Create and modify structures LIST OPERATIONS (15 actions) - Sort, reverse, shuffle - Get first/last/random item - Filter and find items MEDIA TOOLS (54 actions) - Image resize, crop, rotate, flip, overlay - Image filters, watermark, format conversion - PDF text extraction, merge, split, page count - Video trimming, thumbnails, metadata - Audio metadata extraction - OCR text recognition PERSISTENT STORAGE (7 actions) - Store values across shortcut runs - iCloud sync across devices - Perfect for counters and preferences HTTP AND NETWORKING (6 actions) - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests - URL building and encoding CLOUDKIT SYNC (7 actions) - Save/fetch data to iCloud - Query cloud records NOTION INTEGRATION (5 actions) - Search and update pages - Add database rows Download LudyActions and unlock the full potential of Apple Shortcuts - completely FREE! Privacy Policy: https://ludy.app/privacy

Screenshots

Off Lens3 screens
LudyActions4 screens

Verdict

The call

Off Lens and LudyActions are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Off Lens versus LudyActions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOff LensLudyActions
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFeiyun Technology Ltd.Ludy Ankas, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Off Lens

No in-app purchases

None

LudyActions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Off Lens free?
Off Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LudyActions free?
LudyActions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Off Lens or LudyActions have ads?
Neither Off Lens nor LudyActions shows ads.

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