Comparison

Percepta vs Just Tell Me

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

Head to head
About

Percepta

Features
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Percepta is an intelligent companion designed to empower individuals with partial or complete visual impairment by providing real-time navigation assistance and environmental awareness. Using only your iPhone, Percepta transforms what the camera sees into intuitive audio and haptic feedback to help you navigate with greater confidence. Designed for reliability and privacy, Percepta functions entirely offline, ensuring that your navigation data remains secure and accessible even without an internet connection. KEY FEATURES β€’ Intuitive Spatial Feedback: Translates real-time depth and scene sensing into simple, frequency-based audio cues and haptic alerts, so you can anticipate obstacles like doors, stairs, and waist-height hazards before you reach them. β€’ Offline-First Reliability: Core navigation and safety functions run fully on-device. No cloud dependency means Percepta works reliably in any environment. β€’ Intelligent Awareness (AI Mode): Optional AI-powered processing identifies essential environmental features, such as staircases and doorways, helping you orient yourself in unfamiliar spaces. β€’ Socioemotional Guide: Point the front camera at a conversation partner and Percepta reads the facial expression - happy, sad, surprised, angry - spoken aloud and felt as a gentle haptic tap. Processing is entirely on-device. β€’ Personalized Feedback: Adjust feedback sensitivity and customize the experience for your specific mobility needs. β€’ Privacy-Focused Design: All perception processing happens locally on your device. No sensitive visual data is ever uploaded or stored. WHO IS PERCEPTA FOR? Percepta is developed for visually impaired individuals, elderly persons, and anyone seeking a lightweight and discreet way to improve daily mobility and spatial awareness. GETTING STARTED Install, sign in, and allow camera access β€” that's it. Everything runs on your iPhone. Percepta is an assistive aid, not a medical device. Privacy: We do not collect or store audio, video, or location data. All processing occurs locally on your device.

About

Just Tell Me

Features
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Ask your camera. Get a focused answer. Just Tell Me is an accessible visual-assistance app designed for blind and low-vision iPhone users. Point your camera at an object or choose photos, ask what you want to know, and receive concise spoken and on-screen guidance based on what is visible. ASK WHAT YOU NEED Choose an example question or enter your own. Just Tell Me can help you look for visible information such as: β€’ Product names and labels β€’ Printed text β€’ Prices and expiration dates β€’ Ingredients and listed allergens β€’ Start buttons and other controls β€’ Barcodes and visible QR content β€’ Differences between items LIVE CAMERA GUIDANCE Just Tell Me checks camera views and provides simple spoken instructions to help position the item. When there is enough visible evidence, it captures a clearer view and gives a focused answer. ASK WITH TEXT OR DICTATION Type any question or use the iPhone keyboard’s built-in Dictation feature. You can also choose from common questions for quick access. USE YOUR PHOTOS Select up to six photos when one image does not show the full item. Just Tell Me can combine visible information across the selected images. SAVE AND REUSE QUESTIONS Review previous questions and answers in History. Save useful questions so you can ask them again later. History and saved questions remain on your device. ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES β€’ VoiceOver-friendly controls and announcements β€’ Spoken camera guidance and answers β€’ Optional haptic feedback β€’ Large controls and high-contrast layouts β€’ Concise results designed to reduce unnecessary detail A network connection is required for visual analysis. Results are generated using artificial intelligence and may be incomplete or incorrect. Verify important information, especially allergens, expiration dates, nutrition details, prices, and safety-related controls.

Screenshots

Percepta4 screens
Just Tell Me2 screens

Verdict

The call

Percepta and Just Tell Me are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Percepta versus Just Tell Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerceptaJust Tell Me
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size21 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhan NithinAshley BERNARD

In-app purchases

None

Percepta

No in-app purchases

None

Just Tell Me

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Percepta free?
Percepta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Just Tell Me free?
Just Tell Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Percepta or Just Tell Me have ads?
Neither Percepta nor Just Tell Me shows ads.

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