Visual Brailler vs Bonocle Alphabet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Brailler
This app serves as a digital braille editor, allowing users to create and practice braille on their mobile devices. It supports various braille codes and file formats, making it a useful tool for transcribers and learners.
- 6-dot braille on-screen keyboard
- Support for all 6-dot braille codes
- Unlimited braille lines
- Cut, copy, and paste functionality
- Refreshable braille display input/output
- Export to BRL and BRF files
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Visual Brailler is the simple braille editor. It’s a braille writer for your iPad (and iPhone), and it has a place in every braille transcriber’s toolbox. Use it for NLS certification exercises or to practice UEB. Show off your mastery of braille! Features: • 6-dot braille on-screen keyboard • Support for any and all 6-dot braille codes • An indefinite number of 40-cell braille lines • Cut, copy, and paste braille manipulation • Refreshable braille display input and output • BRL (unformatted) and BRF (formatted) braille file export
Bonocle Alphabet
This app offers an interactive way to learn and teach the braille alphabet and numbers in multiple languages. It features voice-over navigation, a guided tutorial, visual descriptions, and a practice section with progress tracking and rewards.
- Learn braille alphabet and numbers
- Multi-language support
- Voice-over navigation
- Guided tutorial
- Practice section
- Progress tracking with trophies
- Group learning with multiple devices
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Learn or teach the braille alphabet and numbers easily using Bonocle. With many features to make the learning experience truly customized to your preference. You can learn on your own, with a friend, parent or in a classroom. Teachers can also use the app to connect with their students in their own way. Features include: 1- Learn alphabet and numbers in any language 2- Navigate the app using voice over 3- A tutorial to guide you through your learning process 4- Visual elements to describe all events happening in app or on Bonocle 5- Localized to support multiple languages for app UI 6- Practice what you learned under the practice section 7- Earn trophies for your progress 8- The connection bar allows connection to multiple Bonocles at once for a group learning experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bonocle Alphabet at 5.0 against Visual Brailler's 2.8. Bonocle Alphabet also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). Visual Brailler's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bonocle Alphabet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Brailler has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Visual Brailler ships an update every 15 months, Bonocle Alphabet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Brailler | Bonocle Alphabet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Printing House for the Blind (APH) | Bonocle |
Customer experience
Visual Brailler
Bonocle Alphabet
In-app purchases
Visual Brailler
No in-app purchases
Bonocle Alphabet
No in-app purchases
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