Seeing AI vs Bigger Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seeing AI
This free app uses AI to narrate the visual world for individuals who are blind or have low vision. It describes people, text, and objects, assisting with daily tasks like reading documents, identifying products, and recognizing faces.
- Read text and documents
- Describe photos and objects
- Scan product barcodes
- Recognize people and currency
- Identify personal objects
- Augmented reality environment exploration
- Identify colors and light levels
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Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed with and for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world by describing nearby people, text and objects. Seeing AI provides tools to assist with a variety of daily tasks: • Read - Hear text as soon as it appears in front of the camera. Document alignment provides audio cues to capture a printed page and recognize the text along with its original formatting. Ask Seeing AI about the contents to easily find the information you need. • Describe - Take photos to hear a rich description. Ask questions to focus on the information you care about. Explore photos by moving your finger over the screen to hear the location of different objects. • Products - Scan barcodes and Accessible QR codes using audio beeps to guide you; hear the product name and package information when available. • People - Save photos of friends and coworkers so you can recognize them later. Get an estimate of their age, gender, and expression. • Currency - Recognize currency notes. • Find My Things - Teach Seeing AI to recognize your personal objects and follow the audio cues to find them later. • World - An Audio Augmented Reality experience to explore an unfamiliar environment, including hearing objects announced around you with Spatial Audio (requires a device with a LiDAR, and iOS 14+). • Colors - Identify colors. • Light - Hear an audible tone corresponding to the brightness of your surroundings. • Photos and Videos in other apps - Just tap “Share” and “Recognize with Seeing AI” to describe media from Mail, Photos, WhatsApp, and more. • Browse Photos - Hear descriptions of photos and videos saved on your device. Seeing AI continues to evolve as we hear from the community, and AI research advances. Visit http://SeeingAI.com for more details. Questions, feedback or feature requests? Email us at SeeingAI@Microsoft.com.
Bigger Notes
This app offers a straightforward way to create and manage notes, prioritizing speed and customization. It's specifically designed to bridge communication gaps between individuals who are Deaf and those who can hear.
- Fast note creation
- Customizable interface
- Easy to use
- Facilitates Deaf and hearing communication
- Simple note management
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An easy-to-use note-writing app, designed to help facilitate communication between Deaf and hearing people. It's fast, customizable, and easy to use!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bigger Notes at 5.0 against Seeing AI's 4.3. Bigger Notes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Seeing AI's advantage is ratings volume (626 vs 7). 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.
Bigger Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seeing AI has 626 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Seeing AI's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bigger Notes's.
Seeing AI ships an update every 2 months, Bigger Notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seeing AI | Bigger Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (626 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 626 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Jeff Fredrickson |
Customer experience
Seeing AI
Bigger Notes
Bugs and requests
Seeing AI
Reported bugs
3 issues- Barcode scanning not working consistently
- Document reader sometimes fails to load or process documents
- Frequent crashes or app becoming unresponsive
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for more languages, including Arabic and Chinese
- Improve accuracy of color and facial recognition
- Allow users to read digital displays like clocks and appliances
- Integrate with screen readers like VoiceOver for better accessibility
- Add an offline mode for using the app without an internet connection
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- Provide more customization options for voice settings
Bigger Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Seeing AI
No in-app purchases
Bigger Notes
No in-app purchases
