Seeing AI vs Checktac
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.
Checktac
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Checktac is a sequence timer that moves you through your tasks by order and time. Workouts, morning routines, cooking, study, stretching—run the routines you do every day, one step at a time, at your own pace. ■ Auto or manual—choose for every step ・Auto start: the next step begins automatically when the previous one ends ・Manual start: you tap to begin when you're ready Mix hands-free steps and at-your-own-cue steps in a single routine. ■ Countdown or count-up ・Steps with a set time count down ・Steps without a set time count up the elapsed time (tap Next to finish) Great for both precisely-timed and open-ended steps. ■ Key features ・Build routines from steps (name, time, start mode, memo) ・Repeat groups (loop selected steps a set number of times) ・Organize routines with tags ・See time remaining and the finish time while running ・Review each step's actual time and the total on the completion screen ・Notifications on the lock screen and in the background ・Japanese / English, Light / Dark ■ Privacy first All data stays on your device. Nothing is sent to or collected by external servers. Works offline. ■ Checktac Pro (one-time purchase) The free plan lets you create up to 5 routines. Checktac Pro (a single purchase, no recurring fees) unlocks unlimited routines and up to 10 tags. Go at your own pace, and flow to the next. Make your daily routines feel good with Checktac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Seeing AI at none against Checktac's 1. Seeing AI also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Checktac's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Checktac sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Seeing AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Seeing AI ships an update every 2 months, Checktac every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seeing AI | Checktac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (626 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 626 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | MIYAKO SUZUKI |
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
Checktac
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Seeing AI
No in-app purchases
Checktac
- Pro$1.99








