Comparison

Seeing AI vs iSkano

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

iSkano

Features
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iSkano është një skaner dokumentesh falas — pa reklama, pa vulë, pa abonim dhe pa llogari — dhe gjithçka funksionon tërësisht në iPhone-in tënd. Asgjë që skanon nuk del kurrë nga telefoni. SKANO NË SEKONDA Drejto kamerën te çdo letër. Skajet zbulohen automatikisht, faqet priten dhe drejtohen vetë, dhe dokumentet me shumë faqe kapen në një rrjedhë të vetme. Mënyra të dedikuara për letërnjoftime, pasaporta dhe fatura. AI QË I KUPTON DOKUMENTET E TUA Çdo skanim lexohet në telefon: dokumentet emërtohen vetë, renditen në dosje (Fatura, Kontrata, Letërnjoftime, Pasaporta) dhe marrin një përmbledhje AI me faktet kryesore — shuma, afate, IBAN — si etiketa që kopjohen me një prekje. Pyet AI çfarëdo për një dokument dhe merr përgjigje të krijuara në telefonin tënd. GJEJ ÇDO LETËR NË SEKONDA Kërkimi mbulon çdo fjalë në çdo faqe që ke skanuar ndonjëherë. Plotësisht offline. PËRKTHE, EKSPORTO, NËNSHKRUAJ Përkthe dokumentet në 50+ gjuhë me paketa gjuhësore offline. Eksporto në PDF ose në Word (.docx) të vërtetë. Vizato nënshkrimin një herë dhe vendose në çdo dokument. Vendos të dyja anët e letërnjoftimit në një faqe A4. KOPJA JOTE, RE-JA JOTE Kopja rezervë opsionale i ngarkon PDF-të direkt në iCloud Drive-in tënd — kurrë në ndonjë server të iSkano-s, sepse nuk ekzistojnë fare. PRIVAT NGA THEMELI Pa llogari. Pa analitikë. Pa gjurmim. Kyçje me Face ID. iSkano është me kod të hapur (GPL-3.0), kështu që çdo premtim privatësie mund të verifikohet nga kushdo: github.com/rexhepa/iSkano Në shqip dhe anglisht. — iSkano is a free, open-source document scanner. Everything — OCR, full-text search, AI summaries, translation, Word export — runs entirely on your iPhone. No ads, no subscription, no account. Nothing ever leaves your phone.

Screenshots

Seeing AI4 screens
iSkano4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Seeing AI at 3 against iSkano's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Seeing AI versus iSkano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeeing AIiSkano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (633 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings633 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size309 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMicrosoft CorporationRexsolutions

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

iSkano

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Seeing AI

No in-app purchases

None

iSkano

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seeing AI free?
Seeing AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iSkano free?
iSkano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Seeing AI or iSkano have ads?
Neither Seeing AI nor iSkano shows ads.

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