Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Lookout

An app to help blind and visually impaired people.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lookout launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Google Lookout▲125

   An app that identifies objects for the visually impaired

   2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Be My Eyes▲857

   Lend your eyes to the blind

   2015 · bemyeyes.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sight-Check▲94

   Check your eyesight online

   2019 · sightcheck.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Envision for Android▲85

   Bringing the visual world to life for the visually impaired

   2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Be My Eyes for Android▲171

   Lend your eyes to the blind

   2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Blink▲252

   Strengthen your eyesight with eye tracking

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7VA
   Voice - An iOS App that lets blind people read▲57

   2014 · shalinshah.me · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm▲170

   The latest macOS offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.

   2014 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Seeing AI▲421

   Talking camera for the blind, by Microsoft

   2017 · seeingai.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)▲313

    Hello HN, this has been my personal project for quite some time now. It has been a slowly evolving project over the years and its core function is for users to expose themselves to progressively more difficult lessons of music notes. NOTE: It is free and there are no ads. There is an in app purchase but most of the app doesn't require it.

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Blindly - Visual Assistant for Blinds▲4

    An app that can see the world for blind people

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    XSight▲171

    Find friends and places in AR using your phone camera

    2021 · xsight.online · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Easy Sight Words▲67

    Easy to Learn Sight Words!

    2019 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Toolwiz Eyes▲75

    A tool for blind and visually impaired

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Help Me Read This▲71

    App for seniors to scan and read printed text out loud.

    2020 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    TapTapSee▲73

    Helping visually impaired people identify objects

    2015 · taptapseeapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Envision | Sponsorship▲75

    An initiative to empower visually impaired people in need

    2018 · letsenvision.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    DayNight▲112

    Daytime & nighttime awareness for the blind 🌚 🌞

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Supersense▲132

    Computer vision for the blind from an MIT-spinoff startup

    2020 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Vision▲70

    Daily, weekly & monthly planner

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Seek and Sight▲2

    Educational app designed to teach basic sight words

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Wayfindr▲158

    Empowering blind people to navigate the world independently

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Vision▲126

    Check your sight online

    2015 · vision.vega9.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    MyFinder▲58

    Uniting humans and AI to help the blind community

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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