Useful Apps for Vision Professionals

There are many applications (apps) available to assist teachers of students with visual impairments and other vision professionals in their work.  I have collected some of my favorite apps in the following categories:

• Apps for Vision Information
• Vision Lights and Magnifiers
• Visual Scanning Ideas
• Braille

Click here to download the list of recommended vision and hearing apps in .pdf format.

Apps for Vision Information

Eye Handbook	Diagnostic and treatment reference app for eye care professionals.
VisionSim	This app was developed to allow people with healthy vision to see the world through the eyes of a person experiencing one of nine degenerative eye diseases.
PseudoChromatic ColorTest	These series of images in this app are designed to provide a test which gives a quick assessment of color vision deficiency of congenital origin.
Chronic Vision Simulator	Color vision simulation tool which simulates the color vision of color vision deficiencies.
MaculaTester	This simple test of your vision can alert you to early changes that may indicate a problem with your macula caused by diabetes or macular degeneration.

Vision Lights and Magnifiers

Bigger and Brighter	Reading glasses tool for people who have difficulty reading fine print and focusing on nearby objects due to presbyopia, eye illness, etc.
BigMagnify Free	Use the ENTIRE screen as a BIG magnifying glass.
Magnifying Glass with Light	Digital magnifier with flashlight.
Binoculars	12x Photo-Quality Zoom and one-tap access to Satellite Aerial View.
Light Detector	This app transforms any natural or artificial light source it encounters into sound.

Visual Scanning Ideas

Animal Discovery	Game where users learn about animals and feed/take care of them.
Word Search Unlimited Free	Play unlimited high quality word search puzzles, with user selected themes.
Glow Hockey	Game: Using glow lights to highlight the hockey game, easy to play, hard to master.
Big Bang Pictures	High contrast animated images and great sound effects designed to provide visual stimulation and to develop and assess visual preferences.
Pocket Bowling 3D HD	Pocket Bowling 3D comes with a power packed Bowling games in 3Dimension View. It is well designed with all aspects of a standard bowling game, to give users an awesome gaming experience.
Peeping Musicians	Black background and brightly coloured musicians provide great contrast making this activity very suitable for users with visual and perceptual difficulties.
Eye Movement Training	Activities on this app improves the eye muscle usage by following the moving object by rolling eyeball only.
Splashy Fish	Tap on your device to make the fish swim.
Piano Tiles – Don’t Tap the White Tile	In this game, players tap the black tiles to create musical notes, and lose if they tap the white tiles.

Braille

VisualBraille (VB) Lite

This app promotes learning of standard braille code.

Please note that you may need to check whether the app has been updated or whether it only works with certain operating systems.  This page was last updated on 1/16/2025.