Magnifier

Name: Magnifier
Rating: 3.8 (1542 reviews)
Author: Apple

By: Apple App

Utilities

Overview

Version:

1.6

Last updated: 2025-12-12

Ranking

#49,415 ▼ 15

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Magnifier is a Chrome extension designed for people who are blind or have low vision. It provides quick tools to enlarge text and objects, adjust brightness and contrast, apply color filters, turn on a flashlight, and freeze frames for clearer viewing.

Beyond magnification, it offers document framing for easier reading, live text detection with spoken output or a simplified reading view, automatic scene and object descriptions, and LiDAR-based distance and navigation cues on supported devices to help users explore their surroundings safely.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Accessibility Education

By:

Apple

Rating:

3.80

(1,542)

Version:

1.6 Last updated: 2025-12-12

Creation date:

2021-06-07

Compatible devices:

Size:

3.02MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-10

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 49,415 ▼ 15

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Developed by:

Apple

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnifier/id1563316278

Website:

https://www.apple.com/accessibility/

User Reviews

Users largely praise Magnifier as a free, accessible, and user-friendly tool that helps low-vision users read and inspect details. Many highlight its usefulness for school and daily tasks, and appreciate that it doesn't flood the camera roll with photos. However, common complaints focus on reliability and UI: focus and zoom limitations, a stubborn control panel that can't be hidden, problematic photo saving flow, and occasional compatibility issues with newer iPhone models/OS updates. These issues reduce effectiveness for some users, though the app remains valued for its core magnification features.

Pros

Free and accessible tool that helps low-vision users and is widely recommended.
Effective magnification for reading text and inspecting small details, and it's easy to use.
Ability to save and reuse multiple zoom positions and other settings for quick access.
Does not clutter the camera roll with unnecessary photos.

Cons

Tap-to-focus and focus lock often do not work, making focusing unreliable.
Maximum zoom is not strong enough compared with other tools.
Control panel cannot be hidden, it covers text and disrupts readability.
Photo saving flow is problematic: photos may be unrecoverable or require pressing send for each image, hindering bulk capture.
Occasional compatibility issues with newer iPhone models/OS updates (e.g., iPhone 16, iOS 18) and unstable scene recognition.