Sensory Magnus

For people who need help reading everyday text, Sensory Magnus - the app combines powerful zoom, intelligent text recognition, and read-aloud in a single, private, tool.

For people who need help seeing and reading everyday text, Magnus is the magnifier app that combines powerful zoom, intelligent text recognition, and read-aloud in a single, private, easy-to-use tool.

Everything you need to see clearly. Magnification, colour enhancement, text recognition, and read-aloud — together in one simple, private, offline app.

15× Magnification Smooth zoom from 1× to 15× with a precision vertical slider (0.25× steps). Zoom level is remembered between sessions.

Instant OCR Pause the camera and text is extracted instantly. Accurate recognition with language correction, all on-device.

Read Aloud Text-to-speech with word-by-word red underline highlighting. Play, pause, resume, or start from any cursor position. Uses your default device voice.

Vision Enhancement Invert colours, 9 colour tints, up to 3× contrast, monochrome mode, and edge enhancement with line thickening.

Torch & Masking Built-in flashlight for low-light reading. Masking mode darkens the top and bottom of the screen for focused line-by-line viewing.

Customisable Display 5 font sizes (20–40pt), 8 text colours, 8 background colours. All preferences persist automatically.

HOW IT WORKS Point. Pause. Listen. Three simple steps to read any text, anywhere.

1. Point Aim your camera at the text. Zoom in and enhance with colour tools as needed.
2. Pause Tap the pause button to freeze the frame. Text is recognised instantly using on-device OCR.
3. Listen Press play and follow along as each word is highlighted with a red underline. Pause, resume, or start from any position.
4. Share Share the captured image or recognised text to any app via the iOS Share Sheet.

About Sensory Magnus

Private by design. Everything runs on your device. No servers, no accounts, no data collection.

100% On-Device Camera, OCR, and speech all process locally. Your images and text never leave your device.

Fully Offline No internet connection required. Magnus works everywhere, even without Wi-Fi or cellular data.

No Accounts No sign-up, no login, no tracking. Open the app and start using it immediately.

Zero Analytics No telemetry, no usage tracking. Your preferences stay in local storage only.