Fathom: Visual Assistance
Built for blind and low vision
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Real-time, spoken awareness of your surroundings for blind and low-vision users, scene descriptions, hazard alerts, and hands-free help with Siri.
The world isn't built for blind people. Fathom is.
It gives you a feel for the space around you indoors, where GPS quits. Nothing to download, nothing installed in the building. You point your iPhone, walk in, and it works the first time, anywhere.
I'm a legally blind product designer. I built the tool I kept wishing I had, instead of waiting for a sighted team to guess what I needed.
Most of the time, Fathom says nothing. It speaks only when something needs you, so silence means the way ahead is clear. That's the part I care about most.
A few ways to use it. Lookout talks you through the room as you move, calling doors, people, signs, and hazards by the clock, like "door at 2 o'clock, ten steps ahead." Snapshot tells you what's in front of you the second you ask. Both are free. The rest come with Fathom Plus. Go walks you turn by turn to a spot inside a building. Task helps you through one job at a time, step by step, like working a checkout kiosk. Live Task is a real conversation for the moment you're stuck, like finding your keys. And the Assistant ties them together. Tell it the whole goal, like getting checked in and finding your gate, and it builds the plan and walks you through it.
The part that keeps you safe is free, and it stays that way. It runs on your phone, with no signal and no account, using object detection, LiDAR depth on Pro models, and a buzz in your hand the moment something's close. The room takes on a shape you can hold. Safety shouldn't sit behind a paywall, so it doesn't.
Fathom Plus is seven days free, then $12.99 a month. It renews monthly until you cancel in Settings. Live Task is the heavy one, so a busy month can reach its limit, and Fathom keeps working on your phone instead of going quiet. I'd rather tell you that than pretend it's endless.
Fathom rides alongside your cane or your guide dog. It doesn't replace them. It tells you what it sees and stays honest about what it can't, so you're never working off false confidence. Your privacy comes first, and you're safe without ever signing up.
Made by Unruly Vision, LLC. Questions: fathomvision.app
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
A smoother welcome and more reliable hands-free control.
• Read aloud, fixed — "Read this with Fathom" by Siri or the Action Button now reads signs, labels, and mail aloud.
• Refreshed setup that introduces Snapshot's quick actions (read, identify, ask) and how to run Fathom hands-free with Siri.
• Set your haptic strength and Awareness level during setup — or skip and dive straight in.
• Voice profile is now opt-in — Fathom listens only when you choose.
• New "Cloud AI & Privacy" page in Settings shows exactly what's shared.
Your safety net — obstacle alerts and haptics — always runs on your device, and it's always free.
The developer, Unruly Vision, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
For more information, visit the developer’s accessibility website .
Information
- Seller
- Unruly Vision, LLC
- Size
- 19.9 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Fathom Plus $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Unruly Vision, LLC