The Best Accessibility Apps in 2025

Apps and digital experiences are a huge part of daily life in 2025. They can help you plan your day, find a mate, check the weather, or even meditate. But what about apps specifically designed to improve accessibility? As it turns out, there are many innovators designing and developing fantastic apps for people with unique needs. This article will give an overview of some of the best ones we’ve found.

Our Top Accessibility Apps

Spoken - Tap to Talk AAC

Spoken AAC app, shown on a smartphone and tablet.

Availability: Android, iOS, and Mac

Spoken is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app, which is a fancy way of saying it helps people communicate. It is easily one of the best apps of this type for adults and teenagers. Unlike similar apps, it does not limit the user's vocabulary to preset terms but instead adapts to the way they like to talk and provides word suggestions based on that, making it perfect for anyone who needs communication support but still wants flexibility. Users can also type, draw, or handwrite to enter text and convert it to speech.

Spoken is a free AAC app, with an optional Premium version that unlocks many additional features. The Premium trial period doesn't require any payment information and begins automatically. Spoken is available on Android, iOS, and Mac.

Be My Eyes

Availability: Android and iOS

Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision users with sighted volunteers who can help describe what is going on around them using the camera. Users can access sighted volunteers any time of day and as often as they need. The community of more than 8 million sighted volunteers serves users in over 150 countries and 180 languages.

ElevenReader

A banner with a white-yellow gradient. The ElevenReader logo is at the top. Below it there are two mockups of the app. One shows a content library and the other shows an example of the app in use, highlighting words as it reads a passage.

Availability: Android and iOS

ElevenReader by ElevenLabs is a free text-to-speech app that allows users to translate any text into audio. This can be very useful for dyslexic readers, low-vision users, and plenty of others. The app reads text in the AI-powered voices ElevenLabs is known for. The easy-to-use interface lets users paste a link, write text, import a file, or scan an image to generate speech instantly. Past text snippets are saved in the library for quick access in the future. A large selection of lifelike voices are available in different accents and genders, including celebrity voices such as Burt Reynolds and James Dean.

Voice Access

Availability: Android

The Google Voice Access app allows users to control their Android device with voice commands. This app could be particularly useful for anyone with a disability that makes it difficult to manipulate a touch screen with physical movements.

According to the Google Play Store listing, the app provides voice commands for:

  • Basic navigation (“go back”, “go home”, “open Gmail”)
  • Controlling the active screen (“tap text”, “scroll down”)
  • Text editing and dictation (“type hello”, “replace coffee with tea”)

In addition to these commands, the user can say “help” at any time to see the full list of commands.

Petralex 4 Ear

Availability: Android and iOS

Petralex is an app that can amplify sounds in your environment, giving it a function similar to a hearing aid. You'll need to pair the app with earbuds or headphones for it to work.

According to Petralex, some of the free features include automatic adjustment to specific hearing needs, adaptation to different types of environments, amplification of up to 30dB with a wired headset, and dynamic compression which allows quiet sounds to be amplified without lessening the overall volume. There is also a subscription option, which includes the ability to create an unlimited number of profiles for different sound environments, “Super Boost” amplifier, and regulated noise suppression that eliminates background noise, among other features.

Rogervoice

The Rogervoice logo on a light greenish-blue banner with vector art of diverse people happily using their phones.

Availability: Android and iOS

Rogervoice assists deaf and hard-of-hearing people by providing free captions for their telephone calls. This is a great app, and free for users due to a federally funded program for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. It’s easy to set up and works seamlessly with your existing phone. When a contact calls you, the app begins transcribing the call in real time, word-for-word. The app features a clean, customizable interface and works in over 52 languages and 130 countries.

weZoom Magnifying Glass

Availability: Android

weZoom uses the camera on your mobile device to magnify any object up to 8x! weZoom adds to the basic zoom functionality of other apps by offering color filter modes for high contrast, exposure compensation, photo sharing, and the ability to freeze the live video preview. The app is free, easy to use, and has been downloaded by over 100,000 people. It's worth trying for anyone with low vision.

Final Thoughts

This was just a sampling of the many affordable or free apps that can work as assistive technology and improve accessibility. These are some of our favorites, but the options don't stop there. It's amazing how many tools are conveniently available on your smartphone or tablet, covering a wide range of needs and disabilities. Whether you're looking for a communication aid like Spoken AAC, or something as simple as a magnifying glass to aid with reading, there's probably an app out there that fits your needs perfectly.