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Use it to read labels and menus, check receipts and price tags, examine clothing labels, see fine details, or simply get a closer look at anything that’s hard to see.\n\nGlasses is designed to be fast and effortless. Point your iPhone at what you want to see and use the large, simple controls to magnify the image — all easily operated with one hand.\n\n• Magnify text, objects and fine details\n• Illuminate what you’re viewing in low light\n• Freeze an image so you can examine it comfortably\n• Keep useful images in your private Image Archive\n• Quickly return to images you may want to see again\n• Share or save an image whenever you choose\n• Use the front camera as a convenient close-up mirror\n\nPrivate by design. Glasses does not require an account, does not contain advertising or analytics, and does not upload your images. Your Image Archive stays on your iPhone unless you choose to share or export something yourself.\n\nWhether you’ve forgotten your reading glasses, need to inspect something tiny, or simply want a clearer view, Glasses is ready when you need it.","facts":{"developer_id":300913140,"developer_url":"https://yodelcode.com","first_released":"2009-10-24T18:14:59Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"6.1.1","release_notes":"Glasses has been completely updated for today’s iPhones, including the iPhone Duo! This new version brings much sharper imaging on the latest iPhone cameras while preserving the simple, one-handed operation that has always made Glasses easy to use.\n\nNew in this version:\n• Optimized for iPhone Duo\n• Sharper, clearer imaging on modern iPhones\n• A redesigned interface for quick one-handed use\n• A new Image Archive for keeping useful images close at hand\n• Improved camera and illumination controls\n\nAnd as always, Glasses is private by design — no accounts, no advertising, no analytics, and no uploading of your images. Only a private image archive.\n\nThank you to everyone who has used Glasses over the years. 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