RateLensGet the app

Point ata bookshelf.Know if it’s good.

RateLens reads everything in the frame and puts a real rating on each item. No typing, no tabs, no asking a chatbot.

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Free on Android. No account needed.

An airport bookstore display of twenty paperbacks, each with its rating shown on a badge.

Ratings from Goodreads · Amazon

A television showing a streaming home screen with six titles, each with its rating shown on a badge.

Ratings from IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

A hand holding up the paperback of Exhalation by Ted Chiang, with its rating shown on a badge.

Ratings from Goodreads · Amazon

A hand holding a bottle of CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser, with its rating shown on a badge.

Ratings from Amazon

How it works

Point. Tap. Decide.

  1. 1Point

    Aim at a cover, a shelf or a screen.

  2. 2Tap

    One tap reads every title in the frame.

  3. 3Decide

    Ratings land on each item. Tap one to compare sources.

Versus the usual ways

Faster than typing the title.

No typing. No tabs. No app for every category.

0.0s

  1. RateLens

    0.0s
    1. Point
    2. Tap
    3. Decide

    Done. No typing at all.

  2. A ratings app

    0.0s
    1. Open the app
    2. Wait for it to load
    3. Type the title
    4. Pick the right result
    5. Find the score

    One source. And one app per category.

  3. Search engine

    0.0s
    1. Open the browser
    2. Type the title
    3. Skim past the ads
    4. Open a result
    5. Scroll to the score

    One source. Five steps and a keyboard.

  4. AI chatbot

    0.0s
    1. Open the app
    2. Type the question
    3. Wait for the reply
    4. Read the paragraph
    5. Find the number in it

    A paragraph for one number.

That was one title. A shelf has twenty. For RateLens that is the same single tap. For everything else it is twenty more lookups.

Estimated times for looking up one title on a phone.

Where it works

Wherever you run into it

  • Movies & Shows

    IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

    • Streaming screensNetflix, Prime Video and other home screens, on a TV or a laptop.
    • Movie postersAt the cinema, on the street, in a magazine.
    • Cases and box setsDVD and Blu-ray covers on the shelf.

  • Books

    Goodreads · Amazon

    • Bookstore shelvesUp to 32 titles in a single picture.
    • A book in your handThe front cover or just the spine.
    • ISBN barcodesScan the back for the exact book.

  • Products

    Amazon · Google Shopping

    • A product in your handRead straight from the label, no barcode needed.
    • UPC and EAN barcodesScan the code for the exact product.
    • In the store aislePharmacy, grocery or beauty: check before it goes in the basket.

Nothing to point at? Say the title or type it, and get the same ratings.

Straight about the scores

Real ratings. Nothing made up.

  • IMDb
  • Rotten Tomatoes
  • Metacritic
  • Goodreads
  • Amazon
  • Their ratings, not oursEvery score comes straight from the source. Tap a badge to see each one side by side.
  • No rating, no guessIf a source has no score for something, RateLens leaves it out.
  • One app, no accountOne camera in place of five apps and their sign-ups. Open it and point.

Try it on the next shelf you walk past.

Free on Android. No account needed.

Get it on Google Play