RateLens

Point your camera at a book, poster or shelf. See the ratings.

Scores from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Goodreads and Amazon, side by side and labelled by source.

Get it on Google Play

For Android. Free, no account needed.

A hand holds up the paperback of Exhalation by Ted Chiang, framed through a phone camera.
Photo: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

How it works

  1. Point

    Aim your camera at what you are looking at. No typing, no searching.

  2. Recognize

    RateLens reads the covers and titles in the frame and finds each one.

  3. Decide

    Ratings appear next to each title. Tap one for the full picture.

Works on a single cover and on a whole bookshelf or streaming screen.

What it recognizes

  • Movies & Shows

    Posters, cases and streaming screens. IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.

  • Books

    Covers and spines, one at a time or a shelf at once. Goodreads and Amazon.

  • Products

    Beauty and personal care, from the package or its barcode. Amazon ratings.

Straight about the scores

  • Every rating is labelled with its source. A missing rating is left out, never guessed.
  • RateLens shows ratings from those sources. You cannot rate things in the app.
  • No account and no sign-up. Open it and point.