Lazy Tape
By Emidio Cunha
Lazy Tape is a utility app for iOS that uses the device camera to estimate object dimensions and calculate surface areas.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app serves users who need quick, non-precise estimates for personal projects without requiring professional-grade measurement tools.
For Casual users needing quick, non-precise estimates of object dimensions for personal projects.
What does it look like?
Key features
Uses the device camera to estimate dimensions of physical objects.
Provides length by width estimation for measured surfaces.
Allows saving pictures to Photos library, recording video, and sharing screenshots.
Removes in-app advertisements from the interface.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model gates utility-extending features like media export and ad-free usage behind in-app purchases.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
Lazy Tape has been inactive for 2,835 days, indicating a complete cessation of development. There have been no feature updates, bug fixes, or operational changes in over seven years. The project appears to be abandoned by its publisher.
Who built it?
Emidio Cunha
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What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Lazy Tape
How's the Utilities market?
Lazy Tape holds a static position in the Utilities category with no updates since 2018. The lack of development activity relative to modern AR measurement tools signals a decline in competitive relevance.
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Key takeaways for Lazy Tape
Where is it heading?
The measurement utility market has shifted toward high-precision AR-based tools, leaving Lazy Tape's estimate-only approach behind. Continued inactivity will result in further loss of visibility and user trust.
- The seven-year development hiatus prevents the app from adopting modern ARKit capabilities, which accelerates user churn to more precise, frequently updated competitors.
The SWOT
- Camera-based measurement provides low-friction dimension estimation
- ARKit-based framework could restore category relevance
Next best moves
Sunset the product because the seven-year maintenance gap makes it uncompetitive → eliminate support overhead
The counter-intuitive read
Lazy Tape's extreme dormancy is its only differentiator, as it remains a simple…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The competitive outlook for Lazy Tape has downgraded from stable to declining, with the internal recommendation shifting from maintenance to product sunsetting. This change reflects the widening gap between the app's static feature set and the current market standard of high-precision AR measurement tools.
Bottom line
Lazy Tape's long-term maintenance dormancy makes it a sunset candidate, as the lack of updates prevents it from matching the precision and reliability of current AR-based alternatives.
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Is Lazy Tape accurate enough for professional construction work?
Does Lazy Tape offer a way to remove ads?
What is a more modern alternative to Lazy Tape?
Sources
- [1] App Store
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