Comparison

Paper Shopping List vs Paste QR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Paper Shopping List

Capture your handwritten shopping lists by taking a photo, then digitally mark off items with your finger. This app offers a simple yet powerful way to manage your grocery needs, with features like list merging and sharing.

Highlights
  • Photo capture of handwritten lists
  • Digital item marking with finger
  • Image cropping and perspective correction
  • Multiple shopping list management
  • List merging and sharing
  • Copy/paste text or pictures
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Take photo of your shopping list written on a paper and then cross out the items on your iPhone by finger. Simple and powerful! Features: - Designed to be used with one hand - Crop image & perspective correction¹ - Tap to zoom & push to scroll¹ - Take photo, import photo from Photos - Join several lists to one - Copy & paste a text or picture from e-mail or text message - Cross out the items by finger - Choose draw color¹ - Multiple shopping lists - Reuse an existing shopping list - Share list by message, e-mail, … - Shake to undelete the list - No sign-in, no cloud ¹ Full version feature Icons by icons8.com.

About

Paste QR

Features
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Paste QR helps you read QR codes from images, screenshots, and photos. Even if the original image is blurry, tilted, or low quality, the app decodes the content and recreates it as a clean, sharp QR code. You can then easily share it or open it safely. HOW TO USE THE APP Clipboard Copy an image with a QR code and the app will automatically try to read it when opened or brought to the foreground. Paste Paste an image with a QR code directly into the app. Photos Select an image from your gallery and let the app recognize the code. Camera Scan a QR code instantly when you don’t want to use a saved image. Share Send an image to Paste QR from another app using the share extension or action—no need to save it to Photos first. WHAT THE APP CAN RECOGNIZE Paste QR supports common web links, App Store links, phone numbers, SMS messages, emails, vCard contacts, calendar events, Wi-Fi credentials, map locations, payment data (including SPAYD format), cryptocurrency addresses, and plain text. SAFER LINK OPENING For web URLs, the app evaluates basic risks and can warn you before opening a link, so you know where it leads. This gives you better control over what actually opens when you tap. TAKE ACTION INSTANTLY After recognizing content, you can often act right away: open a link, connect to Wi-Fi, save a contact, compose an email, or make a call. The app turns scanned QR codes into useful actions, not just displayed text. BUILT FOR EVERYDAY SITUATIONS Paste QR is ideal when you only have a QR code as an image—like in an email attachment, chat screenshot, restaurant photo, or a picture of a projected screen. The original image doesn’t need to be perfect—just readable. Paste QR transforms it into a clean, usable format.

Screenshots

Paper Shopping List1 screens
Paste QR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paste QR at none against Paper Shopping List's 1. Paste QR also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Paper Shopping List's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paper Shopping List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paste QR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paper Shopping List ships an update every 2 months, Paste QR every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paper Shopping List versus Paste QR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper Shopping ListPaste QR
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel PesekPETR HAZUZA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paper Shopping List

One-time1
  • Full version$1.99
None

Paste QR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paper Shopping List free?
Paper Shopping List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paste QR free?
Paste QR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paper Shopping List or Paste QR have ads?
Neither Paper Shopping List nor Paste QR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paper Shopping List or Paste QR?
Paper Shopping List ships an update every 2 months, and Paste QR every 2 weeks. Most recently, Paper Shopping List was updated on November 2, 2026 and Paste QR on November 5, 2026.

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