Comparison

Scan to PDF. vs FT8 Hero Remote

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

Head to head
About

Scan to PDF.

Transform your mobile device into a portable scanner for documents, photos, and receipts. Save scans as images or PDFs, organize them into folders, and easily share them via email or cloud services.

Highlights
  • Scan documents, photos, and receipts
  • Save scans as images or PDFs
  • Organize scans into folders
  • Share scans via email
  • Integrate with cloud storage
Features
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With this pdf document scanner app you can scan documents, photos, receipts, reports, or just about anything. This pdf document scanner app is lightning fast and gorgeously designed. IS THAT A SCANNER IN YOUR POCKET? Scan to PDF is a pdf document scanner app that turns your mobile into a portable scanner. Scans are saved to your device as images or PDFs. Name and organize your scans into folders, or share them by: - Email - Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive or Box

About

FT8 Hero Remote

Control your FT8 radio station remotely from your iPhone or iPad. See decoded stations, manage calls, and log contacts from anywhere, ensuring your radio stays safely in your shack. Requires a paired desktop application.

Highlights
  • Remote radio operation
  • Live decoded station display
  • Initiate CQ calls
  • Respond to CQ calls
  • Band and mode selection
  • Log QSO confirmation
  • Live waterfall display
Features
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FT8 Hero Remote is the iPhone and iPad remote for the FT8 Hero desktop app. Operate your own FT8 station from anywhere while the radio stays in the shack. The FT8 Hero desktop app runs beside WSJT-X on the shack computer and relays what the radio hears. This app shows it to you live: every decoded station, who is calling CQ, who is calling you, the band, the mode, the period clock — and takes back what you tap. • Tap a CQ to answer it. WSJT-X arms the transmitter and Auto Seq runs the contact. • CALL CQ presses WSJT-X's own Tx 6. STOP TX is never refused. • Band Activity and Rx Frequency lists, exactly as WSJT-X shows them. • Change band and mode, select any of the six messages, Monitor, Decode, Tune. • Confirm WSJT-X's Log QSO dialog from wherever you are. Contacts go to your QSL World logbook and, with a key, to QRZ Logbook. • A live picture of the waterfall. • Safety built in: a dropped connection halts the transmitter, only one operator at a time, and nothing keys the radio without a paired device. Pair once by scanning the QR code the desktop app shows. No account, no port forwarding, no dynamic DNS: the shack dials out, the phone dials in, and they meet at the relay. Requires the free FT8 Hero desktop app for Mac, Windows or Linux from ft8hero.com, running beside WSJT-X 2.5 or later (or JTDX). Five contacts are free; after that a licence from ft8hero.com keeps the station on the air.

Screenshots

Scan to PDF.4 screens
FT8 Hero Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FT8 Hero Remote at 5.0 against Scan to PDF.'s 1.0. Scan to PDF.'s advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FT8 Hero Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scan to PDF. has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scan to PDF. versus FT8 Hero Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan to PDF.FT8 Hero Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSikiwisiDream Interactive

In-app purchases

None

Scan to PDF.

No in-app purchases

None

FT8 Hero Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan to PDF. free?
Scan to PDF. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FT8 Hero Remote free?
FT8 Hero Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scan to PDF. or FT8 Hero Remote?
FT8 Hero Remote is rated higher. Scan to PDF. averages 1.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while FT8 Hero Remote averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scan to PDF. or FT8 Hero Remote have ads?
Neither Scan to PDF. nor FT8 Hero Remote shows ads.

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