Coming Next vs Simple Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coming Next
Stay on top of your day with a clear list of today's events and reminders. Track upcoming deadlines with countdown timers and visualize your schedule with progress bars. Access key information directly from your lock screen, iPhone, or Apple Watch.
- Today's events and reminders list
- Countdown timers
- Lock Screen Widgets
- iPhone Widgets
- Watch Complications
- Progress Bar
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You want to focus on what's next in your schedule today? You get: - List with your events and due reminders today - Events & Reminders - Past events, events in progress and future events are displayed accordingly - Countdown timers - Lock Screen Widgets, iPhone Widgets and Watch Complications - Countdown timer to your next event - Progress Bar
Simple Scan
Easily convert paper documents into searchable PDFs or images in seconds. This app offers a streamlined scanning experience without cluttering your existing notes, with options to share directly via email, messages, or other applications. Enjoy private, on-device processing with no ads.
- Scan documents to PDF or JPEG
- Searchable PDFs with OCR
- Share scans via email, messages, or system share sheet
- Custom file destinations
- File naming suggestions (Apple Intelligence required)
- On-device processing
- No ads
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Simple Scan is the quick, easy way to scan paper documents to optimized, searchable PDF documents (or images) and send them almost anywhere. ## FEATURES ## * Same great scanning functionality as Notes, but no need to clutter your notes data with one-off scans * Create high-resolution multi-page PDFs from your paper documents * PDFs are searchable thanks to automatic Optical Character Recognition (OCR) * Built for simplicity. Just scan and send – no document library * Send scans via email or messages. Save to a file, or "Share" use to send to other apps via the system share sheet * Set up message destinations with pre-filled recipients for easy "Email to Myself" and other common uses * Custom file destinations save scans directly to a pre-selected folder without extra taps * File naming suggestions, such as names, dates, pulled from the scanned document (requires Apple Intelligence) * Save scans directly to Photos * Option to output as images (JPEG) instead of PDF * Quality option to control file size * Never any ads. Ever. * Private and on-device. All scan processing is done locally on your device. ## SIMPLE SCAN PRO ## Simple Scan is free to download and try! To continue using Simple Scan, unlock Simple Scan Pro--available as a low-cost, annual subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock purchase. ## SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ## * Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase * Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period * Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were initially charged for the subscription * Subscriptions can be managed or canceled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Have questions? Email support@agiletortoise.com. Terms: https://agiletortoise.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://agiletortoise.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coming Next at none against Simple Scan's 2. Coming Next also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and device support (4 vs 2). Simple Scan's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (660 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Simple Scan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Coming Next asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Scan has 660 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Coming Next's written reviews are positive against 87% of Simple Scan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Coming Next ships an update every 3 months, Simple Scan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coming Next | Simple Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (660 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 660 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Riske | Agile Tortoise |
Customer experience
Coming Next
Simple Scan
Bugs and requests
Coming Next
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Simple Scan
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on multi-page scans for some users
- Issues with importing files from other apps
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to tag scans
- Favorite file/app destination options
- More image adjustment tools
In-app purchases
Coming Next
No in-app purchases
Simple Scan
- Pro - Annual$9.991 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$39.99
