Merker vs ViSoft Basket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merker
Capture ideas instantly through voice memos, text notes, sketches, or photos. The app automatically emails your captured thoughts to you, ensuring you never forget a brilliant idea. It's designed to be a reliable digital notebook that sends reminders directly to your inbox.
- Voice memo recording
- Text note creation
- Sketching tool
- Photo capture
- Automatic email reminders
- Image upload
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Merker not only remembers everything – Merker reminds you as well. It happens all the time that you have a sudden idea or see something you want to remember at all costs – because nothing is more expensive than a forgotten idea. And now the best thing is: With one click, you'll always remember it! Using Merker, you can make a voice memo, a text note, or a sketch, or you can take a picture. And Merker will remember it. To remind you of it again right way, Merker automatically sends your idea to your email address. So your idea will always come back to you. After installing Merker, you'll enter your email address (and a backup address if you want). From now on, you can record your spoken ideas, make a sketch, type a text note, take a picture, or upload an image from your photo album. Merker will automatically send your idea to the email address you've specified.
ViSoft Basket
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In the showroom just scan the QR-code of your favourite tiles using ViSoft Basket App on your mobile device. Then import your tile selection in ViSoft Premium by scanning the QR-code in the programme’s QR Basket. Your ViSoft Premium QR Basket will show the tiles you selected. Now you can use the selected tiles for individual customer plannings. www.visoft.de
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ViSoft Basket at Free against Merker's $1.99. ViSoft Basket also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, 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
ViSoft Basket is free to download; Merker costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Merker ships an update every 14 months, ViSoft Basket every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merker | ViSoft Basket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KontaktKomponisten GmbH | ViSoft GmbH |
In-app purchases
Merker
No in-app purchases
ViSoft Basket
No in-app purchases
