Comparison

Screen Ruler vs PolyPro

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

Head to head
About

Screen Ruler

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a precise measuring tool. Easily measure lengths in centimeters or inches with features like magnifier mode and haptic feedback. Ideal for daily tasks, office use, DIY projects, and on-the-go measurements.

Highlights
  • Dual units (cm/inches)
  • Precision calibration
  • Magnifier mode
  • Haptic feedback
  • Clean interface
  • Save and label measurements
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a calibratable digital ruler for measuring small objects directly on the screen. Screen Ruler supports centimeters and inches, magnifier-assisted alignment, and haptic feedback. Measure Small Objects on Your Screen Use Screen Ruler for stationery, frames, craft materials, and other small objects that fit along your device screen. Place the object directly on the screen, move the measurement marks to its edges, and read the length. Core Features • Calibratable ruler: Match the scale to an object of known length and save calibration for your device. • CM and inch scales: Switch between centimeters and inches for everyday measurements. • Magnifier assist: Align measurement marks with object edges more confidently. • Haptic feedback: Feel subtle feedback while adjusting the marks. How to Get More Reliable Results For best results, place the object directly on the screen and check the scale against a known length. Calibrate the ruler if you notice an offset. Accuracy and Limitations Screen Ruler is designed for short, everyday measurements. Accuracy depends on device calibration, screen placement, and how precisely the marks are aligned. It does not use the camera or AR and is not intended for measuring rooms or large objects. Feedback: ankek1er@gmail.com

About

PolyPro

Features
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Polypro - Shared expenses without the surveillance Polypro is a privacy-first expense tracker for households. Track what you spend together, keep what's personal personal, and never hand your financial life over to a third-party server. Built entirely on Apple frameworks — your data lives on your devices and in your private iCloud. -------- Features >Household and personal expense tracking in one app >Voice-to-expense with on-device speech recognition >Smart natural language parsing ("12 bucks coffee at Blue Bottle") >Home Screen widgets for balance, members, voice, and quick-type >iCloud sync for Household Expense >Insights view for spend patterns -------- Privacy first — by design, not by policy No analytics. No telemetry. No crash reporters. Polypro makes zero network calls outside of iCloud. No third-party SDKs. Pure Apple frameworks only — SwiftUI, SwiftData, CloudKit, Speech, AppIntents. Your data stays in your iCloud. There is no Polypro server. We literally cannot see your spending. The privacy boundary is enforced at the data layer, not just hidden in the UI. Private expenses are stored in a separate CloudKit zone from shared ones — they never touch the household record at all. On-device intelligence. Speech recognition and expense parsing run locally on your device whenever your hardware supports it. Works fully offline. iCloud is optional. The app is 100% functional with sync disabled. -------- Household + Private spending — one app, two lives Polypro solves the awkward problem every couple and roommate group runs into: some spending is joint, some isn't, and you shouldn't need two apps to handle both. -------- Budgeting >Per-category monthly budgets with progress tracking. >Household-scoped or personal-scoped budget views. >Currency-aware — every budget carries the household's currency. >Visual progress on the Home and Insights screens — see where you're trending before the month closes. -------- Speak to add an expense Hands full, walking home, just paid for dinner? Tap once and talk. Voice overlay sheet captures speech with on-device recognition. Natural language parsing extracts amount, merchant, and category automatically. Three-tier intelligence chain — uses the most capable model your device supports, with a rule-based fallback that runs in sub-millisecond time. Merchant memory — Polypro learns the categories you assign to your regular merchants and suggests them next time. Review before saving — every voice entry gets a quick confirmation before it lands in your ledger. -------- Widgets Glanceable household finances, right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Month widget — current household spend and remaining budget at a glance. Members widget — who's contributed what this month. Voice widget — one tap to start a voice expense from your Home Screen. Quick-type widget — jump straight into the add-expense sheet. Live data via a shared App Group store — widgets reflect your latest entries without waiting for sync. -------- What Polypro deliberately doesn't do No "settle up" or IOU tracking — Polypro is about visibility, not enforcement. No bank account linking, no Plaid, no scraping. No receipt OCR or photo storage. No social feed, no leaderboards, no sharing outside your household. Polypro is for people who want to understand their shared spending without surrendering their privacy to do it.

Screenshots

Screen Ruler1 screens
PolyPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PolyPro at none against Screen Ruler's 2. PolyPro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Screen Ruler's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price 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. Screen Ruler sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PolyPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screen Ruler ships an update every 3 months, PolyPro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Screen Ruler versus PolyPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreen RulerPolyPro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer向阳 杨Bencapsulate Designs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Screen Ruler

One-time2
  • Ads-free experience$1.99
  • Support for a cup of coffee$2.99
None

PolyPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Screen Ruler free?
Screen Ruler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PolyPro free?
PolyPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Screen Ruler or PolyPro have ads?
Screen Ruler shows ads; PolyPro does not.
Which is updated more often, Screen Ruler or PolyPro?
Screen Ruler ships an update every 3 months, and PolyPro every 2 days. Most recently, Screen Ruler was updated on October 24, 2026 and PolyPro on October 7, 2026.

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