Pre vs Proscanner 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pre
This app helps children develop fine motor skills and foundational pre-writing patterns essential for letter formation. It features interactive tracing activities with visual patterns and offers customizable settings for a focused learning experience.
- Interactive pattern tracing
- Develops fine motor skills
- Consolidates letter formation basis
- Customizable pattern selection
- Free-play mode option
- Guidance on pre-writing development
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As a precursor and support to developing good letter formation, pre-writing activities help children to build fine motor skills and the language to talk about shape and pattern. This app employs the foundational pre-writing patterns to develop and consolidate such skills. Select a pebble from the array and watch its pattern created by a fish in the rockpool. Trace the track of the bubbles, watching the pattern appear. Choose the same or a different pebble from the array to continue exploring. FEATURES - Select a pre-writing pattern to see it drawn on the rockpool’s surface - Trace over the bubble pattern to develop fine motor skills - Learn and consolidate the patterns that form the basis of clear letter formation - Use settings to disable stones to limit those on offer - Use settings to disable all patterns to provide a free-play space - A Read Me file with guidance on other ways to support the development of pre-writing patterns - No third-party advertising - No in-app purchases. WHO IS YELLOW DOOR? We are a publisher offering a range of inspiring and innovative literacy and maths resources. From multisensory games to interactive software, we combine hands-on learning with open-ended technology to promote communication and language, collaborative play and creativity across the curriculum. Our aim is to produce resources that are appealing to small hands and curious minds, and that will help build an engaging, playful learning environment for all young children. OTHER APPS FROM YELLOW DOOR Letter Formation App Letter Recognition App Come Alive Traditional Tales (6 individual apps) Come Alive Nursery Rhymes Come Alive Sound and Letters Come Alive Listening. REVIEW THE APP We would love to know what you think of our new app, so please leave a review!
Proscanner 2.0
This app scans student ID cards with barcodes to track daily activities, assign rewards, and enforce consequences. Administrators can easily export scan data to CSV for record-keeping and analysis. It helps maintain campus safety and student accountability.
- Scan student ID cards with barcode support
- Track daily student activities
- Assign rewards and consequences
- Export scan data to CSV
- Student Look Up feature
- Color-coded consequence indicators
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Proscanner is a smartphone-based app that can scan student’s ID cards to track their daily activities, provide them with rewards and consequences. The ID card that your student have must have a barcode (e.g. Code_39, Code_128, Ean_8, QR_ Code, etc.). When you are done scanning, by simply clicking one button in your Administrator account in drProscanner.com, you are able to download all the data (time student was scanned, who scanned it, etc.) onto an Excel spreadsheet (CSV format). For example, let’s say your lunch detention staff member scans all the students who served lunch detention. At the end of lunch detention, the administrator is able to download a CSV spreadsheet with who was there, what time the ID card was scanned, and who scanned the student ID card. By the way, all of these scans are archived in the History portion of Proscanner.org and you can access these scans anytime you need this information. Keeping precise records is simple with Proscanner. Each user (staff member) receives a username and password. You determine how many users you need; it can range from1 to 1,000+ users. Can students use this app? No, because they will have no credentials. How much does the app cost? It’s free. Download the app now so you can use this app on your iPod, iPhone, iPad, or on your Mini iPad. Use the credentials of demo and the password demo to log in and see how Proscanner works. How about if the student has no ID card? Our app has a “Student Look Up” which allows the staff member to search by first name, last name, or ID number. Keep in mind when an ID is scanned the screen will come up Red, Green, Brown (Lunch Detention), Yellow (Saturday School) or Violet (After School Detention) depending on the consequence color assigned by you (the administrator). For example, if you are using the app for students to go off campus for lunch, when the student’s ID card is scanned it will come up Green (allowing the student to go off campus), Red (student doesn’t have the privilege to off campus), or Brown (student has lunch detention), Yellow (student is assigned Saturday school) or Violet (student is assigned after school detention). It takes literally a second to two seconds to scan each ID card. One high school in Visalia, CA scans about 400 – 500 students in about 6 to 7 minutes using 8 staff members. This program is made to keep students accountable for their actions and to keep your campus safe. What do you need to do after you download the app? You will need to create a spreadsheet with your students and designate privileges (e.g. lunch detention, Saturday school, able to go off campus, free lunch, etc.) by using a sequence of numbers in your Proscanner.org account. Once you create this CSV spreadsheet, you will need to upload it to drProscanner.com and create users (which they require a username and password) so the app will work for you. Please keep in mind that we are here to support you and make sure you are up and running in a few hours. You can call Dr. Chavez so he may set up your account. It takes about 30 minutes to set up a school with rosters and buttons. Please keep in mind that Proscanner is compatible with many Student Information Systems (e.g. Aeries, etc.) which makes Proscanner a very powerful tool. K-12 and Universities may use Proscanner For: Lunch Detention, Off Campus Authorization, Saturday School, Free or Reduced Lunch, School Dances, Sports Events, Nurse Visits, Students Leaving Campus Early, Band Equipment, Students Taking State Assessments, Bullying, Out of Class with No Pass, Attendance, Discipline, etc. We are sure your organization will benefit from Proscanner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Proscanner 2.0 at Free against Pre's $19.99. Proscanner 2.0 also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 39 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Proscanner 2.0 is free to download; Pre costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pre ships an update every 39 months, Proscanner 2.0 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pre | Proscanner 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yellow Door Ltd | Pete Chavez |
Customer experience
Pre
Proscanner 2.0
In-app purchases
Pre
No in-app purchases
Proscanner 2.0
No in-app purchases
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