ChronologyMaker vs ScanBoost PDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChronologyMaker
Create detailed timelines for personal history, studies, or business planning. Customize text, colors, and layout to organize events and add comments. Save and share your chronologies as images or on social media.
- Create custom timelines
- Organize personal or business history
- Customize text and colors
- Insert comments and separators
- Save as image
- Post to social media
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ChronologyMaker is an application for creating chronology by oneself. Use various chronological tables to utilize for various purposes · My History / Family History · Studying history · Organizing the history of companies and products · Plan for several years ahead · Create original story etc We have various functions necessary to create chronology. Change the color of letters · Bold text display · Change background color · Insert space · Insert a separator line · Display only necessary items of year / month / day · Set 5 digit year number display · Set the month / day value to 99 · Inserting comments into the year part · Vertical writing · Save in image / Post to SNS
ScanBoost PDF
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ScanBoost PDF — The document scanner for iPhone and iPad.SMART SCANNING Automatic document edge detection powered by Apple's Machine Learning technology Automatic capture when the document is stable Manual capture with flash support Automatic perspective correction FILTERS AND OPTIMIZATION Color filter with contrast enhancement Grayscale for clean documents High-contrast Black & White Auto Enhancement with Core Image smart filters PROFESSIONAL PDF EXPORT Generate multi-page PDFs Total quality control with a continuous slider from 5% to 100% Real-time file size estimation Share via AirDrop, email, messages, or any app Save directly to the Files app DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT Organize your documents with custom names Quickly search through your documents Reorder, duplicate, or delete individual pages Automatic drafts for works in progress AUTOMATIC CROPPING AND ROTATION Edges are automatically detected and cropped Manual edge adjustment to customize the result Rotate by 90°, 180°, or 270° iCLOUD BACKUP Optional iCloud backup for your documents Automatic restore on a new device Can be enabled or disabled from settings PRIVACY AND SECURITY 100% on-device processing: no data is sent to external servers No third-party tracking SDKs No registration or account required Your documents stay on your device 15 LANGUAGES Italian, English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Hindi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ScanBoost PDF at weekly against ChronologyMaker's every 10 months. ChronologyMaker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChronologyMaker ships an update every 10 months, ScanBoost PDF weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChronologyMaker | ScanBoost PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seiji Nagano | Simone Renzi |
In-app purchases
ChronologyMaker
No in-app purchases
ScanBoost PDF
No in-app purchases
Questions
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