Comparison

IntelliScan vs Perch Pot

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

Head to head
About

IntelliScan

This app allows school nutrition professionals to scan receipts and inventory using UPC codes or manual uploads. It helps reduce errors and streamline inventory management for school districts, with optional syncing to existing databases.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts and inventory via UPC codes
  • Manual inventory upload option
  • Sync with PrimeroEdge inventory module
  • Reduce human error in counts
  • Streamline inventory with barcode scanners
Features
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IntelliScan provides school nutrition professional with an online app to physically scan receipts and inventory counts via UPC codes. If no UPCs are available, warehouse staff can manually upload inventory counts into IntelliScan. School Districts with the PrimeroEdge inventory module can sync their physical inventory counts with their PrimeroEdge database. With IntelliScan, school districts no longer have to rely on pen and paper - allowing for more accurate inventory counts and reducing human error. Districts can sync IntelliScan with various accessories, like handheld barcode scanners, to streamline their counts and confirm receipts with ease.

About

Perch Pot

Organize and track all your pottery projects with this pocket-sized app. Document glazes, stages, and techniques with photos and notes, all searchable. Customize your workflow and easily recover deleted items.

Highlights
  • Search, sort, and filter projects
  • Photo documentation for work
  • Automatic iCloud sync and backup
  • Customizable project stages and forms
  • Track glazes, clays, and techniques
  • Capture project ideas
  • Undo delete functionality
Features
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Organize your pottery work with an app that's always in your pocket. Track glazes with a tap, document what works (or doesn't) with a photo, and have it all searchable. Perch Pot helps you track everything about your pottery projects: • Search, sort, filter — Full text search for your notes, sort by what stage your project is at, or filter to a particular clay or custom tag • Photos — Pictures help you remember your work like nothing else, so they're front and center right alongside your notes • Automatic sync — Out of the box backup and syncing for all your projects privately on your iCloud account • Optimized workflows — Everything you track should be quick and painless so you can get back to making • Customize everything — What stages do you want to track your projects through? What glazes does your studio have? Customize stages, forms, clays, decorative techniques, glazes, and custom tags • Ideas — Capture project ideas like a neat decorative technique or a good glaze combo in a separate section • Undo delete — Anything you delete can be found and recovered from the recently deleted section of settings • Export your data — You shouldn't be locked into an app, so you can always export all your photos and data (and import data from elsewhere) I built the app I wanted to use for my pottery, and it's really improved how I work. Perch Pot will always be free so anyone can bring a bit more beauty into this world. Happy potting!

Screenshots

IntelliScan4 screens
Perch Pot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IntelliScan at 5.0 against Perch Pot's 4.3. IntelliScan also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Perch Pot's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IntelliScan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perch Pot has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IntelliScan ships an update every 7 months, Perch Pot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
IntelliScan versus Perch Pot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntelliScanPerch Pot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews—86.8% of reviews
Number of ratings120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCybersoft PrimeroEdgeJeffrey Mohan

Customer experience

IntelliScan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Perch Pot

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

None

IntelliScan

No in-app purchases

None

Perch Pot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IntelliScan free?
IntelliScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perch Pot free?
Perch Pot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IntelliScan or Perch Pot?
IntelliScan is rated higher. IntelliScan averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Perch Pot averages 4.3 from 20 ratings.
Do IntelliScan or Perch Pot have ads?
Neither IntelliScan nor Perch Pot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IntelliScan or Perch Pot?
IntelliScan ships an update every 7 months, and Perch Pot every 2 months. Most recently, IntelliScan was updated on October 19, 2026 and Perch Pot on October 16, 2026.

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