Comparison

COLOP e vs QuickScan

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

Head to head
About

COLOP e

Design and print custom full-color imprints onto various materials using a mobile printer. Personalize items, enhance craft projects, streamline office tasks, and create unique event decorations with this app.

Highlights
  • Custom design creation
  • Smart functions (date, QR code)
  • Various printing modes
  • Template library
  • Seamless WiFi connectivity
  • Device monitoring
  • Offline imprint storage
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This app only works in combination with the COLOP e-mark or e-mark create. The COLOP e-mark and e-mark create are advanced mobile printers that allow you to effortlessly print your designs onto various objects and materials. Whether you are at the office or being creative at home, you can easily design your imprints in the e-mark app and print them in full-colour and by that explore a new world of mobile printing. Find out more on www.colop.com Why choose the COLOP e-mark or e-mark create? - Personalisation: Stand out with unique and personalised items or mark them as yours. - Creative expression: Bring your craft projects on a whole new level with your own designs. - Business efficiency: Streamline and organise your office tasks with the help of the little printer. - Educational benefit: Inspire and motivate students or children with colourful and individual feedback and praises. - Unmatched flexibility: Use it as a versatile marketing tool and benefit from its mobility and small size. - Event planning: Prepare for your next party or event with custom designs and decorations. App features: - Custom design: Create your own full-colour imprints using images, logos, texts, cliparts and own fonts. - Smart functions: Add automatic date, time, numbering, or the QR and barcode generator for easily managing daily office tasks. - Various printing modes: Special modes allow you to print continuously, select the starting position and much more – perfect for printing on labels, ribbons, cards or signs. - Wide range of templates: Use templates in the app for both business and creative uses or find even more free templates on our website to load them directly into the app. - Seamless connectivity: Connect your e-mark device to the app via WiFi for quick and easy printing your custom designs. - Device monitoring: Check your device’s connectivity, ink or battery level directly in the app. - Offline mode: Choose up to three imprints to be permanently stored on the device and available without connection to the app. - Multilingual support: Choose from various languages including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Arabic.

About

QuickScan

This app offers a powerful yet simple way to scan documents using your device's camera or import existing files. It features advanced OCR for text recognition, allows digital signatures, and automates export processes. All data is processed locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Scan documents with automatic detection
  • Import PDFs and images
  • OCR for text recognition and searchability
  • Add digital signatures
  • Automated file naming and export
  • Siri Shortcuts and Widgets integration
  • Export to cloud services and local storage
Features
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The app is 100% FREE, with NO ads and NO data collection. Donations are possible to support the project. QuickScan is the easiest & quickest yet super-powerful scanner on iOS. Main features: ### iOS integration ### • QuickScan has been designed specifically for iOS & iPadOS for seamless integration and an exceptional user experience. ### Scan & import ### • Scan with your camera (automatic document detection & automatic angle correction) • Import existing images • Import existing PDF files • Organize your documents in folders ### OCR (text recognition) ### • Professional-quality OCR on images and existing PDFs • Make documents searchable with text integrated into PDFs (search, select, copy, paste) • Automatic language detection and dictionary matching for highly accurate results ### SIGN ### • Add signatures to your documents • Create signatures with your finger, Apple Pencil, or import existing signatures • Adjust size and color for a polished look ### Automate ### • Automatic document/file naming with patterns (e.g., document date, title, issuer, time, text, counter) • 'Export Favorites': Automatically export to preconfigured locations (cloud, email, etc.) with custom settings (color, black & white, filename, format) • 'Export Groups': Export to multiple locations simultaneously by grouping Export Favorites • Automatic deletion of documents after successful export • iOS Home screen & Lock screen Widgets & Control Center controls. Associate an Export Favorite to the widget for instant export to that favorite after the scan started by tapping the widget. • Place document automatically in the configured folder when the scan is started from a Widget/Shortcut associated to an Export Favorite • Siri Shortcuts compatible • Launch scan directly from the home screen with a long press on the app icon (or using a widget) ### Export ### • Export in PDF with the recognized text integrated (very advanced feature). This allows to search/copy & paste into the generated PDF. • Export recognized text as a .txt file • Export as images with optional filters (grayscale, black & white) • Save to cloud services with Favorites (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, WebDAV, paperless-ngx, pCloud, NAS, SMB, NextCloud, and more) • Export anywhere (to Files, to any Drive, E-mail, message, Airdrop, …), or to the cloud • Apply image filters (grayscale, black & white), crop, rotate images • Easily adjust output file size and quality with real-time size estimation • ... and much more, there are really many useful features Everything is processed on your device: No internet connection required and ZERO data collection. There’s no quicker, easier way to scan, OCR, and manage documents beautifully SUPPORTED LANGUAGES FOR OCR: • ENGLISH • GERMAN • FRENCH • SPANISH • ITALIAN • PORTUGUESE • CHINESE • KOREAN • JAPANESE • UKRAINIAN • RUSSIAN • VIETNAMESE • THAI • ARABIC • ARABIC NAJDI • Danish • Swedish • Dutch • Norwegian • Norwegian Nynorsk • Norwegian Bokmål • Czech • Polish • Romanian • Turkish • Indonesian • Malay • Other languages are supported but do not benefit from the enhanced accuracy provided by language dictionaries I hope you’ll save a lot of time thanks to the efficiency of QuickScan! Your privacy matters: everything happens locally, on your device! This app does not use any server. No personal data is collected. QuickScan is 100% free to use (no ads, does not sell your data). In-app purchases are optional donations to help me support development and bring future updates. They do not restrict the app's functionality. --------- The privacy policy and terms of use can be found here: https://quickscanapp.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

COLOP e4 screens
QuickScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: QuickScan at 98% against COLOP e's 25%. QuickScan also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). COLOP e's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 23). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. QuickScan sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. COLOP e asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

COLOP e ships an update every 6 weeks, QuickScan fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
COLOP e versus QuickScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCOLOP eQuickScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews98.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOLOP Stempelerzeugung Skopek GmbH & Co KGiSolid apps

Customer experience

COLOP e

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

QuickScan

All ratings3,993 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews1,063 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.2%

Bugs and requests

COLOP e

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

QuickScan

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when exporting JPG files
  • Issues with WebDAV integration

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to adjust brightness, contrast, and sharpness
  • Option to save scans directly to a local folder
  • Handwriting and sketch conversion capabilities

In-app purchases

None

COLOP e

No in-app purchases

21 purchases

QuickScan

Subscriptions5
  • Donation: 1 good coffee$4.991 Month
  • Donation: 1 good lunch$12.996 Months
  • Donation: 1 book for my kids$19.991 Year
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  • Donation: 1 book for my kids3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Donation:1 healthy family meal$29.991 Year
One-time16
  • Donation: One good coffee2 variants$4.99
  • 1 Small Thank You2 variants$5.99
  • 1 Medium Thank You$9.99
Show 13 more
  • Tip: One good sandwich$14.99
  • Donation: One book for my kids$15.99
  • 1 Big Thank You$19.99
  • Donation: One good lunch$19.99
  • Donation:1 healthy family meal$24.99
  • Donation: One book for my kids$24.99
  • Donation: 6 Years Anniversary$34.99
  • Donation:1 healthy family meal$49.99
  • Donation: 1 toy for my kids$49.99
  • Donation: One toy for my kids$59.99
  • Donation: 1 day off w/ family$89.99
  • Donation: Real app value$99.99
  • Donation: Real app value$139.99

Questions

Is COLOP e free?
COLOP e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickScan free?
QuickScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do COLOP e or QuickScan have ads?
Neither COLOP e nor QuickScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, COLOP e or QuickScan?
COLOP e ships an update every 6 weeks, and QuickScan fortnightly. Most recently, COLOP e was updated on June 1, 2026 and QuickScan on September 23, 2026.

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