Bark vs Lenovo Smart Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bark
Send custom push notifications to your iPhone via an HTTP API. Supports advanced features like custom icons, grouping, and critical alerts. Offers privacy-protected, end-to-end encrypted pushes with self-deployable server options.
- HTTP API for push notifications
- Custom icons and grouping
- Continuous and critical alerts
- End-to-end push encryption
- Self-deployable server options
- Privacy-protected notifications
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You can send push notifications to your iPhone by simply calling an HTTP API. Bark supports many advanced iOS push features, such as custom icons, notification grouping, custom ringtones, continuous alerts, critical alerts, and encrypted pushes. Bark does not consume device battery, as its core functionality relies on system push services and push extensions, and the app itself does not need to be running. Bark ensures your privacy and security with high reliability. Bark supports self-deploying the server, which can be deployed via Docker, Serverless, or Cloudflare Worker. The bark-server supports most operating systems, and you can also run it manually. The app is compiled and uploaded through Github Action, ensuring that the version you’re using is compiled from open-source code, without any modifications by anyone (including the author). Bark supports end-to-end push encryption with a custom key, ensuring that the push content is not accessed or leaked by the Bark server or Apple’s APNs server during transmission. The notification message history saved locally by Bark is also very secure. Using the NotificationServiceExtension, the push message is only stored on the device when the push is received. Feedback email: to@day.app Privacy Policy: https://api.day.app/privacy User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lenovo Smart Scanner
Transform your device into a powerful scanner. Recognize text in images using OCR to convert documents, photos, and notes into editable PDF or JPEG files. Easily transfer your scanned content to any device.
- Document scanning
- OCR text recognition
- Convert to PDF
- Convert to JPEG
- Cross-device compatibility
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Lenovo Smart Scanner is free to download and turns your device into a powerful scanner. With it, you can use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to automatically recognize text in images, enabling you to scan your paper documents, photos, or notes and convert them into editable PDF or JPEG files for use on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lenovo Smart Scanner at none against Bark's 2. Lenovo Smart Scanner also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). Bark's advantage is review sentiment (98% vs 83%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year. Lenovo Smart Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, Lenovo Smart Scanner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bark | Lenovo Smart Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (111 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 111 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | Lenovo(Beijing) Limited |
Customer experience
Bark
Lenovo Smart Scanner
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
Lenovo Smart Scanner
No in-app purchases









