Google One vs Scanqy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google One
Safely back up your phone's photos, contacts, and messages to the cloud. Manage your Google account storage across Drive, Gmail, and Photos, and easily free up space. Upgrade for more storage and benefits.
- Phone backup (photos, contacts, messages)
- Cloud storage management
- Free up space tool
- Storage upgrade options
- Cross-service storage view
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The Google One app lets you back up your phone and manage your Google account storage. • Back up the important things on your phone, like photos, contacts and messages using the 15 GB of storage that comes with a Google account. If you break, lose or upgrade your phone, you can have the peace of mind of knowing the stuff you care about is safe on the cloud. • See your storage across Google Drive, Gmail, Google Photos, and easily free up space within the app with the storage manager. Upgrade to a Google One membership to get even more: • Get as much storage as you need for your memories, projects and digital files. Choose the plan that works best for you.
Scanqy
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Scan anything. Keep everything private. Scanqy turns your iPhone into a pocket-sized document scanner. Smarter, faster, and built to respect your privacy. Every scan stays on your device. No account required, nothing uploaded. SCAN AND CAPTURE • Auto-crop that actually works • ID card mode: front & back in one file • Import photos and PDFs, keep everything in one place • A3, A4, A5, B5, Letter, Legal & more READ AND EDIT • On-device OCR: extract text in seconds • Markup & Sign: draw or sign directly on a page • Adjust brightness, contrast and sharpness • Title suggestions from the scanned text, entirely on your device ORGANIZE AND FIND • Folders and favorites keep your library tidy • Search inside your scans, not just titles • Find your scans from the iPhone home screen search • Recently Deleted: recover anything for 30 days SHARE AND PROTECT • Searchable PDFs, created entirely on your iPhone • Merge documents into one PDF, or convert a PDF to images • Password-protected PDFs • Multi-page PDFs, one tap to share or print • Face ID locking for sensitive documents Perfect for receipts, contracts, notes, IDs, and anything you'd rather not leave on paper. SCANQY PRO Unlock unlimited scans, unlimited exports, every page size, Face ID locking, password-protected PDFs, and an ad-free experience. Available as monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscriptions, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscription payments are charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. The Lifetime option is a single charge and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://scanqy.gimsoft.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://scanqy.gimsoft.io/privacy Questions? gimsa.sri@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Google One at none against Scanqy's shown. Google One also leads on chart position (#46 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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. Google One sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Scanqy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Google One ships an update fortnightly, Scanqy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google One | Scanqy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 27.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #46 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gihan De Silva | |
Bugs and requests
Google One
Reported bugs
3 issues- VPN disconnects internet connectivity
- Inability to disable VPN within app
- Incompatibility issues with iOS updates
Requested features
3 requests- Allow changing VPN location
- Improve offline functionality
- Add duplicate file management
Scanqy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google One
- 100 GB$1.991 Month
- 100 GB1 Month trial2 variants$1.991 Month
- 200 GB$2.991 Month
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- 200 GB1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)$9.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- 100 GB$19.991 Year
- 100 GB1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- 200 GB$29.991 Year
- 2 TB$99.991 Year
Scanqy
- Weekly$0.997 Days
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$4.991 Year
- Lifetime$5.99









