Comparison

Skanner vs Appnote

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

Head to head
About

Skanner

Transform your iPhone into a versatile document scanner. Easily capture, edit, and organize multi-page documents. Enhance clarity with filters, annotate with text and drawings, and share in various formats.

Highlights
  • Multi-page scanning
  • Automatic border detection
  • Annotation tools (text, drawing)
  • Document organization
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, JPEG)
  • Searchable documents
Features
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Download Skanner and turn your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Scan one, two or four pages at a time or scan from multiple document photos from the camera roll. Create a collage of two side by side document pages. Skanner automatically detects document borders and straightens the document out. Borders can be adjusted if necessary. Store scanned documents, annotate them with a title and a comment and share them in a multi-page PDF file or in JPEG format. Share scanned documents through your favorite messaging app, document sharing app, email or Airdrop. Highlight lines of text in your documents, blackout or whiteout sensitive text. Draw on top of a scanned document with the Pen tool. Use one of several available filters to achieve best document quality. View all scanned documents in form or a feed. Search documents by their title, comment or hashtags. Adjust settings to either use high, medium or low compression rate when storing documents. Copy already scanned documents and store them separately from the originals, add new highlights to them and share them in PDF of JPEG formats. Scan documents from Camera Roll or from any other photo album. Share a photo with Skanner via iOS Share Sheet extension for further processing in the Skanner.

About

Appnote

Organize your thoughts with a beautiful and functional notepad. Create an unlimited number of notes and folders, format text, and enrich entries with media. Secure your data with password protection and cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Unlimited folders and notes
  • Rich text formatting
  • Add images, videos, PDFs, and links
  • Quick undo and pin notes
  • Instant search
  • Cloud sync and backup
  • Password and biometric protection
Features
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Appnote—your unique style in the world of notebooks. Every note becomes a story, and every idea comes to life in an elegant interface. Appnote is designed to bring your creative thoughts to life and organize them. Here, even mundane notes become works of art. UNLIMITED CREATIVITY Create an unlimited number of folders and notes—your ideas know no bounds. Nest folders, build your own structure, and find what you need with a single tap. And if you've already created the content, add it in its entirety. PDFs, DOCX files, and images become full-fledged entries in the list: with a thumbnail preview, their own name, and instant viewing, without any extra steps. TEXT THE WAY YOU WANT A full-fledged rich text editor right in your pocket: • fonts, sizes, styles, and colors—highlight what's important the way you want; • Bulleted and numbered lists, as well as to-do lists with checkboxes that are easy to mark; • Hyperlinks, horizontal lines, and quick formatting clearing; • Instant undo – made a mistake? Just redo it; • Read-only mode to avoid accidentally editing a completed note. Links in the text work just like real ones: one tap and you're on the desired page. And if you prefer a more relaxed editing experience, tap-to-click navigation can be disabled in the settings. BRING YOUR NOTES TO LIFE Add images, videos, PDFs, and DOCX documents, and insert images directly from the clipboard. View attachments in the built-in gallery, maximize them to full screen, save them to your device, or open them in your favorite external app. Edited a file in another program? Appnote will notice the changes and offer to replace the original file or place the new version nearby. EVERYTHING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • Favorites — the most important notes always come first. • Recent — quickly return to what you were just working on. • Instantly search all notes and search within an open note to jump to the desired section. • Sort by alphabetical order, creation date, modification date, or custom order. TASK Deleted notes no longer disappear without a trace. They are sent to the Trash, from where you can restore them with a single tap or permanently delete them. You choose the retention period — from "delete immediately" to any number of days. EASY SHARING • Send notes, images, and documents to other apps using "Share." • Save a note as a file — plain text or HTML, preserving styles and attached media files. • Forward a note as a single .appnote file—including all attachments—and import it back on another device in one step. • Receive text, images, videos, and PDFs from other apps: Appnote will ask whether to create a new note or append to an existing one. FULLY PERSONALIZED Appnote adapts to you, not the other way around: • Light and dark themes, background wallpaper, text colors, note backgrounds, and list card colors; • Number of columns and font size in the note list; • Custom icons for notes and folders—to the left or above the title, with a caption consisting of the first letters of the title on the ruled lines; • Indents, default image size, autosave, and other little touches that make your experience more convenient. SECURITY AND RELIABILITY • Password protection and biometric login. • Auto-lock when minimized—immediately, after a set number of minutes, or never. • Backup to a local folder, iCloud, or the cloud—with detailed statistics by file type. • Sync with Google Drive: notes, attachments, and settings are always up to date across all your devices. WHEREVER YOU WORK Appnote speaks 16 languages, including right-to-left languages, and works on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Dive into the world of Appnote—an app where style, convenience, and security come together in one exceptional product. Never lose your ideas again: they're always at your fingertips. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Skanner3 screens
Appnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skanner at 5.0 against Appnote's 3.7. Skanner also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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

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

Skanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skanner has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Skanner's written reviews are positive against 85% of Appnote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skanner ships an update fortnightly, Appnote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Skanner versus Appnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkannerAppnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (19 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.2% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir FridmanVladimir Gorkov

Customer experience

Skanner

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Appnote

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Skanner

No in-app purchases

None

Appnote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skanner free?
Skanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Appnote free?
Appnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skanner or Appnote?
Skanner is rated higher. Skanner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Appnote averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Skanner or Appnote have ads?
Neither Skanner nor Appnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skanner or Appnote?
Skanner ships an update fortnightly, and Appnote every 2 months. Most recently, Skanner was updated on September 29, 2026 and Appnote on October 11, 2026.

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