Comparison

Gamebook Engine vs Scanflow

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

Head to head
About

Gamebook Engine

Features
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Gamebook Engine is an all-in-one app for creating and reading gamebooks, a type of interactive fiction where the player's choices influence the outcome of the story. With Gamebook Engine you can: β€’ Create gamebooks - Write interactive choosable path adventure stories using a thoughtfully designed interface β€’ Share gamebooks - Gamebooks export to a plain text ".gbook" file that you can send to your friends via email, text message, or carrier pigeon (if the story is very short) β€’ Play gamebooks - Gamebook Engine can import and play ".gbook" files, which contain the data for interactive stories What makes Gamebook Engine special? β€’ Attributes can make gamebooks dynamic: Attributes can be used to track changes in inventory, player stats, NPC relationships, and much more. This makes Gamebook Engine stories a little more dynamic than a classic paperback choosable path story. β€’ Warning, nerd talk: Gamebooks export to plain-text JSON, not a proprietary file-type, so you can easily share them as privately or publicly as you want, and anyone can build a client for reading them -- but why bother when Gamebook Engine is a reader already! β€’ Total Privacy: Gamebook Engine has no online services or accounts. Gamebook Engine runs entirely on your device and never sends any data about you or what you are writing to anyone. Your privacy is totally and absolutely guaranteed. Your writings only leave your device when you share them with someone.

About

Scanflow

Features
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Scanflow Smartphone Scanner to scan Text / QR/Barcode from mobile app edge detection and decode. No required Internet. Scanflow-Powered mobile apps significantly outperform other scanning software solutions on any device under any condition with any type of Barcodes. Since it’s developed using advanced technology ML and Computer vision the performance will be faster and reliable. Barcode scanning technology makes it possible to scan barcodes from any angle. Working range will be recognized a barcode from anywhere on the screen no matter where it’s placed. It can be close or far away from the camera. * We have integratedMachine learning (ML) model & Computer Vision to detect QR/Barcode in effective way. * Ability to scan Barcode / QRCode (Any Code) in the same camera view and support to scan for specific to by enabling simple flag. * Low light environment images will be identified done using Computer Vision. So scanner can be identified image codes from very low light environments. * Shall be able to scan very small size Barcode / QRcode with applied algorithm which will be perform better than a very familiar commercial code scanners available in the market. * Customized Super Resolution applied in core algorithm and added Image enhancement process which will automatically improves your low-quality images using an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) method based on deep neural networks. * Computer Vision Pre-Processing applied for decoding the Barcode/QRCode images to get more accurate results with better performance. * We shall be able to detect the barcode from a long distance up to the mark of 6-7 feet distance normal to get accurate results. Ability to scan normal sized EAN & UPC code at 8 feet distance. * Have a demo version ready to download and see about how the app works for both Bar / QR codes. * You have a UI window to see the scanned details onboard along with code type. * Shall have an option on landing page to choose the type of scanning to make detection and decode codes as we want if any specific. * Available Flashlight feature support to give more accurate support during very low light to improve the detection and decode rating. * Inbuilt Auto Exposure feature support applied with algorithms which will do auto adjustment based on your environment lightings. * Camera Exposure can be controlled by option swapping screen left to right over the screen. * Provisioning all controls in this framework to handle camera screen along with successful decode beep Everything can be enabled/disabled and modified. * Provision to make Single or Continuous Scan. * Scans 1D, 2D Barcodes and the support formats given below. * The app demonstrates Tire Serial Number capture.

Screenshots

Gamebook Engine4 screens
Scanflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scanflow at Free against Gamebook Engine's $4.99. Scanflow also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Scanflow is free to download; Gamebook Engine costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Gamebook Engine versus Scanflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGamebook EngineScanflow
Price$4.99Free β€” better
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB174 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrad RootScanflow private limited

In-app purchases

None

Gamebook Engine

No in-app purchases

None

Scanflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gamebook Engine free?
Gamebook Engine costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanflow free?
Scanflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gamebook Engine or Scanflow have ads?
Neither Gamebook Engine nor Scanflow shows ads.

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