Comparison

Historical snapshot vs Flex Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Historical snapshot

Discover significant world events and historical moments. This app provides a glimpse into the past, making history accessible and engaging.

Highlights
  • View important world events
  • Historical snapshots
  • Accessible history content
Features
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A history snapshot app that show important world events to you.

About

Flex Scanner

Transform your smartphone into a portable scanner with advanced OCR technology. Capture, store, and share documents in various formats like PDF, JPG, and TXT. Organize, edit, and secure your files with ease.

Highlights
  • Mobile document scanning
  • OCR text recognition
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, JPG, TXT)
  • Document collaboration and sharing
  • File organization and password protection
  • Electronic signature integration
Features
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Your Ultimate Mobile Scanning Solution Empowering Over 500 Thousands Users Worldwide Introducing FlexScanner: the ultimate mobile scanning app that transforms your smartphone into an advanced portable scanner. Equipped with cutting-edge OCR technology, FlexScanner enhances your efficiency by automating text recognition, saving you valuable time. Get ready to elevate your document management experience with FlexScanner, available for free download. Instantly capture, store, and share documents in multiple formats including PDF, JPG, Word, and TXT. Transform Your Smartphone into a Mobile Office Increase your work productivity and keep your office in your pocket with FlexScanner. Say farewell to bulky scanning machinery and embrace the convenience of this swift scanning solution at no cost. POWERFUL DOCUMENT SCANNING Essential for both students and professionals alike, such as accountants, real estate agents, managers, and attorneys, FlexScanner is your go-to PDF scanner. Effortlessly scan anything from receipts, agreements, notes, fax papers, books, and more, saving them as either multipage PDF or JPG files. DIVERSE SCANNING OPTIONS ID & DOCUMENT MODE: Tailored for quick scans of identification documents. QR CODE SCANNING: Easily capture any QR code with your device's camera. PDF TRANSFORMATION TOOL PDF Conversion: Transform web pages into PDFs and convert files across a broad range of formats into PDF. Supported formats include: PDF, JPG, DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, XLSM, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTM, PPTX. COLLABORATE AND SHARE Seamlessly share documents for review or viewing via WhatsApp, iMessage, Microsoft Teams. Gather feedback from numerous contributors in a single document. Expedite document reviews through interactive comment exchanges. Stay updated with notifications for shared document activities. STATE-OF-THE-ART PDF SCANNER Scan to PDF, JPG, or TXT formats with ease. Combine multiple pages into a single document. Utilize OCR to extract text from scans. Personalize documents with your electronic signature. CONVENIENT EDITOR & FILE MANAGEMENT Enhance scans with filter applications and noise reduction. Organize files with ease using folders, drag & drop sorting, and more. Secure your sensitive documents by locking folders and files with passwords. SIMPLIFIED DOCUMENT SHARING Quickly scan, save, and dispatch documents. Share via email attachments or document links. Integrate with cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, and OneDrive. Directly print PDFs from the app. Ensure secure and private document sharing and storage, without third-party access. UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION Opt for a subscription to unlock all features without limits. Subscription plans available: weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly. Auto-renewal feature ensures uninterrupted access. Manage subscriptions and auto-renewal through user account settings. Visit our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more information: Privacy Policy: https://coftivo.com/privacy-policy Terms: https://coftivo.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Historical snapshot3 screens
Flex Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flex Scanner at Free against Historical snapshot's $1.99. Flex Scanner also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). Historical snapshot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flex Scanner is free to download; Historical snapshot costs $1.99 up front. Flex Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Historical snapshot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flex Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flex Scanner has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Historical snapshot's written reviews are positive against 33% of Flex Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Historical snapshot ships an update weekly, Flex Scanner every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Historical snapshot versus Flex Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHistorical snapshotFlex Scanner
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer子浩 张Coftivo Teknoloji LTD

Customer experience

Historical snapshot

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Flex Scanner

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Historical snapshot

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Flex Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Life Time$9.99

Questions

Is Historical snapshot free?
Historical snapshot costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flex Scanner free?
Flex Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Historical snapshot or Flex Scanner?
Flex Scanner is rated higher. Historical snapshot averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Flex Scanner averages 4.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Historical snapshot or Flex Scanner have ads?
Neither Historical snapshot nor Flex Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Historical snapshot or Flex Scanner?
Historical snapshot ships an update weekly, and Flex Scanner every 9 days. Most recently, Historical snapshot was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flex Scanner on October 24, 2026.

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