Comparison

PaperCode vs Time Records

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

Head to head
About

PaperCode

Organize your books and papers by assigning them to custom places and associating them with barcodes or QR codes. Quickly update an item's location by scanning its code. Automatically gather book information from databases by scanning ISBN barcodes.

Highlights
  • Manage items and places
  • Scan barcodes/QR codes
  • OCR for printed text
  • Automatic book information retrieval
  • Customizable place names
  • Quick item location updates
Features
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What you can do with this app: [The app remembers where your books/papers are.] *Manage ITEMS with PLACES where they belong to. -You can manage ITEMS and PLACES related to Barcodes/QR-codes by scanning codes or printed texts(OCR) using your phone's camera. -Only you need is minimum effort to add, update and search PLACES and ITEMS. -You can add and name any PLACES, such as "Bookshelf:A", "Box:B" and "Bed room closet". It is not necessary that PLACES are real physical places. They can be "Borrowed by John Doe", "Papers to copy", "Things to survey" and so on. -Though this app is designed for management of academic books and treatises(papers), you can also add and name any ITEMS. They can be "Golf shoes", "Water bottles for emergency", "Tax payment documents of 2019", "Buy salt", "Reserve restaurant" and so on. [Easier is better.] *Add, move, search, sometimes manage. With this app, you will: -Add(register) PLACES. Add(register) ITEMS and relate them to barcodes/QR-codes. -When you move an ITEM, scan a barcode/QR-code to update its PLACE to belong to. -Search an ITEM's name to find out its PLACE. -You can rename ITEMS and PLACES, update relationship between them and new codes, update their order in the lists at any time. [No automation, no life.] *ITEMS and PLACES cooperate with barcodes/QR-codes. -You can relate ITEMS and PLACES to any barcodes/QR-codes. -Once you created relationships between ITEMS/PLACES and codes, when you move an ITEM from current PLACE to another PLACE, all you have to do is: 1.Scan the code of the new PLACE using the camera, 2.Scan the code of the ITEM. That's it. It won't take more than 3 seconds. -The code will be scanned automatically when your camera focuses it. You don't even need to press the shutter button. -If the books or papers don't have barcodes/QR-codes, add codes to them. (for example, codes printed directly on the papers using handy printers or codes printed on sticker labels.) Any unique digits or characters will work. *Automatically collect information. -Information of books and papers (author, title, publisher, published date) will be collected automatically by searching with keyword(s). -This app accesses CiNii/CiNiiBooks database OpenSearch service on the web to get the information. -If you scan a barcode and the code is an ISBN, this app will collect and fill all necessary information automatically. All you need is to tap "OK" button. -You can search and find books or papers by using keyword(s). Use space for AND search and use slash for OR search. If multiple results hit, you can choose one to add as a new ITEM. -A particular chapter of a book can be added in the same way as a paper. *Relate ITEMS and PLACES to barcodes/QR-codes -Both ITEMS and PLACES can be related to barcode/QR-code. -You can delete or update(relate again) relationships between codes and ITEMS/PLACES. *Script(handwriting) recognition -If you can't use barcodes/QR-codes in some reason, you can try script(handwriting) recognition. It works, but it takes a lot of time and it won't recognize 100% correctly. So I strongly recommend you to use barcodes/QR-codes. [Nothing is more important than safety.] *Backup and export your data. -You can backup your data(ITEMS/PLACES) to a text file (as SQL expressions). -You can export backup file(s) to external storages/apps/services, such as iPhone's documents folder(which syncs with iCloud), Dropbox app, GoogleDrive app and so on. [Search and find at once.] *See all items in the place or search with keyword(s) -You can see all the ITEMS belonging to particular PLACE. -You can search an ITEM by keyword(s). AND/OR search is available. -You can search a PLACE as well. (but only AND search is available.)

About

Time Records

This app helps you identify and utilize free time for personal activities. It tracks how you spend your day, visualize your time commitments, and offers a beautiful, comfortable design for managing your schedule.

Highlights
  • Identify and utilize free time
  • Track daily time spent
  • Visualize time commitments
  • Connects with Apple Calendar
  • Timer and stopwatch recording
  • Beautiful and comfortable design
Features
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Make time in your busy life for the things that make you happy :) ■ It is especially recommended for the following people ■ - People who have things they want to do, but often spend the day being lazy and feeling bad about it. - People who want to find some free time in their busy lives to spend MeTime. - People who want to know how they spend their time in their daily lives. - People who want to visualize the amount of time they put in. ■An application that allows you to manage and record your daily time■ - Connects with Apple calendar app to find free time in the day. - The schedule in the calendar app is directly used to record time. - Decide the end of the time at the beginning and concentrate on the timer. - Stopwatch recording is also possible. - Beautiful and comfortable design No more trying to keep a journal, no more taking time at night to look back and remember what you've done! ■Let's make a record of the time we spend in our days.■ - A graph showing the amount of time I spent each day studying, spending time with my family, work,etc. - You can see the time spent per calendar and the number of active days per period. ■Premium features■ - No limit to the number of calendars you can track. - No limit on the duration of calendar data.

Screenshots

PaperCode4 screens
Time Records4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaperCode at none against Time Records's 3. PaperCode also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Time Records's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and ads 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. Time Records sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. PaperCode asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaperCode ships an update every 3 weeks, Time Records every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PaperCode versus Time Records: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperCodeTime Records
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuichiro MomosakiGaku Sakai

In-app purchases

None

PaperCode

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Time Records

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly Plan$2.491 Month
  • Premium Yearly14 Days trial$18.991 Year
One-time1
  • MeTime2 LifeTime Plan$3.99

Questions

Is PaperCode free?
PaperCode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Records free?
Time Records is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaperCode or Time Records have ads?
Neither PaperCode nor Time Records shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaperCode or Time Records?
PaperCode ships an update every 3 weeks, and Time Records every 2 days. Most recently, PaperCode was updated on July 25, 2026 and Time Records on September 20, 2026.

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