QuickScan vs Cooldown & Repeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickScan
This app offers a powerful yet simple way to scan documents using your device's camera or import existing files. It features advanced OCR for text recognition, allows digital signatures, and automates export processes. All data is processed locally for enhanced privacy.
- Scan documents with automatic detection
- Import PDFs and images
- OCR for text recognition and searchability
- Add digital signatures
- Automated file naming and export
- Siri Shortcuts and Widgets integration
- Export to cloud services and local storage
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The app is 100% FREE, with NO ads and NO data collection. Donations are possible to support the project. QuickScan is the easiest & quickest yet super-powerful scanner on iOS. Main features: ### iOS integration ### • QuickScan has been designed specifically for iOS & iPadOS for seamless integration and an exceptional user experience. ### Scan & import ### • Scan with your camera (automatic document detection & automatic angle correction) • Import existing images • Import existing PDF files • Organize your documents in folders ### OCR (text recognition) ### • Professional-quality OCR on images and existing PDFs • Make documents searchable with text integrated into PDFs (search, select, copy, paste) • Automatic language detection and dictionary matching for highly accurate results ### SIGN ### • Add signatures to your documents • Create signatures with your finger, Apple Pencil, or import existing signatures • Adjust size and color for a polished look ### Automate ### • Automatic document/file naming with patterns (e.g., document date, title, issuer, time, text, counter) • 'Export Favorites': Automatically export to preconfigured locations (cloud, email, etc.) with custom settings (color, black & white, filename, format) • 'Export Groups': Export to multiple locations simultaneously by grouping Export Favorites • Automatic deletion of documents after successful export • iOS Home screen & Lock screen Widgets & Control Center controls. Associate an Export Favorite to the widget for instant export to that favorite after the scan started by tapping the widget. • Place document automatically in the configured folder when the scan is started from a Widget/Shortcut associated to an Export Favorite • Siri Shortcuts compatible • Launch scan directly from the home screen with a long press on the app icon (or using a widget) ### Export ### • Export in PDF with the recognized text integrated (very advanced feature). This allows to search/copy & paste into the generated PDF. • Export recognized text as a .txt file • Export as images with optional filters (grayscale, black & white) • Save to cloud services with Favorites (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, WebDAV, paperless-ngx, pCloud, NAS, SMB, NextCloud, and more) • Export anywhere (to Files, to any Drive, E-mail, message, Airdrop, …), or to the cloud • Apply image filters (grayscale, black & white), crop, rotate images • Easily adjust output file size and quality with real-time size estimation • ... and much more, there are really many useful features Everything is processed on your device: No internet connection required and ZERO data collection. There’s no quicker, easier way to scan, OCR, and manage documents beautifully SUPPORTED LANGUAGES FOR OCR: • ENGLISH • GERMAN • FRENCH • SPANISH • ITALIAN • PORTUGUESE • CHINESE • KOREAN • JAPANESE • UKRAINIAN • RUSSIAN • VIETNAMESE • THAI • ARABIC • ARABIC NAJDI • Danish • Swedish • Dutch • Norwegian • Norwegian Nynorsk • Norwegian Bokmål • Czech • Polish • Romanian • Turkish • Indonesian • Malay • Other languages are supported but do not benefit from the enhanced accuracy provided by language dictionaries I hope you’ll save a lot of time thanks to the efficiency of QuickScan! Your privacy matters: everything happens locally, on your device! This app does not use any server. No personal data is collected. QuickScan is 100% free to use (no ads, does not sell your data). In-app purchases are optional donations to help me support development and bring future updates. They do not restrict the app's functionality. --------- The privacy policy and terms of use can be found here: https://quickscanapp.com/privacy.html
Cooldown & Repeat
This app helps you track items with cooldown periods, like medications or plants. It visually shows how long until you can use something again, with simple tap-to-reset functionality and customizable widgets.
- Track items with cooldown periods
- Visual ring indicator for cooldown status
- Tap-to-reset functionality
- Home screen widgets (small, medium)
- Lock screen complications
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Siri integration for quick resets
- iCloud sync across devices
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Cooldown is the simplest way to track anything that has a refractory period. The app has one job: tell you, at a glance, how long until you can do something again. Tap when you took it. Watch the ring fill up. Get a ping when it hits Ready. Reset and repeat. WHAT IT'S FOR • PRN ("as needed") medications — ibuprofen every 6 hours, antihistamines, the emergency inhaler • Daily supplements and vitamins • Caffeine pacing — coffee, tea, or that one energy drink • Watering plants, fertilising, repotting cycles • Sunscreen reapplication • Hygiene routines — shaving, flossing, contact lens swaps • Anything else with a "how long ago did I…" question THE RING Every cooldown is one ring. The ring fills as time passes: • Red — you just reset, can't reset again immediately • Amber — cooling down, getting closer • Green — Ready, tap to start the next cycle Same visual on the phone, the widgets, the lock screen, and the Apple Watch. One pattern, learn it once. WIDGETS • Home screen Small — one cooldown, big ring, tap-to-reset on Ready • Home screen Medium — three cooldowns side-by-side • Lock screen — circular, rectangular, and inline complications APPLE WATCH A native watchOS app with the same list-and-detail interaction as the phone. Reset from your wrist; the change syncs back to the phone instantly. Plus four complications: • Circular — ring + emoji • Rectangular — name + live countdown • Inline — single line above the watch face clock • Corner — ring tucked into a watch-face quadrant SIRI "Hey Siri, Cooldown reset Coffee." "Tell Cooldown to reset Vitamin D." The reset runs without launching the app — quick and quiet. ICLOUD SYNC Every cooldown syncs across your iPhones and iPads automatically via your private iCloud account. Nothing is uploaded anywhere else. The Apple Watch syncs through its paired iPhone. PAY ONCE, OWN IT FOREVER One up-front purchase. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No premium tier. No ads. The app you buy is the app you keep — the one you'll see in three years is the same one you bought today, just a little more polished. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no signups, no login screens • No analytics, no telemetry • No tracking • Your data lives on your devices and your iCloud — that's it DESIGNED FOR "AS NEEDED" Cooldown is built for the opposite of a fixed schedule. If you take something at 8:00 and 20:00 every day without fail, a scheduled-reminder app is the right tool. If you take something only when you need it — every few hours at most — and want to know how soon you can take it again, that's exactly what Cooldown does. LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, Polski. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later. iPadOS 26 or later. watchOS 26 or later for the Watch app and complications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: QuickScan at Free against Cooldown & Repeat's $0.99. QuickScan also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Cooldown & Repeat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 23). On review sentiment, 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
QuickScan is free to download; Cooldown & Repeat costs $0.99 up front. QuickScan sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cooldown & Repeat asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuickScan ships an update every 2 weeks, Cooldown & Repeat every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickScan | Cooldown & Repeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 98.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iSolid apps | Gramse Kordylewski Group |
Customer experience
QuickScan
Cooldown & Repeat
Bugs and requests
QuickScan
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when exporting JPG files
- Issues with WebDAV integration
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to adjust brightness, contrast, and sharpness
- Option to save scans directly to a local folder
- Handwriting and sketch conversion capabilities
Cooldown & Repeat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuickScan
- Donation: 1 good coffee$4.991 Month
- Donation: 1 good lunch$12.996 Months
- Donation: 1 book for my kids$19.991 Year
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- Donation: 1 book for my kids3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Donation:1 healthy family meal$29.991 Year
- Donation: One good coffee2 variants$4.99
- 1 Small Thank You2 variants$5.99
- 1 Medium Thank You$9.99
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- Tip: One good sandwich$14.99
- Donation: One book for my kids$15.99
- 1 Big Thank You$19.99
- Donation: One good lunch$19.99
- Donation:1 healthy family meal$24.99
- Donation: One book for my kids$24.99
- Donation: 6 Years Anniversary$34.99
- Donation:1 healthy family meal$49.99
- Donation: 1 toy for my kids$49.99
- Donation: One toy for my kids$59.99
- Donation: 1 day off w/ family$89.99
- Donation: Real app value$99.99
- Donation: Real app value$139.99
Cooldown & Repeat
No in-app purchases
Questions
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