Comparison

Home Configurator vs Scanly

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

Head to head
About

Home Configurator

Organize and view your HomeKit accessories by type, room, or zone. Easily create, rename, or delete homes, rooms, and zones for a better overview of your smart home devices.

Highlights
  • Organized accessory view by type
  • Group accessories by room and zone
  • Create, rename, and delete homes
  • Filter accessories by room/zone
  • Supports HomeKit-enabled accessories
Features
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Home Configurator lets you see your HomeKit homes, accessories, rooms and zones in a more organised way. The accessories are grouped by type to give you a better overview over lights, outlets, switches and sensors. You can easily edit your homes, rooms and zones – create new ones, rename or delete them. You can also filter your accessories by room and zone. This app requires access to HomeKit and only works with HomeKit-enabled accessories.

About

Scanly

Digitize and organize your physical documents into searchable PDFs. Easily scan, edit, and share files from your mobile device. Features include text extraction, folder organization, and annotation tools.

Highlights
  • Multi-page scanning with edge detection
  • Text extraction and search
  • Document organization with folders and tags
  • PDF editing and annotation
  • File size preview and optimization
  • Collaboration via shared folders
Features
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Scan documents, receipts, forms, and notes into PDFs you can organize, find, and share. Scanly brings camera scanning and everyday paperwork tools together on iPhone and iPad. SCAN AND ORGANIZE • Capture multiple pages with edge detection and perspective correction. • Import photos and existing PDFs, including files shared from other apps. • Keep documents in folders with favorites, tags, and searchable names. • Extract text to search and copy information from scanned pages. FIND WHAT YOU REMEMBER • Search document names and recognized text. • Describe remembered words, dates, and colors to find suggested matches in your documents. • See why a result matched. Color suggestions use locally available thumbnails and are approximate. PREPARE THE RIGHT COPY • Prepare PDFs under 2 MB or 5 MB, with an actual file-size check and preview. If the size limit cannot be met, Scanly suggests a larger limit or fewer pages. • Select a picture, diagram, or paragraph and copy or share that area as an image. • Preview two or four pages per sheet, or arrange a folded booklet for printing. • Combine documents, split selected pages, reorder pages, and add typed notes. • Sign, annotate, and fill supported PDF forms. READ AND SHARE • Read extracted text with adjustable size and spacing. • Share PDFs through the iOS share sheet or create browser viewer links. • One-time viewer links give the first person who taps Open a five-minute viewing session. Screenshots and copies cannot be prevented. • Use shared folders when collaborating with family, classmates, or colleagues. MORE WAYS TO USE YOUR DOCUMENTS • Explore online templates, extraction tools and conversion presets, with reviewed results and downloads. Online tools require an account and connection. • Create study cards and turn highlights into notes with page references. • Compare extracted information, prepare labels and explore ebook export and image cleanup tools. TRY IT FIRST Explore synthetic sample documents offline without signing in. Sample changes are temporary and separate from your account. Sign in to scan and manage your own library and use cloud features. Recognition, compression, and search suggestions should be reviewed before use. Smaller exports can flatten interactive fields and reduce image detail; preview your copy before sending. Your original document remains unchanged.

Screenshots

Home Configurator4 screens
Scanly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scanly at 100% against Home Configurator's 50%. Scanly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). Home Configurator's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Scanly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Configurator has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Home Configurator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scanly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Configurator ships an update every 8 months, Scanly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Home Configurator versus Scanly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome ConfiguratorScanly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB24 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMatthias HochgattererSukhmanpreet Singh

Customer experience

Home Configurator

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

Scanly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Home Configurator

No in-app purchases

None

Scanly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Configurator free?
Home Configurator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanly free?
Scanly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Configurator or Scanly?
Scanly is rated higher. Home Configurator averages 3.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Scanly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Home Configurator or Scanly have ads?
Neither Home Configurator nor Scanly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Configurator or Scanly?
Home Configurator ships an update every 8 months, and Scanly weekly. Most recently, Home Configurator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Scanly on October 24, 2026.

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