Comparison

Lottery Scanner & Checker vs Espensa

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

Head to head
About

Lottery Scanner & Checker

Scan your lottery tickets using your camera to automatically check for winning numbers. Save tickets to receive notifications for future drawings. Supports Mega Millions and Powerball.

Highlights
  • Scan lottery tickets with camera
  • Check winning numbers
  • Save ticket scans
  • Receive drawing notifications
  • Supports Mega Millions
  • Supports Powerball
Features
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Powerball, Mega Millions & Lotto America Ticker Scanner & Checker We currently support Scanning & Checking Mega Millions lottery tickets only. You can use your camera to take a picture of the ticket, and that's it! It will find the winning numbers for that drawing and compare them with your numbers! Do you want to scan your tickets ahead of time? No problem! You can save your ticket scan and get notified when the Mega Millions or Powerball drawings come out! NOTE: ALWAYS double-check the results. MegaMillions: Supported CA - MegaMillions: Partially supported. Powerball: Supported

About

Espensa

Features
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Espensa brings shared expenses and monthly planning together. Organize costs with friends or groups, build a monthly budget, and see what you owe and what you’re owed in one clear place. KEY FEATURES • Create a monthly budget and track spending by category • Organize fixed and variable bills and record payments without double counting • Split expenses equally, by percentage, by shares, or with custom amounts • Support multiple payers on a single expense • Invite people by email and keep group expenses organized • Track balances and record partial or full settlements • Record expenses in multiple currencies while preserving the original amount • Create recurring weekly, monthly, or yearly expenses • Receive relevant expense, settlement, invitation, bill, and reminder activity • Continue supported expense and settlement actions offline, then sync later Espensa tracks expenses, budgets, and settlement records. It does not hold, transfer, or process money. Actual payments happen separately between participants.

Screenshots

Lottery Scanner & Checker4 screens
Espensa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Espensa at none against Lottery Scanner & Checker's shown. Lottery Scanner & Checker's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lottery Scanner & Checker versus Espensa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLottery Scanner & CheckerEspensa
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size339 MB78 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAlan NegreteEspensa LLC

Bugs and requests

Lottery Scanner & Checker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Fails to recognize all numbers on ticket
  • Incorrect detection of Megaplier option
  • Crashes and freezes when trying to scan
  • Inability to select correct drawing date

Requested features

4 requests
  • Barcode scanning support
  • Automatic game and drawing date detection
  • Ability to scan multiple tickets at once
  • Cleaner and more user-friendly interface

Espensa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lottery Scanner & Checker

No in-app purchases

None

Espensa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lottery Scanner & Checker free?
Lottery Scanner & Checker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Espensa free?
Espensa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lottery Scanner & Checker or Espensa have ads?
Lottery Scanner & Checker shows ads; Espensa does not.
Which is updated more often, Lottery Scanner & Checker or Espensa?
Lottery Scanner & Checker ships an update monthly, and Espensa monthly. Most recently, Lottery Scanner & Checker was updated on November 4, 2026 and Espensa on October 29, 2026.

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