POI Toolbox vs ScanLater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POI Toolbox
Easily manage and organize your points of interest. Mark locations, add details, and import/export data in various formats. Create smart folders for efficient tracking of numerous places.
- Mark and manage points of interest
- Import POI files (GPX, KML)
- Export POI collections (GPX)
- Create smart folders
- Assign tags to POIs
- Edit POI names and descriptions
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Manage your POIs. Whether you want to mark interesting places to explore by bike or collect all the locations for table tennis in your city, POI Toolbox will help you. Get located and create each POI individually or import an existing POI file (in GPX or KML format). You can also extract single points of a GPX tracking as POIs. Change names and descriptions of your POIs and assign tags. Create smart folders in no time to keep track of thousands of POIs. Export desired folders as GPX-formatted POI collections, which you can later install on your GPS or share with your friends.
ScanLater
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Scan Later - Scan now and Open later Do you often have some scenes where you need to take a photo of QR code and open it later? Do you need a chance to open a 2nd chat account? Scan Later gives you a chance to scan code now and open later, even if you don't have the QR code anymore, and you needn't take QR code as photo anymore. Main Features - Scan code and view scan history - Filter history by Link and Text - 2nd Chat Account - Clear All histories Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/scanlater/policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: POI Toolbox at every 4 weeks against ScanLater's every 3 months. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
POI Toolbox ships an update every 4 weeks, ScanLater every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POI Toolbox | ScanLater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KLAUS HAFNER | 天祺 王 |
In-app purchases
POI Toolbox
No in-app purchases
ScanLater
No in-app purchases
