Past Code vs IconRefresh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Past Code
Instantly find mark schemes for IGCSE and A-Level past papers by scanning their codes with your camera. Save time and effort by accessing the correct resources directly.
- Scan past paper codes with camera
- Instant mark scheme retrieval
- Supports IGCSE papers
- Supports A-Level papers
- User-friendly interface
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Stop wasting your time and effort looking for mark schemes online. With the help of Past Code, you can use your camera to scan any IGCSE or A-Level past paper code and find the mark scheme associated with it instantly. For further information you can email us at omarayyanapps@hotmail.com or at my personal email omarayyan@hotmail.com A Omar Rayyan Production Copyrighted 2021
IconRefresh
This app helps retain learned information by sending personalized challenge questions after training. It aims to combat the forgetting curve, ensuring long-term memory retention through regular engagement.
- Spaced repetition for memory recall
- Personalized challenge questions
- Combats the forgetting curve
- Post-training engagement
- Customizable refresh frequency
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Improve Your Long-Term Memory with IconLogic’s Refresh Research indicates that once training concludes, people forget what they learned within days or even hours. IconRefresh resets the forgetting curve by keeping you engaged in the learning process long after you’ve wrapped up training. Install the app, select a class, and decide how often you’d like to be refreshed. IconRefresh sends you challenge questions within the app based on what you learned during the training. It doesn’t matter if you get the question right or wrong. By simply answering the question—just making an attempt-- you’ve gone a long way toward improving your long-term memory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IconRefresh at 100% against Past Code's 50%. IconRefresh also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Past Code's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IconRefresh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Past Code's written reviews are positive against 100% of IconRefresh's.
Past Code ships an update every 6 days, IconRefresh every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Past Code | IconRefresh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Omar Rayyan | Ralf Westphal |
Customer experience
Past Code
IconRefresh
In-app purchases
Past Code
No in-app purchases
IconRefresh
No in-app purchases
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