ScanText vs ShopList simple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanText
Capture text from photos or PDF files and convert it into editable text. Edit, translate, share, or have the text read aloud. This utility works offline for convenient text extraction.
- Photo to text conversion
- PDF to text extraction
- Text editing
- Text translation
- Read text aloud
- Offline functionality
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Take a photo of any articles, and it will be converted to text. Scan any photos or PDF file to extract text. Continue to scan, edit, translate, share or read it out! It is that easy! No Internet connection needed.
ShopList simple
Create and manage multiple shopping lists with customizable colors and sorting options. Easily delete purchased items by shaking or tapping, and personalize your experience with different fonts and text sizes. Share your lists with others.
- Create up to 9 colored lists
- Alphabetical or manual list sorting
- Display product count on icon
- Delete items by shaking or tapping
- Choose from 4 fonts
- Adjust text size
- Share lists
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"ShopList simple" is a simple, old school shopping list app simple no subscription, no ads, no tracking and no in-app purchases You can use it to create up to 9 different lists in all possible colors -Sort lists alphabetically or manually -Display product number on the icon -Delete purchased products by shaking or tapping -Choose from 4 different fonts -Adjust text size -Share the lists
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScanText at 100% against ShopList simple's 50%. ScanText also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). ShopList simple's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
ScanText costs $0.99 and ShopList simple $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ScanText holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScanText has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ScanText's written reviews are positive against 50% of ShopList simple's.
ScanText ships an update every 8 days, ShopList simple every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ScanText | ShopList simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual GS | Alexander Rutkowskij |
Customer experience
ScanText
ShopList simple
In-app purchases
ScanText
No in-app purchases
ShopList simple
No in-app purchases
