ScanText vs PeopleNote
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.
PeopleNote
This app helps you remember key details about people you meet before and after interactions. It creates focused cheat sheets with personal information, interests, and past conversations, all stored securely on your device. It integrates with your calendar to provide pre-meeting summaries and tracks your interaction history to help relationships grow.
- Create rich contact profiles
- Relationship 'cheat sheet' for every contact
- Calendar integration for pre-meeting reminders
- Track interaction history and notes
- Tag contacts and quick search
- Private, on-device data storage
- Encrypted backup and restore
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People Note is your personal relationship memory for meetings. Before you walk into a coffee chat, client visit, or family dinner, People Note shows you a simple, focused “cheat sheet” about the people you’re meeting — all stored securely on your device. Remember people, not just phone numbers Create and edit rich contact profiles Add avatars, company and job title, phone, email and social accounts Tag contacts as colleagues, clients, friends, family, investors and more Import from the system Contacts and keep them linked Relationship “cheat sheet” for every contact Store the details that actually matter in conversations: How you met and who introduced you Family info: spouse, kids’ names and ages Pets: name and breed Interests and favorite topics: sports, hobbies, travel Sensitive or “avoid” topics you don’t want to step on Linked with your calendar, ready before the meeting Connect People Note with your device calendar and link events to contacts: See which contacts are in each meeting Open their relationship card with one tap Get a local notification before the event with key details: “He’s your client’s purchasing director, has two daughters and loves golf. Last time you talked about supply chain digitalization.” One-page pre-meeting view Right before you meet, People Note shows you a clean one-page summary: Basic info: name, avatar, company, title, relationship tags Personal details: family, pets, interests Recent interactions and notes Follow-ups and promises from last time Interaction history, not just call logs Track how your relationships grow over time: Log meetings, calls, messages, emails and more Add location, topic, notes and next actions View a timeline of all interactions with each person Tags, groups and quick search Built-in tags for colleagues, clients, friends and more Create your own tags and mark important contacts (A/B/C tier or star) Search by name, company, tags and even note content Private by design — data stays on your device All data is stored locally in an encrypted database No cloud server, no account, no hidden sync Encrypted backup and restore Create encrypted backup files with an optional password Back up all contacts, relationship details and interaction history Share and restore backup files when you change devices Coming soon “Today / This week” meeting focus view Recent contacts and full-text search across all notes Weekly relationship recap and “it’s been a while” reminders Simple stats about your network and relationship health People Note is built for people who meet people: sales, consultants, freelancers, founders — and anyone who wants to remember others a little better.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScanText at $0.99 against PeopleNote's $9.99. PeopleNote's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, 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
ScanText costs $0.99 and PeopleNote $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ScanText | PeopleNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual GS | Kai Chen |
Customer experience
ScanText
PeopleNote
In-app purchases
ScanText
No in-app purchases
PeopleNote
No in-app purchases








