QuickScan vs Where Now?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickScan
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QuickScan turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Point your camera at a receipt, note, or ID — QuickScan detects the edges, straightens the perspective, and saves a clean scan in seconds. No sign-up, no cloud upload, no subscription. Everything runs on your device. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan documents with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Import existing photos and turn them into scans • Build multi-page documents — reorder, rotate, and delete pages • Export as multi-page PDFs • Extract text with on-device OCR (works offline) • Scan QR codes with smart shortcuts — open URLs, join Wi-Fi, add contacts, dial numbers • Generate your own QR codes for text, links, Wi-Fi, or contact cards • Organize scans with categories and search • Sync your documents across devices with iCloud Drive PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Your scans stay on your device or in your own iCloud — never on our servers. OCR text extraction happens locally with Apple's Vision framework. We don't collect your data. FREE, HONESTLY QuickScan is free to use, supported by ads. Watch one short video ad from Settings to hide ads for an hour. FEATURES AT A GLANCE • Automatic edge detection • Multi-page PDF export • On-device OCR • QR scanner + QR generator • Categories, search, and sort • iCloud Drive sync • Rotate and reorder pages • Long-press for quick actions Made with care for people who scan a lot and hate friction.
Where Now?
This app helps you track your past locations, either manually or automatically. It offers fine-grained controls for background activity and keeps all location data on your device. You can optionally integrate it with a self-hosted remote endpoint.
- Manual location tracking
- Automatic location tracking
- Background activity controls
- On-device data storage
- Optional self-hosted endpoint integration
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Where Now? is an application for keeping track of where you've been either manually or automatically using background activity with fine-grained controls. All location data is captured entirely on device, and can optionally be integrated with a (free) open-source self-hosted remote endpoint.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Where Now? at none against QuickScan's shown. Where Now? also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
QuickScan ships an update monthly, Where Now? every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickScan | Where Now? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sourav Mishra | Scott Boms |
In-app purchases
QuickScan
No in-app purchases
Where Now?
No in-app purchases
