Comparison

Blazed vs Archives Scanner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blazed

This app simplifies kiln logging for potters, offering accurate tracking of firing progress and collaborative features. Visualize temperature and cone movements with graphs and compare past firings. Supports both electric and gas kilns, manual and computer-controlled.

Highlights
  • Kiln setup and management
  • Electric and gas kiln support
  • Track cone packs and sensors
  • Visualize firing progress with graphs
  • Collaborative firing logs
  • Compare previous firings
Features
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Welcome to Blazed. Say hello to your new firing companion. - Blazed makes kiln logs easy, accurate, and collaborative. • • • Kilns: • Your firings start with your kiln. Setup your kiln once, and you’re always ready to fire. • Don’t use a gas kiln? No problem! Blazed supports electric kilns. Both manual and computer controlled. • • • • • • • • Firings: • Select your kiln, and you’re ready to blaze. • Track your Cone Packs, Thermocouples, Gauges, Burners, Dampers, and Ports • Easy to use! We’ve setup kiln logging to reflect what you see. • Visualize your firing with graphs. We’ve plotted your temperature readings and cone movements so you can see how your firing is progressing. You can even compare previous firings. • Firing with friends? With Blazed, you can collaborate on the firing. Take a log from your device, and everyone will see the kilns progress • • • • • And more… Let’s Blazed. Privacy Policy: https://blazed.app/#privacypolicy Terms And Conditions: https://blazed.app/#termsandconditions

About

Archives Scanner

Transform your physical notebooks into a searchable digital library. Automatically detect and correct pages, recognize handwriting for instant search, and organize your content into custom archives. Sync your digitized notes across all your devices for easy access.

Highlights
  • Automatic page detection and correction
  • On-device handwriting recognition
  • Organize scans into custom archives
  • Bookmark pages with notes
  • Sync across devices via iCloud
  • Export to PDF (Pro feature)
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Archives — Digitize your notebooks Turn your notebooks, sketchbooks, cookbooks, and journals into a searchable digital library. Point your camera at a page and Archives captures it with crisp, document-quality results — then keeps every page organized, searchable, and synced across your devices. Page detection with auto-correction Automatic edge detection finds your page and straightens the perspective, so every scan comes out flat and clean — even when you shoot it at an angle. Search everything, including handwriting On-device text recognition reads your handwritten notes, so you can find any page in seconds. Works across 25+ languages, with matches highlighted right on the page. Organize into archives Group your scans into notebooks and browse your whole collection at a glance. Jump straight to the page you need, whether it's recipe 12 from Cookbook 2022 or a sketch buried in your field notes. Bookmarks with notes Flag your favorite pages and add notes to keep track of what matters — recipes to try, sketches to revisit, ideas to come back to. Export to PDF (Pro) Turn any notebook into a multi-page PDF, then share it, save it to Files, or send it to iCloud Drive. Sync across devices With iCloud integration, your library stays up to date on every iPhone and iPad, automatically. Your notebooks, finally searchable. Download Archives and start digitizing today. -- Privacy Policy: https://and.notion.site/Archives-Scanner-Privacy-Policy-37deb9a83adb80718c65d672a46d9fff EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Blazed4 screens
Archives Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Archives Scanner at 100% against Blazed's 0%. Archives Scanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Blazed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Archives Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Blazed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Archives Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blazed has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Blazed's written reviews are positive against 100% of Archives Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blazed ships an update every 6 weeks, Archives Scanner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Blazed versus Archives Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlazedArchives Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStoned Studio LLCAndriy Gordiyenko

Customer experience

Blazed

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Archives Scanner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blazed

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Archives Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Archives Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Archives Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Archives Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Blazed free?
Blazed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Archives Scanner free?
Archives Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blazed or Archives Scanner?
Archives Scanner is rated higher. Blazed averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Archives Scanner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blazed or Archives Scanner have ads?
Neither Blazed nor Archives Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blazed or Archives Scanner?
Blazed ships an update every 6 weeks, and Archives Scanner every 5 days. Most recently, Blazed was updated on October 24, 2026 and Archives Scanner on October 31, 2026.

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