Comparison

J vs ScanSimple

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

Head to head
About

J

This app helps you organize thoughts, sketch ideas, and manage tasks with a beautiful, intuitive interface. It offers rich text editing, smart organization, and flexible views for a personalized experience. Keep your data private with local storage and no cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Text and drawing notes
  • Rich text editing
  • Smart organization (pinning, color-coding)
  • Trash and recovery system
  • Flexible display views
  • Calendar and map integration
  • Reminders and instant search
Features
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Notes that stay on your iPhone. Write them, sketch them, lock them behind Face ID, and put them on your Home Screen. No account, no cloud, no ads, no in-app purchases and nothing to subscribe to. WRITE IT, OR DRAW IT Type a note, or sketch one with pen, marker and pencil — Apple Pencil or your finger, with adjustable width and color. Start a drawing over a photo from your library or straight from the camera. Undo and redo sit under the keyboard while you write. Check items off inside the text: a checklist line is part of the note rather than a separate list, and the box responds wherever you tap it. EVERYTHING WHERE YOU LEFT IT • Pin the notes that matter to the top • Color-code them, tag them, and filter by a tag in one tap • Search titles, bodies and tags at once • Compact, standard or detailed rows, remembered between launches • Deleted notes wait 30 days in the trash, and can be opened before you decide • On iPad the list and the note sit side by side, through rotation and Split View alike REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE Set a date and time on any note and it comes back as a notification — as a banner even when the app is already open, and tapping it opens that note rather than the list. If iOS will not schedule it, the app says so instead of losing it quietly. Notes with reminders also line up in a calendar view, by the day they are due. NOTES THAT REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE A note keeps the place it was written, and the map shows them all — notes made in the same spot share a pin. Useful for a trip, a viewing, a walk around a site, or anywhere the location is half of what you wrote down. LOCKED IS LOCKED • Lock any note behind Face ID or Touch ID • The notes file is unreadable while the device is locked • An unlocked note is covered before iOS takes its app-switcher snapshot • A locked note's reminder reaches the Lock Screen without its title or its text • Search does not look inside a locked note ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets show your most recent notes, pinned first — and tapping one opens that note, not the list. All three Lock Screen shapes are there too: the newest note as a line, as a title with a line of text, or just how many notes there are. A locked note shows its padlock and nothing else, in every size. Ask Siri to create a note, or put it in a Shortcut. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Every icon-only control is labeled for VoiceOver, and a note's row is announced as one thing rather than as the seven pieces it is drawn from. A checklist line says whether it is checked. Text follows your Dynamic Type size, including the checkbox and the area you tap to check it. The unlock button shows the method your device actually offers. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS • No ads • No in-app purchases, no subscription • No account, no sign-in, no cloud, no data collected • Works completely offline • Back up and restore everything as a single file • English and Czech • iPhone and iPad Just your notes. Nothing else.

About

ScanSimple

Features
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No accounts. No subscriptions you forget about. No 40 buttons you don't need. Point your phone at a letter, a receipt, or a form. ScanSimple turns it into a clean PDF you can email to anyone. That's the whole app. MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE APPS - One big Scan button. That's the home screen. - Large text and large buttons throughout - Every button says what it does, in words - Works completely offline YOUR DOCUMENTS STAY ON YOUR PHONE Nothing is uploaded. There is no cloud, no account, no sign-in. Your files appear in the Files app on your iPhone, so they are yours to move or back up however you like. WHAT IT DOES - Scans one page or fifty, and finds the edges for you - Makes searchable PDFs, so you can find text inside a scan later - Find any word in any scan, even words inside the picture — free, always - Add pages from your photo library or from another PDF - Email, message, print, or save to Files - Rename anything, delete anything, no questions about why FAIR AND CLEAR Scan as much as you like for free, forever. Sharing your first 3 documents is free too. After that, ScanSimple Forever is a single payment. Not a subscription. Not weekly, not monthly, not ever again. Paying also unlocks folders, so you can keep bills, letters and receipts apart. Folders you have already made stay yours even if you never pay again. There is a yearly option if you would rather pay less up front, but the one-time unlock is the point. There is no free trial that quietly turns into a charge. You see the price, you decide. No watermarks. Not ever. Questions? support@gainifyapps.com — a real person answers. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gainifyapps.com/legal/privacy/

Screenshots

J4 screens
ScanSimple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: J at none against ScanSimple's 2. 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. ScanSimple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. J asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
J versus ScanSimple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJScanSimple
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert LibsanskyBjorn Dunkel

In-app purchases

None

J

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ScanSimple

Subscriptions1
  • ScanSimple Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • ScanSimple Forever Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is J free?
J is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanSimple free?
ScanSimple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do J or ScanSimple have ads?
Neither J nor ScanSimple shows ads.

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