Comparison

ScanMe vs Buckets

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

Head to head
About

ScanMe

This app quickly scans and creates QR and barcodes, offering fast price matching and instant action triggers for URLs, contacts, and more. It prioritizes privacy with on-device processing and allows for easy sharing and saving of generated codes.

Highlights
  • Ultra-fast code scanning
  • Decodes QR and commercial barcodes
  • Intelligent auto-focus and flashlight support
  • Instant action triggers for scanned data
  • Fast custom QR code creator
  • Local, secure, and offline-first processing
Features
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Scan QR codes and barcodes in milliseconds with a private, reliable tool for everyday tasks. ScanMe keeps your data on your iPhone, so you can scan, create, and share with confidence—even when you’re offline. • Open links, menus, Wi-Fi details, contacts, emails, messages, and locations instantly • Read popular QR and commercial barcode formats, including UPC and EAN • Scan clearly in dim lighting with autofocus and a built-in flashlight • Create QR codes for websites, Wi-Fi networks, text, and social profiles • Save, organize, and share codes whenever you need them Point your camera at a code and ScanMe identifies it quickly. Results are ready for the next action, whether you want to open a website, connect to Wi-Fi, save contact details, or compare a product price. You can also create a custom QR code in seconds, save it to your device, or share it directly. Scans, code creation, and history are processed on-device without requiring external server sync. ScanMe is made for shoppers, travelers, students, small businesses, and anyone who needs a dependable QR code reader, barcode scanner, or QR code creator. Download ScanMe for fast, private scanning wherever your day takes you.

About

Buckets

This app helps you manage your time by setting weekly intentions for different life areas. It allows you to block out time, run focus sessions, and confirm actual time spent, ensuring your week reflects your priorities. All data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • Set weekly intentions for life areas
  • Block time on your calendar
  • Run focus sessions with a timer
  • Confirm actual time spent
  • Calendar mirroring
  • Health app integration for workouts
  • Data export to JSON
Features
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Where does your week actually go? Buckets holds the parts of your life that matter, work, movement, sleep, family, and gives each one a weekly intention: how much time you actually want to pour in. Then it helps you protect that time before the week gets noisy. HOW IT WORKS Bucket. One area of your life, with a weekly intention. Work. Movement. Sleep. Family. Study. Faith. Whatever yours are. Block. You protect time for a Bucket by placing a Block on your calendar, in advance. A promise made to yourself while the week is still quiet. Session. When the Block arrives you start a focus session, and the timer runs. Work, move, rest, read. The session just holds the time. Pour. When you finish you confirm what actually happened, and only then does it pour into the Bucket. A Pour is never recorded without you. That last part is the whole point. Buckets does not watch you, guess at you, or fill itself in behind your back. Your week is only as full as you say it is, which is what makes the number worth looking at. YOUR WEEK, IN ONE PLACE Vessels for each Bucket that fill as the week goes on A plan timeline where you drag a Bucket onto the day to protect time Your existing calendar shown alongside, so open space stays honest Widgets for today's plan, one Bucket's ring, and how the week is filling A Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the running session Morning and evening moments, a daily reflection, and a weekly close Shortcuts for starting and finishing a session by voice ON YOUR DEVICE, AND NOWHERE ELSE No account. No sign up. No server. Every Bucket, Block, Session and Pour lives in the app's own database on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is sold, nothing leaves the device unless you choose to connect your calendar or Health. FREE, AND PRO Free holds one Bucket, with the full day, sessions, reflections, and every Pour you ever confirm. Buckets Pro holds as many Buckets as your life has parts, plus repeating Blocks, calendar mirroring, workouts that arrive ready to pour from Health, and export of every confirmed Pour as plain readable JSON. Built by one person, in Swift, for iPhone on iOS 18 and later. SUBSCRIPTION Buckets Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Buckets Pro (Yearly): $39.99 per year, with a 1 week free trial for new subscribers. Buckets Pro (Monthly): $6.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you take the free trial, any unused portion of it is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

ScanMe4 screens
Buckets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Buckets at none against ScanMe's shown. Buckets also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. ScanMe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Buckets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScanMe against 5.0 for Buckets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ScanMe versus Buckets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanMeBuckets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPuzzle Mania StudioRami Salameh

Customer experience

ScanMe

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Buckets

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ScanMe

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium$12.99
2 purchases

Buckets

Subscriptions2
  • Buckets Pro$6.991 Month
  • Buckets Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ScanMe free?
ScanMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buckets free?
Buckets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScanMe or Buckets?
ScanMe and Buckets are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do ScanMe or Buckets have ads?
ScanMe shows ads; Buckets does not.

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