Mercury Shop vs Basic Logs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mercury Shop
This app streamlines price tag creation and management for retail environments. It allows for bulk import of goods, custom parameter settings, and barcode scanning for quick tag replacement. Users can choose from various label templates or create their own.
- Bulk goods import via Excel
- Customizable price and parameters
- Barcode scanning for item search
- Variety of label templates
- Simplified price tag operations
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Mercury Shop - Offers Complete Solution for Price Tags Use Scenarios: - Retail stores scan and search goods then print in simple way - Chain supermarkets manage price tags more flexible, save time and cost Functions: - Excel import all goods, add goods in bulk - Add parameters, custom price easily - Scan barcode to search goods, replace tag fast Main Features: - Easy to use - Simplify operations, make price tags more convenient - Various label templates in different designs - Get common templates or custom templates easily
Basic Logs
Easily track anything with customizable logs for food, habits, budgeting, and more. Visualize data with charts and statistics, and use shortcuts for automatic entry. Collaborate with others and store data locally or in iCloud.
- Customizable log types (text, numbers, currency, duration)
- Data visualization (charts, statistics, calendar)
- Entry tagging and flagging
- Quick entry duplication
- Location, NFC, and task-based shortcuts
- Log sharing and collaboration
- Local and optional iCloud data storage
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Basic Logs makes it quick and easy to track anything of interest to you. From food diaries to habit streaks to budgeting to time spent on activities. Simply create a log, add entries, and get insights with just a few taps. • Text, numbers, currencies, durations, notes, tags, flags. Use one or all of them. No setup required. • Browse entries in a list, visualize them in a calendar, or analyze them with charts and statistics. • Track hours and minutes, or whole days. • Flag entries of significance, tag entries to categorize them. • Add similar entries again with a quick swipe. • Easily search and filter entries and get all information of a particular moment. • Shortcuts! Automatically add an entry whenever you arrive at a location, tap an NFC tag, or complete a task in another app. The possibilities are endless. • Share logs and collaborate with friends and family. • No account creation. All data is stored locally on your device and, optionally, in your iCloud. And this is just the beginning. Basic Logs will only become richer in functionality while remaining simple and easy to use. I hope you’ll get as much joy and use out of this app as I do every single day. Happy logging!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Logs at every 2 months against Mercury Shop's every 8 months. Basic Logs also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Mercury Shop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mercury Shop against 5.0 for Basic Logs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Mercury Shop ships an update every 8 months, Basic Logs every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Mercury Shop | Basic Logs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai ThanMore Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Allan Juenemann |
Customer experience
Mercury Shop
Basic Logs
In-app purchases
Mercury Shop
No in-app purchases
Basic Logs
No in-app purchases









