Comparison

Pinchos vs ScanProfile

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

Head to head
About

Pinchos

Manage your entire dining experience from your phone. Book tables, order food and drinks, and pay your bill. Participate in quizzes and join a guest club for rewards.

Highlights
  • Table booking
  • Food and drink ordering
  • Bill payment
  • Interactive quizzes
  • Guest club rewards
Features
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With the Pinchos app, you manage the entire restaurant experience right from your phone. Book a table, order food and drinks – and easily pay the bill at the end of your visit. Maybe you'd also like to challenge your company in a quiz? Last but not least – join our guest club The Society and start collecting rewards! Welcome to Pinchos.

About

ScanProfile

Features
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ScanProfile helps you understand what is in your food before you buy it. Scan a barcode, point the camera at an ingredient label, or paste a list manually. ScanProfile checks the ingredient list against your personal rules and flags ingredients you want to avoid. SCAN THREE WAYS - Barcode scanner: looks up products from Open Food Facts and checks the ingredient list. - Camera scan: reads printed ingredient labels using on-device OCR. - Manual entry: paste or type an ingredient list for immediate checking. MULTILINGUAL LABEL SCANNING The camera scan reads ingredient labels in Norwegian, English, Swedish, Danish, German, and Thai. Scan a label in any of these languages and ScanProfile checks it against your rules. The app interface is available in English and Norwegian. PERSONAL FOOD RULES Create profiles with different rules for yourself or family members. Choose built-in rule packages such as added sugar, sweeteners, gluten, lactose, and ultra-processed ingredient markers. You can also add your own personal avoid-list. NUTRITION AT A GLANCE Barcode scans and scanned nutrition labels can show a compact nutrition summary, including sugar, salt, protein, energy, and net carbs per 100 g where available. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ScanProfile has no account, no tracking, no ads, and no general scan history. Ingredient camera scans are processed on your device. Barcode lookups use Open Food Facts and send only the barcode number. ScanProfile PRO ScanProfile Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks more personalization, including more profiles, unlimited personal avoid-list entries, custom rule packages, import/export, and optional AI-assisted rule package creation. ScanProfile is not a medical or allergy safety tool. It helps you review ingredient labels based on your own selected rules, and shows warnings when product data or OCR text may be incomplete.

Screenshots

Pinchos4 screens
ScanProfile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pinchos at none against ScanProfile's 1. Pinchos also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. ScanProfile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pinchos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinchos ships an update every 3 weeks, ScanProfile fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pinchos versus ScanProfile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinchosScanProfile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPincho Nation ABKjetil Andersen

In-app purchases

None

Pinchos

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ScanProfile

One-time1
  • FoodScan Guard$2.99

Questions

Is Pinchos free?
Pinchos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanProfile free?
ScanProfile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pinchos or ScanProfile have ads?
Neither Pinchos nor ScanProfile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinchos or ScanProfile?
Pinchos ships an update every 3 weeks, and ScanProfile fortnightly. Most recently, Pinchos was updated on September 21, 2026 and ScanProfile on August 28, 2026.

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