Comparison

BigContact vs Receipt Camera

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

Head to head
About

BigContact

This utility app enhances contact management with large, customizable text for easy viewing. It allows quick dialing, emailing, and access to frequently used contacts, along with search and grouping features.

Highlights
  • Large customizable font size
  • One-tap favorite contacts
  • Call and email initiation
  • Contact search by keyword
  • Contact grouping
  • Initial search
Features
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Your contacts, shown in text large enough to read at a glance. BigContact displays the contacts already on your iPhone in extra-large text. Choose from three text sizes. Made for anyone who finds small text hard to read, and for family members setting up a parent's iPhone. # Features - Favorites Save the people you call often and reach them with a single tap. - History Calls and emails you start in BigContact are kept as history, so you can reach the same person again with one tap. (Calls placed from the built-in Phone app are not recorded here.) - All Contacts Search by keyword to find the contact you are looking for. - Groups Sort your contacts into groups to keep a long list organized. - Index Search Browse contacts by the first letter or kana of the name. - Keypad Dial a number directly on a keypad with large buttons. (iPhone only) - Home Screen Widget Put a favorite on your Home Screen and reach them with a single tap, without opening the app. - Settings Pick one of three text sizes, and change the sort order and the name display order. # About contacts access BigContact reads all of the contacts from the built-in Contacts app, so it needs your permission to access them. What it reads stays on your device and is never sent to our servers.

About

Receipt Camera

Scan receipts and extract text for easy copy-pasting into accounting apps, spreadsheets, or personal finance tools. This free utility is ideal for managing household expenses or business expenditures.

Highlights
  • OCR scanning of receipts
  • Copy and paste extracted text
  • Input into accounting apps
  • Expense tracking assistant
  • Household account management
Features
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This is a free OCR scanning app, which lets you scan receipts and copy & paste the contents. Also recommended for inputting into accounting apps/software for household accounts/tax returns, etc. Simply scan the text on the receipt and copy & paste it into your household account book app, expense software, Excel, etc. You can use it as a receipt entry app for those who keep a household account, or as an assistant expense entry app for freelancers/self-employed/small business owners. *Internet connection is required.

Screenshots

BigContact4 screens
Receipt Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Receipt Camera at 100% against BigContact's 33%. Receipt Camera also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.5). BigContact's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BigContact ships an update every 9 days, Receipt Camera daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BigContact versus Receipt Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigContactReceipt Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeraguuu Inc.Koji Watanabe

Customer experience

BigContact

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Receipt Camera

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BigContact

No in-app purchases

None

Receipt Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BigContact free?
BigContact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Receipt Camera free?
Receipt Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BigContact or Receipt Camera have ads?
Both BigContact and Receipt Camera show ads.
Which is updated more often, BigContact or Receipt Camera?
BigContact ships an update every 9 days, and Receipt Camera daily. Most recently, BigContact was updated on October 29, 2026 and Receipt Camera on October 24, 2026.

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