BigContact vs Receipt Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Large customizable font size
- One-tap favorite contacts
- Call and email initiation
- Contact search by keyword
- Contact grouping
- Initial search
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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.
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.
- OCR scanning of receipts
- Copy and paste extracted text
- Input into accounting apps
- Expense tracking assistant
- Household account management
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BigContact ships an update every 9 days, Receipt Camera daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BigContact | Receipt Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | aguuu Inc. | Koji Watanabe |
Customer experience
BigContact
Receipt Camera
In-app purchases
BigContact
No in-app purchases
Receipt Camera
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BigContact free?
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Do BigContact or Receipt Camera have ads?
Which is updated more often, BigContact or Receipt Camera?
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