Comparison

Scan Text vs Wall Panel for HA

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

Head to head
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Scan Text

Features
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Turn images into editable text in seconds. β€’ Scan documents using camera or photos β€’ High-accuracy OCR recognition β€’ Select, copy, and edit text easily β€’ No scan limits Privacy Policy: https://toolxu.cn/scan-text/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use:https://toolxu.cn/scan-text/terms-of-use.html

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Wall Panel for HA

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Turn an old iPhone or iPad into a wall panel for your Home Assistant. Wall Panel for HA shows your dashboard full screen, dims it when nobody is around, and wakes it the moment someone walks up β€” and does nothing else. FULL SCREEN, ALWAYS ON No browser bars and no status bar, and the screen never locks while the panel is open. You stay signed in to Home Assistant, just as in a browser. DIMS WHEN IDLE After a minute without a touch the screen fades almost to dark, and your own brightness comes back when it wakes. The touch that wakes it only wakes it β€” it never presses a button on your dashboard by accident. Choose how long to wait and how dim to go. Or let it go fully black: on OLED screens black pixels give no light, so the panel looks switched off until someone comes near. WAKES ON MOTION Optionally, the front camera watches for movement while the screen is dimmed and brightens it when someone comes near. Frames are compared on the device a few times a second and never saved or sent anywhere. The camera is off whenever the screen is lit. WAKES ON A SENSOR Or let Home Assistant do it: enter an entity β€” a motion sensor in the hall, a door contact β€” and the screen lights up the moment it turns on, and stays lit while it keeps triggering. It uses the panel's own sign-in, so there is no token to create. LOOKS AFTER ITSELF If the Wi-Fi drops, the panel reloads by itself when it comes back. Use Guided Access to keep the panel on screen for good. SMALL ON PURPOSE One settings screen: your Home Assistant address, when to dim, how dim, and how to wake. Hold two fingers on the screen for three seconds to open it. No accounts, no ads, no analytics. The app talks only to your own Home Assistant. Wall Panel for HA is an independent app, not made or endorsed by Home Assistant or Nabu Casa. Home Assistant is a trademark of Nabu Casa, Inc.

Screenshots

Scan Text2 screens
Wall Panel for HA2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wall Panel for HA at daily against Scan Text's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan Text ships an update fortnightly, Wall Panel for HA daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Scan Text versus Wall Panel for HA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan TextWall Panel for HA
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1716.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志勇 徐Radoslaw Przybyl

In-app purchases

None

Scan Text

No in-app purchases

None

Wall Panel for HA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan Text free?
Scan Text is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wall Panel for HA free?
Wall Panel for HA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scan Text or Wall Panel for HA have ads?
Neither Scan Text nor Wall Panel for HA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scan Text or Wall Panel for HA?
Scan Text ships an update fortnightly, and Wall Panel for HA daily. Most recently, Scan Text was updated on October 5, 2026 and Wall Panel for HA on October 29, 2026.

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