Open Scanner vs Project Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Scanner
Transform your device into a powerful document scanner. Quickly capture papers, automatically recognize text, and organize your scans with AI-powered features. Seamlessly share and edit your documents in various formats.
- Automatic text recognition (OCR)
- Automatic document naming
- Location-based tagging
- Add saved signatures
- Organize and re-order pages
- iCloud sync
- Annotate and edit scans
- Export as PDF
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Open Scanner is a fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow: - Automatic text recognition to build page transcript - Automatic document naming - Scans are tagged by your current location - Add signatures saved on your other devices - Native Vision Pro support - Keep your scanned documents in the Open Scanner library - Organize and re-order scanned document pages - iCloud syncs your library to all your devices - Annotate and edit your scans - Use Apple Pencil to mark up scans on iPad - Easy sharing and export of scanned documents as PDF - 100% native iOS app, with no third-party accounts necessary
Project Tracker
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SET UP IN SECONDS Paste your course's deadlines email or handbook page as it is. Apple Intelligence picks out every stage, date and weighting and writes the tasks, privately on your device. No Apple Intelligence? Each line with a date still becomes a stage, or start from a template. STAY ON TRACK • See what's next, what's in progress and what's overdue • Tick off tasks; a stage is done when its tasks are • Set a personal target a few days before each deadline • Get reminders on the days and times you choose • Check progress from a home-screen widget WHEN DEADLINES CHANGE Paste the new email. Dates update, new stages are added, and your ticked tasks stay ticked. You can also edit any stage by hand. ALSO • Notes and PDFs for each stage • A library for papers and links • Several projects at once • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac PRIVATE No account, no ads, no tracking. Your projects stay in your own iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Project Tracker at 3 against Open Scanner's 1. On price, update cadence, 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.
Open Scanner ships an update every 10 days, Project Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Scanner | Project Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (205 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pencil Research | Kaviseshan Lavakumar |
In-app purchases
Open Scanner
No in-app purchases
Project Tracker
No in-app purchases









