Comparison

Quick Scan vs Anniversary

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

Head to head
About

Quick Scan

This tool quickly scans and redirects QR codes to their corresponding apps, streamlining your digital interactions. It intelligently recognizes various code types, from payments to bike-sharing, offering a seamless experience with just one tap.

Highlights
  • Lightning-fast QR code scanning
  • Comprehensive app recognition
  • Direct redirection to apps
  • Customizable link rules
  • Machine learning technology
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Quick Scan is an intelligent QR code scanning and redirection tool. It swiftly recognizes various types of QR codes and directly opens the corresponding apps, saving you the hassle of switching between different applications. Whether it's a payment code, a menu QR code, or a bike-sharing code, Quick Scan can identify and redirect with just one tap, making your QR code experience smooth and effortless. ## Lightning-Fast Scanning Utilizing machine learning technology, Quick Scan achieves second-level recognition and precise decoding, quickly opening the corresponding app. ## Comprehensive Recognition Supports redirection to commonly used apps including WeChat, Alipay, Taobao, TikTok, Meituan, Zhihu, JD, QQ, Weibo, UnionPay, Baidu, and more. ## Customization Support Users can customize link redirection rules and configure specific redirection types according to their preferences. Thank you for using Quick Scan.

About

Anniversary

This app provides gentle, handwritten reminders for important dates like birthdays and anniversaries. It features unique ink illustrations for each person and offers a "Relationship Receipt" to track interactions. Widgets display upcoming events without unlocking your device.

Highlights
  • Handwritten date reminders
  • Personalized ink illustrations
  • Solar and lunar calendar support
  • Contact log for interactions
  • Monthly relationship receipts
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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A gentle reminder app for the people who matter, and the days worth remembering. Not another to-do list. Every person gets a hand-drawn card that lights up when their day comes. Solar and lunar, both accurate Your mom's lunar birthday, a memorial day, the number of days you have been together. Set it once and get reminded every year. Lunar dates support leap months and show alongside solar dates. Custom repeat intervals Beyond daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, set your own gap: every 40 days, every 100 days, anything from 2 to 365. Perfect for check-ups, prescription refills, watering plants, pet treatments, or simply reaching out to someone on your own rhythm. Advance reminders Get a heads-up 1 to 30 days early, at the time of day you choose. A week before a birthday to shop for a gift, three days before a payment to set money aside. No more remembering on the day itself. Holiday countdowns 24 built-in holidays including Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Mother's Day and Lunar New Year, each with the days left calculated for you. Filter by Chinese or international, sort by date, and open any holiday as a full-screen card you can share as an image. Hand-drawn cards 15 ink-style illustrations to match each person or mood. Family, friends, partners, pets. No cold lists. Widgets Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets show what is coming up, so you remember without opening the app. Calendar sync Choose per reminder whether it appears in your system calendar. Edits and deletions update the calendar automatically, and the event links straight back to the app. Lunar reminders are added at their next occurrence, leap months included. Contact log Keep track of meetups, calls and messages. The app quietly shows you which friends you have not reached out to in a while. Monthly relationship recap At the end of each month, get a shareable recap of who you spent time with and who deserves a call back. Pro Unlimited reminders and contact logs, custom repeat intervals, widgets, past recaps and iCloud sync across devices, whenever you need them. Advance reminders and calendar sync are free. Privacy first No accounts, no data collection. iCloud sync uses your own iCloud storage. Privacy Policy: https://softminilabs.github.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quick Scan3 screens
Anniversary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Anniversary at 100% against Quick Scan's 33%. Anniversary also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Quick Scan's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Anniversary is free to download; Quick Scan costs $1.99 up front. Quick Scan sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Anniversary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anniversary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Quick Scan's written reviews are positive against 100% of Anniversary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Scan ships an update weekly, Anniversary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick Scan versus Anniversary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick ScanAnniversary
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer庆贤 曾婉 唐

Customer experience

Quick Scan

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Anniversary

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quick Scan

One-time3
  • Bubble Gum Support$0.99
  • Ice Cold Cola Tip$2.99
  • Coffee Support$5.99
3 purchases

Anniversary

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Quick Scan free?
Quick Scan costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Anniversary free?
Anniversary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Scan or Anniversary?
Anniversary is rated higher. Quick Scan averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Anniversary averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Quick Scan or Anniversary have ads?
Neither Quick Scan nor Anniversary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Scan or Anniversary?
Quick Scan ships an update weekly, and Anniversary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Quick Scan was updated on October 30, 2026 and Anniversary on November 10, 2026.

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