Comparison

bCheck vs Pinlet

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

Head to head
About

bCheck

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app用于检查设备的基本功能

About

Pinlet

This app allows you to pin short text snippets to your iPhone's Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as Live Activities. It can extract text from screenshots, supports manual input, and keeps a history of your pinned items. Your data is private by default, with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Pin text to Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
  • Extract text from screenshots
  • Manual text input up to 120 characters
  • History of pinned text with favorites
  • Quick Input and Shortcuts integration
  • Private by default, no ads or analytics
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Keep what matters right where you can see it. Pinlet turns a short piece of text into a Live Activity, so it can stay visible on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen while you move through your day. Add a deadline, a pickup code, a short intention, or anything else you do not want to lose in a list. PULL TEXT FROM ANY SCREENSHOT Circle any part of a screenshot or photo and Pinlet reads the text for you. Fine-tune the result word by word or character by character, then pin exactly what you need — no retyping. WRITE AND PIN Enter up to 120 characters and pin them in one tap. Update the text whenever the important thing changes, or unpin it when you are done. STAY VISIBLE On supported iPhone models, pinned text appears on Dynamic Island. It also appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. iOS controls Live Activity availability and may end an activity according to system policy. START FROM ANYWHERE Long-press the Pinlet icon for Quick Input, or use Shortcuts to pin text, unpin, or open a screenshot in Pinlet from anywhere on your phone. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERED Pinlet keeps a history of successfully pinned text. Mark useful entries as favorites, reuse them as a new draft, delete individual entries, or automatically clean up older nonfavorite history. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your content and any text recognition happen on your iPhone by default. Pinlet has no account system, advertising, third-party analytics, or custom server. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC If you choose to enable iCloud sync, your history, favorites, and recent activity times are stored in your private CloudKit database and synced to devices using the same Apple Account. iCloud sync is off by default. Requires iOS 17 or later. Pinlet is designed for iPhone.

Screenshots

bCheck4 screens
Pinlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: bCheck at none against Pinlet's 1. bCheck also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Pinlet's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads 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. Pinlet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bCheck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bCheck ships an update monthly, Pinlet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
bCheck versus Pinlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbCheckPinlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓斌 刘文峰 黄

In-app purchases

None

bCheck

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pinlet

One-time1
  • Coffee$1.99

Questions

Is bCheck free?
bCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinlet free?
Pinlet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do bCheck or Pinlet have ads?
Neither bCheck nor Pinlet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bCheck or Pinlet?
bCheck ships an update monthly, and Pinlet weekly. Most recently, bCheck was updated on October 14, 2026 and Pinlet on October 25, 2026.

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