Comparison

QR Pocket vs Pad Notes AI

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

Head to head
About

QR Pocket

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QR Pocket lets you quickly generate beautiful QR codes right on your iPhone and iPad, so you can quickly share text and links to people around you with ease. Or you can use the app to make a nice QR image for a promotion banner, bank account, public WIFI, or whatever. QR Pocket can also extract information from a photo from your Library, or a JPG/PNG file from your file system. So when you receive a QR image file, let the app tell you what's inside the code.

About

Pad Notes AI

Features
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Pad Notes AI brings handwriting, typed notes, PDF annotation and a note-focused AI assistant into one workspace on iPhone, iPad and Mac. WRITE AND CREATE Write with Apple Pencil on compatible iPads or draw with touch. Adjust ink and stroke size, highlight, add text and images, and hold a stroke to turn it into an editable shape. Erase whole strokes or just part of them. MAKE EACH NOTEBOOK YOURS Choose from 15 cover styles, 19 page templates and 12 paper colors. Use ruled, dotted, grid, Cornell, planner, music and reading journal pages. Organize notebooks in folders, pin favorites, search your notes, and import or export PDFs. WORK WITH YOUR NOTES Record audio, use transcription and translation, and ask the assistant to summarize, explain or create study questions from selected pages. Apple on-device AI requires a supported device with Apple Intelligence available. Online AI requires your own provider API key and an internet connection. The basic offline mode extracts text and keywords using rules. Start with up to 20 notebooks for free. A one-time lifetime purchase unlocks unlimited notebooks. iCloud sync uses your device's Apple Account and requires iCloud to be available.

Screenshots

QR Pocket2 screens
Pad Notes AI2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pad Notes AI at Free against QR Pocket's $0.99. Pad Notes AI also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). QR Pocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Pad Notes AI is free to download; QR Pocket costs $0.99 up front. Pad Notes AI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. QR Pocket asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QR Pocket ships an update every 2 months, Pad Notes AI daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
QR Pocket versus Pad Notes AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQR PocketPad Notes AI
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB685 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuy DaoHung Tien Pham

In-app purchases

None

QR Pocket

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pad Notes AI

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99

Questions

Is QR Pocket free?
QR Pocket costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pad Notes AI free?
Pad Notes AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QR Pocket or Pad Notes AI have ads?
Neither QR Pocket nor Pad Notes AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QR Pocket or Pad Notes AI?
QR Pocket ships an update every 2 months, and Pad Notes AI daily. Most recently, QR Pocket was updated on October 4, 2026 and Pad Notes AI on October 25, 2026.

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