Comparison

FastScanner vs Wrist Recorder Notes

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

Head to head
About

FastScanner

Transform your phone into a portable scanner. Quickly capture documents, notes, and IDs, then convert them to PDF, Markdown, JPG, or TXT. Features include OCR, smart filters, and privacy tools for secure document management.

Highlights
  • High-quality scans with auto-edge detection
  • OCR text recognition
  • ID and card scanning
  • Privacy tools (encryption, watermarks)
  • Smart file management
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, TXT, JPG, Markdown)
Features
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Fast Scanner— Your All-in-One Mobile Scanner Turn your phone into a portable scanner and document hub. Scan contracts, notes, receipts, IDs, or textbooks in seconds, and export them as PDF, Markdown, JPG, or TXT. Main features: - High-quality scans with auto-edge detection and smart filters. - OCR text recognition for printed and handwritten text in multiple languages. - ID and card scanning with 1:1 reproduction and instant printing. - Privacy tools: encryption, watermarks, and digital signatures. - Smart file management: folders, tags, and quick search. - Format conversion: PDF, Markdown, TXT, JPG. - Wireless printing support. Typical use cases: - Business: scan and share contracts, reports, and presentations. - Education: organize notes and create searchable digital study materials. - Everyday life: archive receipts, coupons, and personal documents. - Travel: keep offline copies of passports, tickets, and itineraries. Fast Scanner makes scanning faster, smarter, and safer.

About

Wrist Recorder Notes

Features
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Wrist Recorder puts a voice recorder on your wrist. Tap a complication on your watch face and start talking. Your note is saved on Apple Watch, sent to your iPhone, and transcribed automatically. RECORD FROM YOUR WATCH FACE • New Recording complication: one tap opens the recorder and starts recording. • Add to Latest complication: keep talking into your most recent note. • Record on Apple Watch even when your iPhone isn't nearby. Notes are sent over when it's back in range. • Play a note back, add to it, or delete it right on your watch. TRANSCRIBED ON YOUR IPHONE • Every note is transcribed as soon as it reaches your iPhone, with no need to open it first. • Add more to a note later and the whole note is transcribed again. • Scrub to any moment in a note, or skip back and forward 15 seconds. • Select and copy any part of a transcript, or share it. • Share a note's audio as a single sound file, even if you added to it later. ORGANIZED WITH CATEGORIES • Sixteen color-coded categories to start, from Work and Personal to Lists, Reminders, Ideas, and Meetings. • Pick a category while you record, on iPhone or Apple Watch, or change it later. • Hide the categories you don't want to see, like Work on the weekend. • Add, rename, recolor, and reorder categories in Settings. EASY TO FIND • Newest notes at the top, each with its category, length, and a one-line preview of what you said. • Search names and transcripts, with every match highlighted when you open the note. • Rename a note with a swipe, or by pressing and holding its title. The new name shows on your watch too. • An icon shows whether each note was recorded on iPhone or Apple Watch. • Select several notes to share their transcripts or audio, or delete them together. SYNC YOUR WAY • Sync deletions between iPhone and Apple Watch, or keep each device's notes separate. • Copy notes recorded on iPhone to your watch to play them on the go. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking. • Recordings and transcripts stay on your iPhone and Apple Watch. • Transcription uses Apple's speech recognition, on your iPhone when it's supported. Requires iOS 17 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10 or later.

Screenshots

FastScanner4 screens
Wrist Recorder Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wrist Recorder Notes at none against FastScanner's shown. Wrist Recorder Notes also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FastScanner ships an update every 2 weeks, Wrist Recorder Notes daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FastScanner versus Wrist Recorder Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastScannerWrist Recorder Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer静 樊Savi Solutions

In-app purchases

None

FastScanner

No in-app purchases

None

Wrist Recorder Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FastScanner free?
FastScanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wrist Recorder Notes free?
Wrist Recorder Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FastScanner or Wrist Recorder Notes have ads?
FastScanner shows ads; Wrist Recorder Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, FastScanner or Wrist Recorder Notes?
FastScanner ships an update every 2 weeks, and Wrist Recorder Notes daily. Most recently, FastScanner was updated on October 16, 2026 and Wrist Recorder Notes on October 9, 2026.

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