Karavan vs Scan Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karavan
Visually organize projects with customizable Kanban boards. Break down tasks, attach files, and track progress with features like subtasks and a built-in Pomodoro timer. Syncs automatically across devices and works offline.
- Customizable Kanban boards
- Subtasks and checklists
- File attachments with Quick Look
- Up Next view for urgent tasks
- Undo/Redo with change log
- Built-in Pomodoro timer
- Automatic offline sync
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Organize projects visually with Karavan – a native Kanban board app with automatic sync. Key Features • Flexible Kanban boards with customizable columns and swimlanes • Eisenhower Matrix – not sure what to tackle first? Switch any board to a 2×2 priority grid, drag tasks by effort and impact, and preview every change before it's applied – priorities you've set by hand are never silently overwritten • Subtasks – break any task into a checklist, track progress right on the card, and let Karavan suggest moving a task to Finished once everything's checked off • Attachments – attach photos and files to any task, and preview them with Quick Look • Up Next – see your most urgent and high-priority tasks across every project in one place, and jump straight to the board • Undo & Redo, plus a full Change Log of every change with one-tap revert • Powerful search – find any task instantly; it scrolls into view and highlights itself so you never lose track • Custom notification time per task, independent of its due date • Task priorities, due dates, auto-archive, and overdue/due-soon warnings • Configurable Finished Columns – decide exactly which columns count as done, not just the last one • Board templates – use the built-ins, customize them to fit your workflow, or build your own from scratch • Custom Project Icons – drag your own photo onto a project, or pick one from Photos or Files, and it replaces the icon everywhere the project shows up • Pin your favorite projects and give each one its own color for quick recognition • Customizable task types – 19 built-in types or create your own with custom colors and icons from the full SF Symbols library (6,900+ icons) • Built-in Pomodoro timer – start a Focus Session with a tap; the timer appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Markdown support in task descriptions with live preview • Per-board filters and sorting that persist across sessions • Drag and drop, swipe between columns, and reorder with a tap – navigate your board however feels natural • Automatic sync across all your devices – works offline, syncs when you're back online Perfect For: Software developers, event planners, homeowners, students, and anyone who wants visual project management without the complexity. Questions, feedback, or suggestions? Feel free to email us at Karavan@heckel.tech – we'd love to hear from you!
Scan Calendar
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Scan Calendar makes it easy to turn paper event calendars into real events on your phone. Have a paper calendar, flyer, monthly event sheet, school schedule, library activity page, or printed program? Instead of typing every event by hand, just take a photo. Scan Calendar reads the event paper, extracts the events, sorts them by date, and shows them in a simple list for you to review. With just a tap, you can choose the events you want and add them to your calendar. No more manual typing. No more switching back and forth between paper and your phone. No more hassle entering dates, times, and titles one by one. **How it works** * Take a photo of the event paper * Scan Calendar detects and extracts the events * Events are organized by individual date * Review the list * Tap to add selected events to your calendar **Key Features** * Scan printed event calendars with your camera * Extract events from paper quickly * Automatically sort events by date * Review before adding * Choose only the events you want * Add events to your calendar with one tap * Simple, fast, and easy to use Whether it is a school calendar, community event flyer, church program, library schedule, club calendar, or family event sheet, Scan Calendar helps you save time and avoid typing everything manually. It has never been easier to go from paper calendar to phone calendar. Take a photo. Review the events. Tap once to add.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Karavan at none against Scan Calendar's 1. Scan Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). 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
Both are free to download. Scan Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Karavan asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Karavan | Scan Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Heckel | Alteru Inc. |
In-app purchases
Karavan
No in-app purchases
Scan Calendar
- Scan Calendar App Purchase$4.99





