Comparison

Blackout Prepper vs Tiny Room Scanner

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

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Blackout Prepper

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Blackout Prepper helps you prepare for power outages and other emergencies with supplies, maps, family planning and practical offline guides. Six clear sections organize the tools, with your preparedness score right on the home screen. ALERTS & COMMUNITY • Current alerts and practical response guides. • View and report power outages or fires on the original radar. Choose countries for community push notifications. • Public chat, direct messages and groups to connect with other users. SUPPLIES & PREPAREDNESS • Manage food, drinks, preserved food, medication and other essentials across multiple pantries. • Plan drinking water and calories for people and pets; track expiration dates and reminders. • Scan product barcodes, check supplies and hold and drag entries to sort them. • Checklists, emergency bag and vehicle preparation, plus a preparedness score. • Arrange the main menu and submenus to suit your needs. FAMILY & DOCUMENTS • Family profiles with blood type, allergies, medication and an emergency contact. • Create an offline medical QR code with the information you choose to include. • Store documents and photos on your device in an AES-GCM encrypted vault with a four-digit PIN, animated safe and recovery code. • Record and share family status manually; use a simple emergency guide for kids. • Create a household emergency plan with meeting points and locations of gas, water and electricity shutoffs. MAPS & NAVIGATION • Online maps, saved offline maps and topographic maps with contour lines. • Keep both standard and topographic offline maps and switch between them. • Save map markers and explore shelter information. • GPS backtracking: record a route while the GPS view remains open, follow your way back and export GPX. Matching maps already saved on your device are used automatically. • Barometer on devices with a pressure sensor. EMERGENCY TOOLS & GUIDES • 20 offline guides and step-by-step emergencies, including outages, flooding, storms, fire, heat and evacuation. • Emergency contacts and a location-based SOS message draft you confirm before sending. • CPR metronome, Morse code and SOS signals using the screen, sound and supported flashlight. • Emergency radio frequencies and support for compatible Meshtastic LoRa radios over local Wi-Fi: send text, status and location without cellular service or internet. A properly configured external radio is required. Offline tools require the relevant content to be saved in advance. Alerts, community reports, online maps and chat need internet. Family status is not automatic live tracking. This app does not replace official warnings or emergency services. New installations include a seven-day app trial, followed by monthly or annual subscription options. Local prices appear in App Store before purchase. Existing access and previous terms are retained. Manage subscriptions through App Store. Alternatively, lifetime access is available as a one-time purchase. The local price is displayed in App Store before purchase. Questions or suggestions? Send me a private message in the app chat. I usually respond the same day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goldapps.de/datenschutz/ CONNECT FAMILY & CLOUD • Your own account with email, a password of at least eight characters and email verification. Create a family or accept an invitation. • Choose to share supplies, profiles, status, contacts, home plans, saved GPS trails and selected documents. Optional automatic sync while the app is open and online; downloaded shared content remains available offline. • Separate personal cloud backup preserves existing local data. Offline map files stay on your phone. Health information is uploaded only with explicit consent.

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Tiny Room Scanner

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Capture entire rooms in seconds – with the LiDAR scanner on your iPhone or iPad. Ai LidarScanner uses Apple's RoomPlan technology to automatically detect walls, doors, windows, openings, and furniture. Your scan instantly becomes an interactive 3D model – including a to-scale floor plan and a complete list of measurements. • No subscriptions • No ads • No in-app purchases • No sign-up, no account • No cloud, no data collection – all scans stay on your device FEATURES • 3D model: Explore the scanned room – rotate and zoom freely. Tap individual elements to highlight them. • 2D floor plan: A clear top-down view of the room geometry – ideal for planning and documentation. • Measurement list: All dimensions neatly grouped by walls, openings, and furniture. • Automatic key figures: Floor area, perimeter, ceiling height, and volume are calculated instantly. • Show and hide: Toggle walls, openings, and furniture individually. USE CASES Perfect for apartment handovers, moving and furniture planning, renovations, on-site measurements, and quick room documentation. A NOTE ON HARDWARE Scanning requires a device with a LiDAR scanner (iPhone Pro starting with the iPhone 12 Pro, iPad Pro from 2020). Rooms you have already saved can be viewed and measured on any device.

Screenshots

Blackout Prepper4 screens
Tiny Room Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blackout Prepper at Free against Tiny Room Scanner's $0.99. Blackout Prepper also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). Tiny Room Scanner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Blackout Prepper is free to download; Tiny Room Scanner costs $0.99 up front. Blackout Prepper sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Tiny Room Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackout Prepper ships an update every 3 days, Tiny Room Scanner every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Blackout Prepper versus Tiny Room Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackout PrepperTiny Room Scanner
PriceFree — better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size281 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerchristian kohlerFelix Hunger

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Blackout Prepper

Subscriptions4
  • Zugang – monatlich$0.991 Month
  • Zugang - monatlich$2.991 Month
  • Zugang – jährlich$8.991 Year
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  • Zugang - jährlich$12.991 Year
One-time3
  • Werbung dauerhaft entfernen$4.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$12.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$22.99
None

Tiny Room Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blackout Prepper free?
Blackout Prepper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Room Scanner free?
Tiny Room Scanner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blackout Prepper or Tiny Room Scanner have ads?
Blackout Prepper shows ads; Tiny Room Scanner does not.
Which is updated more often, Blackout Prepper or Tiny Room Scanner?
Blackout Prepper ships an update every 3 days, and Tiny Room Scanner every 4 weeks. Most recently, Blackout Prepper was updated on October 18, 2026 and Tiny Room Scanner on October 10, 2026.

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