Comparison

Lock Screen Notes vs ShaamScanner

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Notes

This app transforms your iPhone lock screen into a dynamic reminder board. It displays notes, goals, and reminders every time you unlock your phone, ensuring you see your priorities without extra steps.

Highlights
  • Lock screen reminders
  • Goal and habit tracking
  • Quick note display
  • No widgets or notifications
  • Daily affirmations
  • To-do list visibility
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You forget things for one simple reason: you don’t see them. NoteWall fixes that. Every time you pick up your iPhone, you get a tiny chance to refocus. The average person checks their phone 498 times per day—that’s 498 chances to remember your goals, stop scrolling, and do what actually matters. NoteWall turns your lock screen into a personal reminder board. Add notes, reminders, goals, habits, or quotes, and they appear right on your lock screen. No widgets. No notifications. No extra steps. Just clear, simple notes you see every single time you wake your screen. Perfect for: Quick notes & reminders Daily goals and affirmations Habit tracking Motivation & focus To-do lists you won’t forget Pin your priorities where you’ll actually see them—on your lock screen. NoteWall unlocks full access with a subscription — no free trial, cancel anytime.

About

ShaamScanner

This app allows you to scan documents, receipts, and notes directly from your device. It offers on-device processing for enhanced privacy, with no network requests or cloud syncing. Easily export scans as searchable PDFs or images.

Highlights
  • On-device scanning and processing
  • Automatic edge detection
  • Perspective correction
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  • Searchable PDF export
  • Import from Photos
  • Page tuning and editing
Features
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ShaamScanner is a private document scanner for iPhone and iPad. Capture receipts, whiteboards, business cards, notes, forms, and multi-page documents with automatic edge detection and perspective correction — then keep every scan on your device. Unlike most scanning apps, ShaamScanner makes zero network requests. Scanning, image processing, text recognition, and PDF export all run on-device using Apple's VisionKit and Vision frameworks. There's no account to create, no cloud to sync to, and no analytics collecting data behind your back. The app literally has no networking code. WHAT IT DOES • Scan with your camera. VisionKit finds document edges in real time, auto-captures when the frame is steady, and handles multi-page stacks without missing a beat. • Import from Photos. Already took the picture? Pick any image and the app runs Apple's document segmentation to find the edges and apply perspective correction, turning a crooked phone photo into a clean page. • Read the text. Apple Vision extracts text from every page. Copy it, search your library by its content, or export a PDF where every word is selectable and indexable. • Export anywhere. Send a searchable PDF via Mail, Messages, Files, AirDrop — anywhere iOS's share sheet goes. Pages can also be shared as individual images. • Tune each page. Switch between Original, Color, Grayscale, and a high-contrast Black & White filter tuned for crisp text. Rotate, re-crop, and delete pages freely. • Search the whole library. The home screen search looks through document titles and every character of recognized text, so an old receipt is one tap away. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most scanning apps upload your documents "for processing." ShaamScanner doesn't upload anything. Every capability runs on your iPhone or iPad using Apple's built-in ML. That means: • No account. No login screen. Just open the app and scan. • No cloud. Your documents never leave your device. • No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No tracking. • No subscription. One purchase, all features. REQUIREMENTS iPhone or iPad running iOS / iPadOS 17.0 or later. Document scanning requires a rear-facing camera; photo import works on any device. PRIVACY ShaamScanner does not collect personal data. The camera and photo library are accessed only when you invoke them, and the content you capture stays on your device. Full privacy policy at shaamapps.com/shaamscanner/privacy.

Screenshots

Lock Screen Notes4 screens
ShaamScanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShaamScanner at 100% against Lock Screen Notes's 30%. ShaamScanner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Lock Screen Notes's advantage is ratings volume (109 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Lock Screen Notes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ShaamScanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShaamScanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lock Screen Notes has 109 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Lock Screen Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShaamScanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lock Screen Notes versus ShaamScanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen NotesShaamScanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (109 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings109 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarol BillikCrescent Mission LLC

Customer experience

Lock Screen Notes

All ratings109 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%

ShaamScanner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Lock Screen Notes

Subscriptions9
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
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  • Yearly discount$4.991 Year
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
  • Yearly$6.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly$14.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • NoteWall+ Yearly3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$5.99
None

ShaamScanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lock Screen Notes free?
Lock Screen Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShaamScanner free?
ShaamScanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lock Screen Notes or ShaamScanner?
ShaamScanner is rated higher. Lock Screen Notes averages 4.4 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while ShaamScanner averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lock Screen Notes or ShaamScanner have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Notes nor ShaamScanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lock Screen Notes or ShaamScanner?
Lock Screen Notes ships an update every 10 days, and ShaamScanner every 10 days. Most recently, Lock Screen Notes was updated on October 30, 2026 and ShaamScanner on October 31, 2026.

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