Comparison

Alarm Scan vs LineScale

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

Head to head
About

Alarm Scan

This app helps heavy sleepers wake up by requiring physical actions like scanning barcodes or solving challenges to turn off alarms. It offers multiple backup alarm layers and anti-cheat technology to ensure you get out of bed.

Highlights
  • Scan specific barcodes or QR codes to disable alarms
  • Multiple backup alarm layers
  • Adjustable Low Visibility Challenge
  • Anti-cheat technology
  • Customizable backup alarm timing
  • Ad-free experience for pro users
Features
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Are you a heavy sleeper who has tried every alarm clock app on the market? Alarm Scan is the ultimate accountability tool designed to force you out of bed through physical movement and cognitive missions. Key Features: The Scan Mission: Lock your alarm until you scan a specific barcode or a generated QR code located far from your bed. Use your toothpaste, coffee bag, or shampoo as the key to silence. Multiple Backup Alarms: Set layers of protection. If the first alarm doesn't wake you, our backup systems ensure you never oversleep an important meeting again. The Fail-Safe Backup Plan: If you can’t reach your QR code, choose your path out: solve our adjustable Low Visibility Challenge or completely turn off the backup plan. Anti-Cheat Technology: Once the alarms are set via our app, it will keep ringing until you stop it from our app via scanning a QR/Barcode. Custom Backup Options: Our pro users also get access to editing the time between each backup alarm and number of alarms to trigger along with an ad-free app for the lifetime. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/alarm-scan/privacy-policy

About

LineScale

Features
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LineScale-3 App is the official iPhone companion app for the LineGrip LineScale-3 Bluetooth Load Cell. Connect up to four devices simultaneously and monitor live force values, peak loads, battery status, and alarms in real time. The single-device Dashboard and the Multiplex Dashboard give you a clear overview of all device data at once. Record sessions as timestamped logs and export them as CSV and PNG files. Use the Plan feature to place measurement points on a site photo and link them to live devices. The Calculations screen combines multiple devices with real-time math operations such as sum, difference, and average. Set independent alarms per device with custom thresholds and sounds - alerts fire in-app, via vibration, and as push notifications in the background. Use the Apple Watch integration to read values, configure alarms, and control recordings directly from your wrist. The Repeater feature streams live data via WiFi to other phones for remote monitoring. With the integrated Simulation-Mode you can fully test all App features without any LineScale connected by simulating data streams for up to 4 connected devices! Free extra benefit: the app runs fine on iPad, albeit in max. 2:1 (iPhone) aspect ratio with scarlet spacers to fill the screen. For the full featured & full screen iPad experience refer to our soon to be released dedicated iPad app with many extra features to make full use of the large iPad screens. All core features are included in the free version, without any bugging ads. In app purchase options (monthly, yearly, life-time): • Pro-Plan unlocks plan saving and calculations • Multi-Log unlocks parallel log recording of all devices • WiFi unlocks WiFi high speed LS3 connection, and Repeater sender mode • Apple Watch integration is included with any paid subscription Please check the In-App purchase section for more details. Requires a LineScale-3 Bluetooth load cell. Terms of Use (EULA): The standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Alarm Scan4 screens
LineScale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LineScale at 16.2 against Alarm Scan's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Alarm Scan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per month and LineScale sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Alarm Scan versus LineScale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm ScanLineScale
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaseem GulAndreas Riedrich

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alarm Scan

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads (Monthly)3 Days trial$1.491 Month
10 purchases

LineScale

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Plan – Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Multi-Log – Monthly$2.991 Month
  • WiFi – Monthly$2.991 Month
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  • Professional – Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Pro Plan – Yearly$11.991 Year
  • Multi-Log – Yearly$11.991 Year
  • WiFi – Yearly$11.991 Year
  • Professional – Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • WiFi – Lifetime$22.99
  • Professional – Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Alarm Scan free?
Alarm Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LineScale free?
LineScale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alarm Scan or LineScale have ads?
Neither Alarm Scan nor LineScale shows ads.

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