Comparison

Dale vs Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Dale

This app helps you visualize your year's progress and count down to important events. It offers customizable widgets and smart notifications to ensure you never miss a milestone. Track birthdays, vacations, and more with a clean, privacy-focused interface.

Highlights
  • Year progress visualization
  • Event countdowns
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart notifications
  • Customizable color themes
  • Privacy-focused, local data storage
Features
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Make Every Day Count with Dale - The Minimalist Year Progress Tracker and Days Countdown App Track year progress like never before with Dale, a beautiful countdown app for iOS. See exactly how many days are left in the year and create event countdowns so you never miss what matters most. YEAR PROGRESS TRACKER Visualize your entire year with an elegant dot grid display Track year progress in real time with today highlighted See days completed and days remaining at a glance Year progress widget for your iPhone home screen Watch your year unfold day by day EVENT COUNTDOWN AND DAYS LEFT COUNTER Create countdowns for important dates Track birthdays, vacations, and anniversaries Days left calculator shows exactly how much time remains Track multiple countdowns at once Never forget important moments with reminders HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Year progress widget shows your annual journey Year countdown updates daily on your home screen Multiple widget sizes to match your style Customizable color themes SMART NOTIFICATIONS Countdown reminders when events finishes Get alerts so you never miss important dates CUSTOMIZATION 9 color palettes including Electric Blue, Neon Mint, and Purple Dream Customize year progress colors Personalize event countdown colors Premium themes with modern aesthetics Enhanced glow effect for today PREMIUM FEATURES Unlimited event countdowns (free users have limits) Advanced color customization with 9 premium themes Priority support Ad free experience One time purchase, yours forever WHY DALE Clean and minimal interface following iOS design guidelines Fast and lightweight countdown app Privacy focused, all data stored locally Seamless iOS widget integration Ideal for time management and goal tracking PERFECT FOR Year progress tracking and time awareness Birthday and anniversary countdowns Vacation and travel planning Retirement or graduation countdowns Project deadline tracking Goal setting and milestone tracking Life event planning POPULAR USES How many days left until my birthday Track my year progress Countdown to vacation Days until retirement Track project deadlines Anniversary countdown Dale transforms how you experience time. Whether tracking year progress to stay motivated or counting days until lifes biggest moments, Dale makes every day visible and meaningful. Download Dale now and start tracking your year with a beautiful countdown app for iOS. Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/view/daleapp/privacy Terms of Service - https://sites.google.com/view/daleapp/terms

About

Scanner

Features
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Scanner turns your iPhone into a powerful, pocket-sized scanner. Capture documents, ID cards, receipts, whiteboards, and photos in seconds — then save them as clean, high-quality PDFs or images you can share anywhere. Whether you're going paperless, filing an expense report, or digitizing important paperwork, Scanner makes it effortless. WHY YOU'LL LOVE SCANNER Fast, automatic scanning Point your camera and Scanner instantly detects the edges of your document, straightens the perspective, and captures a crisp, glare-free result. No tripod, no fuss. Professional-quality PDFs Every scan is enhanced for sharp, readable output. Combine multiple pages into a single PDF, reorder them, and export in the exact format you need. Smart OCR text recognition Extract text from any scan with built-in OCR. Copy, search, and reuse the words on your documents — turn a photo of a page into editable text in one tap. Scan more than documents ID cards, receipts, business cards, handwritten notes, book pages, and photos — if you can see it, you can scan it. Stay organized Sort your scans into folders, rename them, and find any file fast with search. Your scans are always neatly arranged and ready when you need them. Share in one tap Send scans by email or message, save to Files, or export to your favorite cloud storage. Sharing a polished PDF has never been easier. KEY FEATURES - Automatic edge detection and perspective correction - High-quality PDF and JPG export - Multi-page document scanning - Smart OCR text extraction - Scan IDs, receipts, cards, photos, and more - Color, grayscale, and black-and-white filters - Folders, renaming, and fast search - One-tap sharing to Mail, Messages, Files, and cloud services Download Scanner today and keep everything important with you — organized, digital, and always a tap away.

Screenshots

Dale4 screens
Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scanner at none against Dale's 1. Dale's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dale sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dale versus Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaleScanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSanjay PathakRoman Degtyarev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dale

One-time1
  • Dale Lifetime$3.99
None

Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dale free?
Dale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scanner free?
Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dale or Scanner have ads?
Neither Dale nor Scanner shows ads.

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