Comparison

Pantry for Nextcloud vs iSureType

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

Head to head
About

Pantry for Nextcloud

Features
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Pantry is a companion app for the Nextcloud Pantry server app. It lets you and your household members collaborate on shared checklists, a photo board, and a notes wall — all stored on your own Nextcloud server. * Checklists Create shopping lists and to-do lists with categories, quantities, recurring items, and images. Drag to reorder, sort by name or date, and check items off as you go. * Photo Board Upload and organize photos into folders. Add captions, drag to reorder, and browse everything in a clean grid view. * Notes Wall Keep shared notes with your household. Color-code them, write in markdown, and pin the important stuff where everyone can see it. * Your data, your server Pantry connects directly to your Nextcloud instance. No accounts to create, no cloud services in between. Your data never leaves your server. * Features - Shared checklists with categories, quantities, and recurrence - Photo board with folders, captions, and multi-upload - Color-coded notes wall - Drag-and-drop reordering everywhere - Multi-select for bulk actions - Offline caching for fast loading - Material Design 3 with dark mode support - Secure login flow authentication * Requires a Nextcloud server with the Pantry app installed. Visit the project page for setup instructions.

About

iSureType

This app offers an advanced on-device AI keyboard with T9 multi-tap and OCR capabilities to extract text from photos. It allows for structured document creation and contact information extraction, with customizable features and home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • T9 multi-tap keyboard with contextual ranking
  • On-device OCR for text and document scanning
  • Business card scanning with contact field extraction
  • Structured Markdown export for documents
  • Home screen widgets for quick access
  • Customizable word packs and smart phrases
  • Privacy-focused on-device processing
Features
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iSureType reimagines typing on iOS. A T9 multi-tap engine — backed by a 370,000-word dictionary and grammar-aware ranking — turns three or four taps into the word you meant. An on-device OCR wizard powered by Apple's Vision framework lifts text out of any photo, structures documents as Markdown, and extracts contact fields from business cards. Two Liquid Glass home-screen widgets put your most-used surfaces one tap away. iSureType is a subscription app: the keyboard, OCR, widgets, and every feature below require an active iSureType subscription. Try it all free for 7 days, then $39.99/year (US — pricing varies by region). Cancel anytime. PRIVACY BY CONSTRUCTION Every recognition path runs on your iPhone. No photos are uploaded. No typed text is logged. No third-party model weights are bundled. iSureType requests no network entitlement. For more details, see: • https://isuretype.com/privacy • https://isuretype.com/terms KEYBOARD • T9 disambiguation with contextual ranking and contraction expansion. • QWERTY mode with the literal you typed always available as chip 0. • Custom words, smart phrases (with categorised collapsible sections), autocorrect pairs — all editable in the host app, all yours. • Word Packs (Brands, Cities, Animals, Actors, Artists, National Parks) and Phrase Packs (Medicine, Legal) bundled and toggleable. OCR (Image Recognition) • Text mode — quick single-line transcription for signs, captions, receipts. • Document mode — paragraph-clustered output. On iOS 26 the wizard upgrades to RecognizeDocumentsRequest; you get structured Markdown with headings, ordered/unordered lists, and pipe tables. Export as .md to Files, iCloud Drive, or any document provider. • Business Card mode — Apple NSDataDetector + NLTagger pull Name / Title / Company / Email(s) / Phone(s) / Website(s) / Address(es) out of a scanned card. A touch-friendly mapping step lets you re-assign chips before commit. Save as .vcf, drop into Contacts.app, or copy the vCard body to the system pasteboard. WIDGETS (iOS 26 Liquid Glass) • Clipboard — recent captures with per-row pin / star / delete buttons, source-app badges, and a Capture-pasteboard-now footer. Small, Medium, Large. • Scan — one tile, three OCR modes, recent-scans list. Small is a tap-to-scan launcher; Medium and Large add three large finger- friendly glass buttons. POWER USERS • Profiles — duplicate, switch, customise. Tab order is per-profile. • Per-tab Siri shortcuts — "Scan this", "Learn new word", "Learn new phrase". • Background OCR — keep typing while a long document transcribes; toast confirms when it lands. • Accessibility-first — Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, Increase Contrast all honoured. REQUIREMENTS • iOS 26 or later (older OS support drops with this release for the Liquid Glass surface). • Allow Full Access on the keyboard so it can read the shared clipboard. iSureType has no network entitlement; Full Access is not used to send any data anywhere. SUBSCRIPTION • iSureType is an auto-renewable annual subscription. • Length: 1 year. Price: $39.99/year (US; prices vary by storefront), after a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in iOS Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. • Terms of Use (EULA): https://isuretype.com/terms • Privacy Policy: https://isuretype.com/privacy Made in Texas by PenDraco.

Screenshots

Pantry for Nextcloud3 screens
iSureType4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pantry for Nextcloud at none against iSureType's 1. Pantry for Nextcloud also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. iSureType sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Pantry for Nextcloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pantry for Nextcloud ships an update every 4 days, iSureType every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Pantry for Nextcloud versus iSureType: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPantry for NextcloudiSureType
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChen AsrafPenDraco Limited Company

In-app purchases

None

Pantry for Nextcloud

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

iSureType

Subscriptions1
  • iSureType Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Pantry for Nextcloud free?
Pantry for Nextcloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iSureType free?
iSureType is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pantry for Nextcloud or iSureType have ads?
Neither Pantry for Nextcloud nor iSureType shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pantry for Nextcloud or iSureType?
Pantry for Nextcloud ships an update every 4 days, and iSureType every 2 months. Most recently, Pantry for Nextcloud was updated on October 3, 2026 and iSureType on October 5, 2026.

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