Comparison

CardPocket vs Pinlet

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

Head to head
About

CardPocket

Features
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CardPocket 是一个用来收集票据的私人票据库。你可以保存飞机票、火车票、电影票、会员卡和其他重要票据,把照片、Wallet 文件、时间、地点和备注集中放在一个清爽的本地空间里。 主要功能: 票据分类管理:飞机票、火车票、电影票、会员卡和其他票据。 快速录入:手动填写、拍照、相册选择、文件导入和分享导入。 Wallet 文件保存:支持保存分享来的 pkpass 文件,并在可用时添加到 Apple Wallet。 航班与电影扩展信息:飞机票可查看航班路线信息,电影票可显示海报与评分信息。 本地优先:票据数据优先保存在设备本地,iCloud 同步功能可按需开启。 CardPocket 适合保存旅行记录、观影记录、会员凭证和日常票据,让零散票据有一个统一的归档位置。

About

Pinlet

This app allows you to pin short text snippets to your iPhone's Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as Live Activities. It can extract text from screenshots, supports manual input, and keeps a history of your pinned items. Your data is private by default, with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Pin text to Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
  • Extract text from screenshots
  • Manual text input up to 120 characters
  • History of pinned text with favorites
  • Quick Input and Shortcuts integration
  • Private by default, no ads or analytics
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Keep what matters right where you can see it. Pinlet turns a short piece of text into a Live Activity, so it can stay visible on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen while you move through your day. Add a deadline, a pickup code, a short intention, or anything else you do not want to lose in a list. PULL TEXT FROM ANY SCREENSHOT Circle any part of a screenshot or photo and Pinlet reads the text for you. Fine-tune the result word by word or character by character, then pin exactly what you need — no retyping. WRITE AND PIN Enter up to 120 characters and pin them in one tap. Update the text whenever the important thing changes, or unpin it when you are done. STAY VISIBLE On supported iPhone models, pinned text appears on Dynamic Island. It also appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. iOS controls Live Activity availability and may end an activity according to system policy. START FROM ANYWHERE Long-press the Pinlet icon for Quick Input, or use Shortcuts to pin text, unpin, or open a screenshot in Pinlet from anywhere on your phone. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERED Pinlet keeps a history of successfully pinned text. Mark useful entries as favorites, reuse them as a new draft, delete individual entries, or automatically clean up older nonfavorite history. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your content and any text recognition happen on your iPhone by default. Pinlet has no account system, advertising, third-party analytics, or custom server. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC If you choose to enable iCloud sync, your history, favorites, and recent activity times are stored in your private CloudKit database and synced to devices using the same Apple Account. iCloud sync is off by default. Requires iOS 17 or later. Pinlet is designed for iPhone.

Screenshots

CardPocket4 screens
Pinlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pinlet at weekly against CardPocket's every 3 months. 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. CardPocket sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pinlet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardPocket ships an update every 3 months, Pinlet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CardPocket versus Pinlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardPocketPinlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer佳奇 顾文峰 黄

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CardPocket

One-time2
  • 无限票据$0.99
  • iCloud 同步$0.99
1 purchases

Pinlet

One-time1
  • Coffee$1.99

Questions

Is CardPocket free?
CardPocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pinlet free?
Pinlet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CardPocket or Pinlet have ads?
Neither CardPocket nor Pinlet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardPocket or Pinlet?
CardPocket ships an update every 3 months, and Pinlet weekly. Most recently, CardPocket was updated on October 15, 2026 and Pinlet on October 25, 2026.

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