Comparison

Control vs JuanScan

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

Head to head
About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - track your investments • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JuanScan

Features
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Your most important papers, encrypted on your phone. Scan once. Sort automatically. Find anything in one tap. JuanScan turns the messy stack in your wallet, your folder, and your kitchen drawer into a private vault you can search in seconds. No account. No cloud. Nothing readable ever leaves this device. One vault, nine drawers • IDs — PhilSys, driver's license, passport, UMID, SSS, PRC, postal, voter's • Vehicle papers — OR, CR, registration • Licenses — professional, business permits • Receipts — every store, every utility, automatically dated • Warranties — linked to the receipt and the serial number • Appliance serial numbers — for when something breaks • Insurance policies — life, HMO, pre-need • Business registration — DTI, BIR, SEC, mayor's permit • Bank QRs — GCash, Maya, BPI, GoTyme, and more Three things JuanScan does well 1. Reads every paper. Point your camera. JuanScan figures out what it is, pulls the important numbers, and files it in the right drawer. 2. Finds anything instantly. Search "Meralco April" or "driver's license" — results in milliseconds, even from papers you scanned months ago. 3. Never lets your papers leave. Every scan is sealed on this device with AES-256-GCM encryption. The key is derived from your PIN. There is no server that holds your data. Quiet reminders JuanScan reads expiry dates off every paper and reminds you 30 days, 7 days, and on the day. No spam. No SMS. Just a notification from your phone. Built for the Philippines, designed to last Knows LTO, BIR, SSS, GSIS, PhilHealth, PhilSys. Reads receipts from SM, Mercury, Maynilad, Meralco, PLDT. Speaks English and Tagalog. Handles `Cruz, Juan A.` the way a Pinoy ID actually reads. Privacy by architecture, not by promise • No email. No password. No account. • Face ID to unlock. Six-digit PIN as backup. • Locks itself after five minutes in the background. • Erase everything in one tap — your data goes with the app. Free. No subscription. The whole product. — Para sa bawat Juan.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
JuanScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JuanScan at none against Control's 1. JuanScan also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). 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. Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JuanScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 6 days, JuanScan every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Control versus JuanScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlJuanScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanHeinrich Picar

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99
None

JuanScan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JuanScan free?
JuanScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Control or JuanScan have ads?
Neither Control nor JuanScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or JuanScan?
Control ships an update every 6 days, and JuanScan every 3 days. Most recently, Control was updated on October 16, 2026 and JuanScan on October 16, 2026.

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