Comparison

Recto Notes vs MaxScan

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

Head to head
About

Recto Notes

Features
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For years I kept separate apps: one for writing, one for reminders and to-do's. They never talked to each other. The idea lived in the notes app, the deadline in the to-do app, and I lived somewhere in between. So I built Recto. All on the same page. You just write a note and if you give a task a date with '@', that task automatically becomes part of your neatly organised Task Center. You work inside a note, focused on a single project. As ideas turn into things that need doing, you capture them right there and give them a date, without breaking your train of thought. The plan grows out of the writing instead of living apart from it. Recto - Inline tasks with dates, captured without leaving the note - Task Center: overdue, today, tomorrow, this week, next week - Native iOS, fast and quiet Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internetservices/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MaxScan

Features
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Your documents. Your private AI. MaxScan turns paper and files into documents you can understand, edit and share. Scan receipts, notes and contracts, then work with them using an AI assistant that runs on your device. ASK, UNDERSTAND AND CREATE Ask questions about your documents, summarize key points, translate text or request a rewrite. Start a new document from an idea, revise the draft in chat and export it as a PDF. Import PDFs, images, plain text and Markdown files. COMPARE DOCUMENTS Compare 2–5 documents to review differences in amounts, dates and wording. Follow source references and page citations where available to check potential discrepancies yourself. PRIVATE AI, AVAILABLE OFFLINE AI processing happens on your device. A bundled model works without an additional model download; Apple Intelligence is used by default when supported and available. Documents are not sent to a cloud AI service. No account, ads or tracking analytics. Files you choose to share or retrieve from cloud storage, and system backups, follow those services’ settings. SCAN AND ORGANIZE Create multipage scans with automatic edge detection, crop and filters. Rotate, reorder or remove pages, import PDFs and share your documents. Free scanning is unlimited, with no watermark. MORE WITH MAXSCAN PRO Try 5 completed AI actions free. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks continued AI use plus text recognition and search, smart organization, signatures, password-protected PDFs and receipt tools with CSV export. No subscription. Existing Pro users receive the new AI features. AI availability and speed depend on your device and available memory; some older devices cannot run the bundled model. English works best; results in other languages vary. AI can make mistakes or miss differences. Review translations, drafts and comparison findings before using them.

Screenshots

Recto Notes4 screens
MaxScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MaxScan at 17.0 against Recto Notes's 27.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Recto Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and MaxScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recto Notes ships an update every 11 days, MaxScan fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Recto Notes versus MaxScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecto NotesMaxScan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB1.2 GB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperThijs KremersSensonet

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Recto Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Recto Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Recto Pro$69.99
1 purchases

MaxScan

One-time1
  • MaxScan: Pro Features$1.99

Questions

Is Recto Notes free?
Recto Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MaxScan free?
MaxScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Recto Notes or MaxScan have ads?
Neither Recto Notes nor MaxScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recto Notes or MaxScan?
Recto Notes ships an update every 11 days, and MaxScan fortnightly. Most recently, Recto Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and MaxScan on November 12, 2026.

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