PearList vs Skan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PearList
Effortlessly manage shared household lists like groceries, to-dos, and chores. Sync changes directly between devices without needing an account or relying on external servers. Assign tasks to household members to create a shared chore board.
- Multiple shared lists per household
- Add, check, rename, assign, and delete items
- Assign items as chores
- Join by QR code or invite link
- Offline functionality with sync
- Open source and private by design
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PearList keeps your household's shared lists in sync across everyone's phones, with no account, no server and no company in the middle. Make a grocery list, a to-do list or a chore board. Anyone in your household can add items, check them off, rename them, assign them and delete them, and every change syncs directly between your phones. Assign an item to a person and any list doubles as a shared chore board. There is no sign-up and no login. You join a household by scanning a QR code or tapping an invite link. From then on everyone sees and edits the same lists. Because PearList is peer-to-peer, your lists live only on your devices. They are never uploaded to a server, so no company can read them, sell them or lose them in a breach. Everything syncs encrypted, directly device to device. Features - Multiple shared lists per household: groceries, to-dos, chores - Add, check, rename, assign and delete items, synced to everyone - Assign items to a person to use any list as a chore board - Join by QR code or invite link, no account needed - Works offline, syncs when your devices are online together - Open source and private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking PearList is fully open source: https://github.com/peerloomllc/pearlist
Skan
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Pay once. No ads. Nothing leaves your iPhone. Skan turns paper into sharp, searchable PDFs – with no account and no subscription. POINT, SCAN, DONE • Skan finds the edges and takes the photo when the page is steady • Scan many pages in a row, reorder them and rotate them into place • Filters that make text crisp: Document, Grey, Colour or Original TEXT YOU CAN SEARCH • Text recognition in English and Danish, plus Japanese, German, French, Spanish or Korean when that's your iPhone's language – right on your phone • Search all your scans for a word, a name or an amount • PDFs include a text layer, so you can search and copy text anywhere • Skan names your documents for you, e.g. “Invoice – Harbour Power – 2026-09” RECEIPTS AND BOOKKEEPING • Skan finds the total, VAT and date on receipts and invoices • Export all receipts as CSV for Excel, Numbers or your accounting app • Export tables from a scan as CSV SIGN AND SHARE • Draw your signature once and place it on any page • Share as PDF – or with a password • Siri and Shortcuts: “Scan with Skan” YOUR PAPER IS YOURS Everything – images, text recognition and PDFs – happens on your iPhone. There is no server, no account and no tracking. PAY ONCE. THAT'S IT. Skan costs a small one-time price: every feature and every future update, with no ads and no subscription. The extra app icons and a silly little game are included for everyone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PearList at Free against Skan's $1.99. PearList also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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
PearList is free to download; Skan costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PearList ships an update every 4 days, Skan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PearList | Skan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Hudgins | Commanigy |
In-app purchases
PearList
No in-app purchases
Skan
No in-app purchases









