Comparison

Scanner PDF vs Lock Screen Notes

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

Head to head
About

Scanner PDF

Features
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Scan PDF: Document Scan & OCR turns your phone into a powerful document scanner. Everything runs on your device, and it works offline. SCAN ANYTHING Automatic edge detection and perspective correction give you sharp, flat scans of documents, receipts, ID cards, whiteboards and notes. Auto / Grey / Black-and-white filters plus a brightness slider make every page as clean and readable as print. MAKE A PDF INSTANTLY Export multi-page PDFs (A4 / Letter / fit-to-image), tune compression to keep files small, then share to Gmail, Drive, Messages — or print directly. Lock a PDF with AES-256 encryption. Add your own watermark, timestamp and footer (name + logo). OCR — EXTRACT AND SEARCH On-device OCR pulls editable text out of your scans, in Latin scripts plus Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Hindi. Copy it, share it, or search your whole library by what is written inside your documents. On export, keep the photo and add an invisible searchable text layer, or rebuild the page as selectable vector text — razor sharp at any zoom and remarkably small. SCAN QR CODES AND BARCODES Read QR codes and barcodes on device; open links straight from the result. MERGE, SIGN AND ORGANISE Combine several PDFs and images into one file. Sign and annotate by hand, reorder pages, rotate, delete the ones you do not need, and export any page to your photo library as JPG or PNG. Keep everything tidy in folders with instant search. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Every scan, OCR pass and PDF is processed on your device and never uploaded to our servers — no account, no cloud sync, works in airplane mode. Lock the app with a PIN or Face ID / Touch ID, and protect any PDF with AES-256. Available in 17 languages, including English, Tiếng Việt, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Português, Bahasa Indonesia, हिन्दी, العربية and more. The free version is ad-supported; our advertising partners may use your device identifier. Download Scan PDF: Document Scan & OCR — a simple, private scanner that just works.

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Lock Screen Notes

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Your note. On your Lock Screen. Every time you pick up your phone. Tick items off without unlocking. No ads, nothing to share to unlock. And unlike every other Lock Screen note app — it comes back by itself. WHY PEOPLE USE PINBORD • The shopping list you actually see at the shop • The gate code, the parking level, the seat number • Three things to do today, ticked off without unlocking • A sentence you want in front of you a hundred times a day • Bin day, medication, the school trip on Thursday IT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR Other Lock Screen note apps rely on one iOS feature that the system switches off after a few hours — which is why your note keeps vanishing. Pinbord uses three: the big interactive card, a permanent Lock Screen widget, and an optional wallpaper. When the card expires, Pinbord brings it straight back — from a widget tap, Control Center, your Action Button, Siri, or a Shortcuts automation we help you set up in 20 seconds. Quietly: no buzzing, no notifications. TICK IT OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Tap a checkbox right on the Lock Screen. The note updates instantly. Completed items can hide themselves so your list stays clean. MAKE IT YOURS 120 papers in eight families — amber, sticky, retro, plain, night, calm, clear and gradient. Lined, grid, dotted or blank. 30 fonts including handwriting styles. Draw with pen or marker. Add photos and stickers. Five text sizes, up to 34 pt, so it reads at arm's length. BOARDS Keep Shopping, Work and Personal notes apart. Pin one, switch with Siri or from your Watch. SCHEDULED PINS Set a note to appear on the days it matters — every Tuesday, on the 1st, or one specific morning. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, StandBy, CarPlay Dashboard, Control Center, Action Button, Shortcuts and Siri. Optional private iCloud sync. NEVER LOSE A WORD Every edit is saved and every version is restorable. Undo and redo anywhere. Deleted notes wait 30 days. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No servers, no accounts, no third-party trackers. Notes stay on your device, or in your own private iCloud. Our privacy label says Data Not Collected — because we collect nothing. FREE FOREVER The Lock Screen note, checkboxes, widgets, boards, sync and 30 papers are free, permanently. Studio Pass unlocks the full design library, unlimited boards and images, private boards and unlimited Scheduled Pins — as a one-time Forever purchase or a subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and are charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://orlproducts.pages.dev/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Got ideas or feedback? Send them our way: info@orlproducts.com

Screenshots

Scanner PDF4 screens
Lock Screen Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lock Screen Notes at none against Scanner PDF's shown. Scanner PDF's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Scanner PDF sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lock Screen Notes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Scanner PDF versus Lock Screen Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner PDFLock Screen Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNKKtech Global Pte. Ltd.ORIENTPRO - LAM AN INVESTMENT & TRADE.,JSC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scanner PDF

One-time1
  • Remove Ads & Watermark$1.99
4 purchases

Lock Screen Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Lock Screen Notes Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Lock Screen Notes Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Lock Screen Notes Premium Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • LockScreenNotes Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Scanner PDF free?
Scanner PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lock Screen Notes free?
Lock Screen Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scanner PDF or Lock Screen Notes have ads?
Scanner PDF shows ads; Lock Screen Notes does not.

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