Comparison

Simply Scan documents vs Widget US

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

Head to head
About

Simply Scan documents

Effortlessly digitize documents with your iPhone or iPad camera. This app offers a streamlined scanning experience, automatically saving high-quality images to your photo roll for easy printing, emailing, or filing. It also functions as a powerful black-and-white camera.

Highlights
  • Real-time filter for instant preview
  • High-quality scans in bad lighting
  • Rapid capture for multiple pages
  • Automatic grayscale conversion
  • Sleek, minimal user interface
  • Optional grayscale camera add-on
Features
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Instantly scan documents with your iPhone or iPad camera, ready to be printed, filed or emailed. Other apps are slow and complicated, have too many controls, make you sign up for services, or require you to edit and tweak every page. None of that here: just line up the document and click! The scans are automatically stored in your camera roll. Photography is also a popular use for this app. Simply Scan out-hipsters all the hipster photo apps if you use it to take gritty black-and-white photos. Features • super-fast realtime filter lets you see how your scans will look instantly. • captures printable pages even in bad lighting conditions. • saves high-quality scans at the maximum native camera resolution. • rapid capture: line up the next page instantly while the previous page is saving. • saves straight to its own photo album, ready for emailing, printing, or filing. • adjust whiteness level in realtime, if needed. • automatic conversion to grayscale, ready for printing. • optional "256 shades" add-on to turn Simply Scan into a high-powered black-and-white camera with full grayscale control. • sleek, minimal look - no glitter and chrome. It works like this: 1. Hold your device over the page you want to scan. 2. If needed, adjust the whiteness slider to get clear text and images. 3. Press the camera shutter button. 4. Repeat step 3 for every page. 5. Go to the "Scans" album in your photo roll to share, print, or store your scans. Note, you need to give permission for Simply Scan to access your photo library. This can be changed later in the Settings app. "Kokosnuss" scans by Dean Whitbread.

About

Widget US

Design and share custom widgets for your device. Choose from various presets like clocks, calendars, and to-do lists, then personalize them with your own style. You can even package widgets and wallpapers together to share with friends.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget creation
  • Package widgets with wallpapers
  • Variety of preset widget types
  • Share created packages with friends
  • Clock, To-Do, Calendar, and more widgets
Features
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Dive into the world of endless possibilities and craft your unique widgets. Whether it’s for sharing with friends or showcasing to the community, you can create anything that suits your style and needs. Experiment with a vast array of preset widgets, each ready to be decorated and customized with your personal touch. · Package: Widget and wallpaper can be set together. (Make a package and share it with your friends. You can only share the package you created.) · Widgets: Clock, To-Do, Habit Routine, Battery, Calendar, Contact, D-Day, Today, Text/Image for PhotoWidget -------- Do you have a cool idea for a new widget or an exciting feature? Let me know, and I'll bring it! Some features may not be updated in real-time. - Battery We are using the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Simply Scan documents3 screens
Widget US4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widget US at 100% against Simply Scan documents's 67%. Widget US also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Simply Scan documents's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Simply Scan documents sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Widget US sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simply Scan documents ships an update every 5 months, Widget US every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simply Scan documents versus Widget US: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimply Scan documentsWidget US
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HudsonTeamHB

Customer experience

Simply Scan documents

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Widget US

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simply Scan documents

One-time1
  • "256 Shades" Slider Add-on$0.99
5 purchases

Widget US

Subscriptions3
  • 1 month$1.991 Month
  • 6 months$9.996 Months
  • 1 year$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy a coffee for the developer$0.99
  • AD Free (Limited time)$9.99

Questions

Is Simply Scan documents free?
Simply Scan documents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widget US free?
Widget US is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simply Scan documents or Widget US have ads?
Both Simply Scan documents and Widget US show ads.
Which is updated more often, Simply Scan documents or Widget US?
Simply Scan documents ships an update every 5 months, and Widget US every 3 weeks. Most recently, Simply Scan documents was updated on September 23, 2026 and Widget US on September 27, 2026.

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